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Posted: 11/12/2023

On Monday 11 December 2023 I attended the "Eyes Have It" event in Parliament hosted by Marsha De Cordova Reed to launch a report setting out the key issues facing people affected by sight loss and the actions policymakers can take to overcome them.

The report includes recommendations across the following themes: 

1. Data, connectivity and real

Posted: 11/12/2023

I caught up with Minette Batters the President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) on Monday 11 December 2023 at the NFU Christmas Event to discuss the latest farming manifesto. The NFU highlighted four main policy priorities the public think would show greater respect to farmers:

a long-term plan for food and farming;
a more

Posted: 05/12/2023

The Disability Employment Charter was launched by UNISON one of six founding member organisations for a new Disability Employment Charter which was produced as a response to the government’s long-awaited national disability strategy published in July 2021. Unison held a reception in Parliament on 5 December marking 150 employers signing the Charter.

The Charter was collated

Posted: 05/12/2023

I attended a Winter Reception hosted by the All Party Writers Group in Parliament on Tuesday 5 December 2023 where the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) introduced a report to be published in 2024 that found earnings from freelance journalism have stagnated over the past five years.

The APPG discussed the need for a Freelancer

Posted: 04/12/2023

The House debated and voted on the Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 on Monday 4 December 2023.  The statutory instrument provides the car-making industry with certainty as it invests in the transition to zero-emission vehicles ahead of the Government’s commitment to end the sale of new non-zero-emission vehicles, cars and vans in 2035.

Posted: 04/12/2023

The Victims and Prisoners Bill had its Report stage and 3rd Reading debated on Monday 4 December 2023 following its 1st and 2nd Reading on 8 November 2023. 

The Bill makes provisions about victims of criminal conduct and others affected by criminal conduct; about the appointment and functions of individuals to act as independent public advocates

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