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Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin is the Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, having won the seat in a by-election on 1 May 2025.Read More

Phillips, Jess
Jess Phillips, has been the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. Despite her criticisms of the Corbynite left, Philips actually quit the Labour Party in 2005 over her opposition to the Iraq War.Read More

Pursglove, Tom
Tom Pursglove, Conservative MP for Corby. Legal migration minister. Previously the youngest Conservative MP. Wellingborough Councillor. ECB Qualified cricket umpire. Marathon runner.Read More

Pincher, Christopher
Former Conservative MP for Tamworth and Housing Minister. Former government Deputy Chief Whip during the 2018/19 Brexit battles. Former IT Consultant. Read More

Parliamentary candidates
An insight into the backgrounds of some of the most interesting candidate bidding to become MPs in the 2024 general election.Read More

Pollard, Luke
Labour MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. One time Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, Former public affairs executive. Son of a submariner. Has campaigned for marine national parks, keen wild swimmer. Read More

Peacock, Stephanie
Labour MP for Barnsley East. Former teacher, who later became a political officer for the GMB. Previously sat on the Labour NEC. Long distance runner.Read More

Perkins, Toby
Labour MP for Chesterfield. Former small businessman running a company providing sports clothing. Rugby player who played for the Sheffield Tigers. Chesterfield councillor.Read More

Powell, Lucy
Labour MP for Manchester Central. Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Former Chief of Staff to Ed Miliband. Used to work for the campaign group Britain in Europe. Manchester City fan.Read More

Proportional Representation
An overview of proportional representation, its history in the UK, the arguments made for and against electoral reform, and the different types of proportional voting systems.Read More

Robert Peston
Robert Peston is the current Political Editor of ITV News. Peston is the son of a Labour Peer. During his youth, Peston has admitted wanting to himself become Prime Minister.Read More

Pupil premium funding
An overview of the pupil premium, how it operates, how the funding is allocated, the history of the scheme, and the debate about its effectiveness.Read More

Portillo, Michael
The former Defence Secretary, who starred in a Ribena advert at the age of 8, left the Commons in 2005. Now known as a railway broadcaster, Portillo describes his greatest political achievement as saving the Settle to Carlisle railway.Read More

What does woke mean today?
An overview of the term woke? What does woke mean today? What are the origins of the term?Read More

Phoenix Insights
Phoenix Insights is a longevity think tank, set up by the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business Phoenix Group, with a mission to address the possibilities and challenges that come from longer lives. Phoenix Insights wants to lead fresh debate, prompt national conversations, and inspire the action needed to make better longer lives a...Read More

Politically Exposed Person
An overview of the political exposed person regime in the UK? Who is a politically exposed person, what are the additional financial requirements they face?Read More

Public Libraries
An overview of the public library system in the UK, covering its history, current levels of use, the drop in funding, and the debates around the future of the public library in a digital age.Read More

Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru (the Party of Wales) is a Welsh Nationalist party that sits on the left of the political spectrum. The party is far less of an electoral force than its Scottish counterpart, polling around 10% of the Welsh vote in recent General Elections.Read More