Articles by: Parliament Street

Parliament Street’s Danny Bowman in Attitude Magazine

Parliament Street’s Danny Bowman in Attitude Magazine

Parliament Street’s Mental Health Spokesman, Danny Bowman, is featured in the October issue of Attitude Magazine, talking about his struggle with mental health and making policy recommendations. Digital and print copies of the magazine are out now. To read Danny’s acclaimed report into mental health and body image, click here.

by · 14th September 2016 · Mental Health, Press Room
Parliament Street’s new report: It’s about the Children

Parliament Street’s new report: It’s about the Children

The need for increased interprofessional practice and collaborative working to safeguard children, young people and families Randa Najjar, University of Winchester My new research paper for Parliament Street aims to highlight the importance of interprofessional practice and collaborative working in order to safeguard children, young people and their families. It discusses historic approaches to the way government departments undertook the […]

by and · 15th August 2016 · Research
Our support for Grammar Schools picked up by the Daily Mail

Our support for Grammar Schools picked up by the Daily Mail

Our support for the Conservative Government’s policy to create a new generation of grammar schools, alongside esteemed think-tanks such as Respublica and the Centre for Policy Studies, has been picked up in today’s Daily Mail. Click here for a link to the full article.    

by · 13th August 2016 · Education, Press Room
Kate Baldwin – Comment Editor

Kate Baldwin – Comment Editor

Kate is a communications professional working in London. Having first dabbled with political activism in 2010, running an internationally recognised campaign against voter disenfranchisement, Kate now blogs on politics and social policy.

by · 4th August 2016 · Media Team

Friday 29th July 2016 – Mental Health and Body Image Discussion Panel

Parliament Street’s Danny Bowman on Good Morning Britain

Parliament Street’s Danny Bowman on Good Morning Britain

                    Tying in with the release of our new report into the effects of social media on mental health, Parliament Street’s mental health spokesman, Danny Bowman, appeared on Good Morning Britain – watch the full video here.

by · 3rd August 2016 · Mental Health, Press Room
Parliament Street’s new report says social media mental health services ‘should be mandatory’

Parliament Street’s new report says social media mental health services ‘should be mandatory’

Social media sites should offer mandatory mental health services to provide counselling and support for users, according to a new report from think tank Parliament Street. The new 6,000 word report entitled Mental health and the social media society is written by Danny Bowman, a leading mental health campaigner famous for trying to commit suicide after taking 100 ‘selfies’ a day on […]

Parliament Street’s new report featured in First News

Parliament Street’s new report featured in First News

First News is  fun and vibrant newspaper to keep children up to date with news and interesting stories from the UK and around the world. On Thursday 28th July 2016 they reported on our research paper, Mental Health and the social media society: “A new report is calling for social media sites, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to offer mandatory mental […]

by · 28th July 2016 · Mental Health, Press Room
Tim Focas discusses the Tory leadership race in City A.M.

Tim Focas discusses the Tory leadership race in City A.M.

Tuesday 5th July 2016 In his latest column for City AM, Tim Focas explains why Michael Gove’s attacks on corporatism are the last thing the economy needs. Tim Focas is Director of Financial Services and the City of London for Parliament Street. He is responsible for providing research and market commentary on the key issues bridging the City and Westminster. His new column can […]

by · 5th July 2016 · Tory Thought, Press Room
Brexit: 10 Things That We Learnt

Brexit: 10 Things That We Learnt

James Downes (Director of British and European Politics, Parliament Street) As Harold Wilson once remarked, “A week is a long time in politics.” We may now have to change this phrase to “Four days is a long time in politics.” Brexit has provided otherwise and the events that have happened in the last four days have proved to be unprecedented. […]