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Guest Opinion by Steve Race MP: The South West’s Innovation Moment

May 29, 2025June 4, 2025 By Steve Race

About the writer: Steve Race has been the serving Member of Parliament for Exeter since 2024. He is a member of the Labour

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This Week In PMQs: Education and U.S. Intelligence

March 28, 2025 By Phineas Horan

Just before the Spring Statement, the government addressed questions on whether mobile phones should be banned schools. The House of Commons also debated intelligence with the United States following a security breach involving a leaked group chat from the White House.

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This Week in PMQs:  Ukraine and the Economy 

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 By Phineas Horan

This week, mounting pressure from MPs forces the government to take a stand, pushing for Putin’s prosecution and the return of abducted Ukrainian children as part of a potential peace deal with Russia.

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This Week in PMQs: Ukraine-US Relations, Defence and Breakfast Clubs

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 By Phineas Horan

The Prime Minister’s Questions are normally a raucous event and good spectator sport, however the mood in the house this week was solemn and unsmiling in its discussion Trump and Ukraine.

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Heathrow’s Third Runway: Long-Delayed Plans Finally Taking Flight?

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 By Daniel Groves

Last month Rachel Reeves publicly announced the UK government’s support for constructing a third runway at Heathrow Airport, reigniting a longstanding debate in the

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This Week in PMQs: Immigration Loopholes and a Trade War

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 By Phineas Horan

Less than a month in, UK is already beginning to feel the economic effects of Trump’s presidency.

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This Week in PMQs: Clean Energy, Trump’s Foreign Policy, Lockdown Breaches 

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 By Phineas Horan

As political tensions flare over energy policy, international diplomacy and past pandemic restrictions, opposition leaders ramp up pressure on the UK government.

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This Week in PMQs: Employment Rights and EU-UK Relations

February 3, 2025February 7, 2025 By Phineas Horan

Kemi Badenoch challenged the Prime Minister over the new Employment Rights Bill, warning it would make it harder for businesses to recruit new employees.

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Opinion: Criminalising Explicit Deepfakes – a Step Towards Combatting Online Misogyny 

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025 By Jade Effemey

‘Deepfake’ is a term that the majority of the technological world is now familiar with. By definition, it is artificial intelligence that can

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England’s ‘Devolution Revolution’: is it a Help or a Hindrance to Regional Communities?

January 24, 2025February 3, 2025 By Daniel Groves

Labour’s plans for English Devolution have received backlash from local authorities. England is one of the most centralised countries in the world and

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