‘Violence against women and girls can be prevented. The UK can help lead the way’
The UK’s foreign policy must prioritise ending violence against women and girls worldwide say Alex Ballinger MP and Sarah Champion MP.
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‘Taxing private jets can help the rest of us soar’
Amid economic challenges and rising emissions, fairer taxes on private jets can raise revenue and ensure the super-rich bear their share.
‘Assisted dying will define the class of ’25. We must back it’
It is reasonable to assume that when historians look back on this parliament, the vote this week will indeed be seen as ‘historic’ and something for which we, the class of 2025, will be remembered.
Spring Statement: ‘The Chancellor must not make foreign aid cuts worse’
I appreciate that tough decisions need to be made in the short term to balance the books, but our soft power is built on being a country that can be trusted to do the right thing for the right reasons – I’m banking on our Chancellor to do…
The illegal migration bill is a backwards step in efforts to tackle modern slavery
For many months, the government has conflated tackling modern slavery with issues of people-smuggling and immigration. Some of us feel a sense of déjà vu with the new illegal migration bill. We’ve been here before with the Nationality and…
We must do more on child mental health, particularly for sexual abuse survivors
Every time I speak to children in schools, I’m taken aback by their focus on mental health support and the importance of it being readily available. With half of all mental health illnesses developing before the age of 14, it’s no wonder…
The government’s reluctance to fund disease eradication puts us all at risk
The Global Fund is a worldwide campaign to defeat HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. I am proud that, as a co-founder of the fund, the UK has had a huge role to play in working towards this goal. To date, 50 million lives have been saved…
The UK government: bastion of freedom – but wants to clamps down on protest?
Hongkongers in the UK and their allies are raising the alarm about provisions in the government’s policing bill that would allow the police to place noise-based restrictions on protest. They are right to do so: those who have spent years…
Never again, or again and again? We need a national strategy on genocide
It pains me to say it, but – whatever speeches we might give this year to mark Holocaust Memorial Day – genocide and crimes against humanity have not been successfully relegated to the past. On that front, we have failed. These atrocities…
We need an atrocity prevention strategy as conflict looms over the Balkans
26 years ago today, after talks at an airbase in the middle of America, the last European war of a bloody 20th century came to an end with the signing of the Dayton Agreement, ending over three years of conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Relationship and sex education is key to preventing sex abuse between children
It’s a sad reality that peer-on-peer sex abuse is on the increase amongst children. New figures published by the BBC showed that in 2016/17, there were 7,866 reports of sexual abuse committed by children and where the victim was also a…
Survivors’ voices must be at the centre of work to end sexual violence in conflict
Today is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. To honour it, I urge the government to reinvigorate its prevention initiative by putting survivors at the centre of their response. Covid has had a…