Parliament Street has appeared in today’s Evening Standard newspaper, commenting on the sharp rise in crimes associated with Pokemon Go application. The research was conducted by the think tank’s director of technology, Steven George-Hilley. Figures obtained by Parliament Street revealed that 11 crimes connected to the popular game in a period of just over three weeks. They include several cases […]
Think about it- Turkey has been in the news a lot lately and not for good reasons. Between the refugee crisis of the past year to the attack at Ataturk Airport to the failed coup d’etat of last month, it seems that the Turkish state is reaching a tipping point. Of course, let’s not forget the seemingly endless and destructive […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
