Monday 9th April 2018 Today, The Sun exclusively interviewed Parliament Street’s Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan was taking on London Mayor, Sadiq Khan for putting the interest of political correctness, above that of Police Constables. The full article, originally featured on page 6 of the paper, can be read here. Or alternatively you can read the […]
Today Parliament Street unveils its latest policy paper exploring how UK police forces are preparing for the growing threat posed by cybercrime. Our research paper reveals that UK police forces have spent over £1.3million in training for nearly 40,000 officers and staff over the last three years. Key recommendations of the report include creating a national cyber training scheme of […]
Dr. James Downes (Director, British and European Politics, Parliament Street) and Ms. Vanisa Wai (Research Assistant, University of Hong Kong) provide us with a briefing paper into the 2018 Italian elections, showing that Europe remains electorally volatile. Italian-Election_PS-Report
This International Women’s Day, Parliament Street’s Head of Campaigns, Elizabeth Anderson shares her thoughts on what more progress must be made for us to achieve full equality! 2018 celebrates the centenary of the first women gaining the vote in this country. Hard won, this – and the other changes of the 20th century – completely changed the rules for women like […]
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 […]
