Articles by: Parliament Street

VIDEO: Parliament Street’s Director of Technology on BBC Radio 4

VIDEO: Parliament Street’s Director of Technology on BBC Radio 4

Steven George-Hilley of Parliament Street discusses the think tank’s latest campaign with the BBC’s Ed Stourton live on air:

by · 12th January 2014 · Press Room
Christian Today: Parliament hears call to make attacks on clergy ‘hate crimes’

Christian Today: Parliament hears call to make attacks on clergy ‘hate crimes’

Thursday 9th January 2014 Parliament Street’s Director of Communities and Social Justice was recently interviewed, by Christian Today, about her research into attacks on the clergy. Christian Today is an independent Christian media company, with a global reach of over 3 million readers a month. The original article can be found here or alternatively can be read below:     Parliament […]

by · 9th January 2014 · Press Room
Will 2014 be the Year of the Recovery?

Will 2014 be the Year of the Recovery?

Matt Gass looks at the challenges to the economy in 2014 I can’t point to a single defining moment but at some point in 2013 most seemed to conclude that the long awaited recovery had arrived. This feeling has brought on hopes that, after many false starts and premature reports of green shoots, 2014 will see the recovery we have […]

by · 3rd January 2014 · Economy & Tax
The Independent on Sunday – Ofcom staff tried to access porn 4,000 times in three months

The Independent on Sunday – Ofcom staff tried to access porn 4,000 times in three months

Originally published in The Independent on Sunday on Sunday 29th September 2013:   Staff at the media regulator Ofcom have made more than 4,000 “attempts” to access pornographic material online in the last three months, official figures show. The watchdog has recorded 4,234 such bids since 12 June – a figure it claims is consistent with its role in protecting […]

by · 29th December 2013 · Press Room
The Entrepreneurs’ Diary: Why age really matters in business

The Entrepreneurs’ Diary: Why age really matters in business

Any entrepreneur knows that they go into business because they have a passion, and of course, because they think they can provide a better service or create a product to outstrip one that already exists.  I started my company a tour operator specialising in visits to the First World War battlefields earlier this year for those very reasons. A few […]

by · 3rd December 2013 · Economy & Tax
The army you have

The army you have

By Alexander Clarke They say you go to war with the army you have, not the one you want. In 1982 the British Armed Forces had over 327,000 personnel in service from which to man a Task Force to reclaim the Falkland’s; the defence budget was 5.95% of GDP – equating to £120,849 being spent per service-member[i]. However, as of […]

by and · 29th November 2013 · Defence & War
The French National Front is not a eurosceptic party – it’s a racist party

The French National Front is not a eurosceptic party – it’s a racist party

By Charlotte Kude As much as I disagree with Nigel Farage, I was profoundly relieved to hear him say he would not join forces with the French National Front to fight next year’s European elections. Populist leader Marine Le Pen’s attempts to deradicalise her party’s image since she became leader have had little effect so far, and focusing on anti-EU […]

by and · 26th November 2013 · Brussels & Europe
Parliament Street in the Independent

Parliament Street in the Independent

Tuesday 19th November 2013 Thefts of iPads and tablets on public transport rise By Camilla Turner Thefts of iPads, tablets and Kindles on Britain’s railways have risen this year. while thefts of laptops and computers have gone down. There was a 10 percent increase in the number of iPad, tablet and Kindle thefts reported across the UK’s rail network, figures […]

by · 19th November 2013 · Press Room
Parliament Street in The Scotsman

Parliament Street in The Scotsman

Originally published in The Scotsman on Tuesday 19th November 2013 (online on the Monday): Thefts of iPads, tablets and Kindles on Britain’s railways have soared this year, while thefts of laptops and computers have gone down. This year there was a 10% increase in the number of iPad, tablet and Kindle thefts reported across the UK’s rail network, figures obtained […]

by · 19th November 2013 · Press Room
Portsmouth: Should the government wield defence contracts politically?

Portsmouth: Should the government wield defence contracts politically?

By Henry Hill A narrative seems to have settled around the government’s decision to consolidate UK defence shipbuilding on the Clyde, at the cost of closing Portsmouth yard. According to some, including the Telegraph’s Con Coughlin, a proud English city has been shafted by a government hell-bent on lavishing gifts on the Scots. A shipbuilding tradition, centuries in the making, […]

by and · 19th November 2013 · Blog, Defence & War