SNP MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire North. Former restaurant manager who joined the SNP at the age of 12. Rugby player, and former captain of Paisley Rugby Club.Read More
SNP MP for Ochil and South Perthshire. Spokesperson on Culture, Digital and Sport. Former BBC Breakfast presenter, and BBC news anchor who was on air live during the 9/11 attacks. Joined the SNP at 16.Read More
National Insurance is a social insurance scheme, under which people become eligible for particular social security benefits - known as "contributory benefits" - through a history of contributions to the scheme made by themselves and by their employers.Read More
An overview of the North Korea nuclear weapons issue, its history, the debate around the effectiveness of UN sanctions, and the approaches taken towards the Kim Jong Un regime.Read More
An overview of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) covering its role, operations, history, and past political controversies.Read More
An overview of the National Blood and Transplant Service, its operation, history, and the related political controversies that have surrounded this area.Read More
An overview of the NHS covering its origins and history, the development of the service, and current statistics around its scale and operation.Read More
The NASUWT is the only union dedicated to teachers and headteachers throughout the UK. Through our philosophy of ‘putting teachers first’, the NASUWT works to enhance the status of the teaching profession to deliver real improvements to teachers’ working lives, seeking to ensure they are recognised and rewarded as highly skilled professionals with working conditions...Read More
The animal medicines industry is dedicated to providing safe, effective, quality products for the treatment and welfare of all animals, large or small. The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has been representing the companies that research, develop, manufacture and market licensed animal medicines in the UK since 1986. It replaced the Animal Health Register...Read More
For 100 years, NARPO has provided an important voice for retired police officers across England and Wales, as well as their widows, widowers and former partners. Representing more than 89,000 members, NARPO is one of the largest public sector pensioner organisations in the country. Its aim is to safeguard the rights of members and to promote...Read More
An overview of nuclear deterrence theory, the history of nuclear weapons in the UK, current agreements on non proliferation, and the arguments made for and against retaining nuclear warheads.Read More
The sectarian division of Northern Ireland into unionists and nationalists has been a source of strife ever since the Partition of Ireland in 1920, and the moves towards complete Irish independence from the UK in the 1930s and 1940s.Read More