Last week, our mental health spokesperson, Danny Bowman addressed the Durham Union on mental health and the important work Parliament Street is doing to make progress in this important area. Danny touched upon the serious barriers in which stop people from receiving quality mental health treatment in our NHS. He alluded to long waiting-times a large factor in the deterioration […]
Ben Brickley (Head of Membership, Parliament Street) recently met with a delegation from the Norfolk Island to discuss the recent proceedings between the Island and Australia. Read his briefing paper here: The Norfolk Island
In a new research paper, Parliament Street’s Cllr. Dr. Peter Hill, argues that the current high costs and poor provision of childcare including wraparound care leads to the exclusion of mothers from the workplace, and is a contributing factor to the gender pay gap. In this paper he presents a range of possible solutions including flexible working, financial support for, […]
Preparations for the incoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is costing London councils over £1.2million to implement, according to a new policy paper published by Parliament Street and authored by our C.E.O. Patrick Sullivan. Parliament Street has discovered that cash-strapped local authorities were spending between £25,000 and £300,000 to ensure all data standards were compliant by the deadline of […]
This March, Parliament Street will be doing our Big Mental Health Debate. This is an extremely important event to really hear the voices of everyone on mental health. We will have representatives from all the UK’s major parties: Labour Party: Luciana Berger MP Conservative Party: TBC Liberal Democrats: Baroness Jolly Scottish National Party: Lisa Cameron MP This event is not […]
This week, the world saw yet another horrific shooting in an environment which should never relate to such a narrative. Young people, in a school in Florida, who went to educate themselves in the classroom, take part in extracurricular activities and be with their friends found themselves detached from all the above due to bullets from a gun. The images […]
Last Thursday, Parliament Street released our latest research on mental health and police. The report was subsequently covered twice on Sky News with both Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Matt Scott and Parliament Street Mental Health Spokesman, Danny Bowman being interviewed on Sky News. These figures suggest that police forces in United Kingdom are struggling to cope with the number […]
Today, Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas was once again interviewed by the Daily Express, this time on the fundamentals of the Eurozone. The interview can be found here. Or alternatively you can read it below: Eurozone WARNING: GDP ‘not resilient enough to ride next economic downturn’ Eurozone WARNING: GDP ‘not resilient enough to ride next […]
We condemn in the strongest terms the apparent breach of the peace at UWE Bristol this evening where Jacob Rees Mogg MP was due to speak. All citizens of the UK have a right to hear, and be heard. Our Universities are supposed to be bastions of learning and free speech, where ideas are challenged and discussed. Are the events […]
Monday 29th January 2018 Today, Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services and the City of London gave an exclusive interview to the Daily Express about the state of the financial markets. You can read the original article here Or alternatively, read it below: “Brexit is not a disaster’ UK business take advantage of pound’s rise THE POUND’S return to above […]
