Monday 19th April 2021 by Patrick Sullivan, Chairman and Chief Executive of Parliament Street Corruption has played little part in British politics. In the years following our joining the “Common Market”/ European Union, British politics was not bereft of scandal entirely in the grand scheme of things; they were pretty small fry compared to some of the major corruption scandal […]
by Patrick Sullivan, Chief Executive of Parliament Street In our postmodern reality, we have seen a fusion of news and entertainment. As such, this means that entertainment, as much as anything, drives the news. What’s in the news affects and impacts the world we live in and the way we see the world. Ergo, in order to understand current events, […]
A New Report by Danny Bowman, Head of Campaigns at Parliament Street examines and operationalises the mental health need and access to appropriate support for students on university campuses in England and the devolved nations before and during the current COVID-19 crisis. The report provides an analysis of the previous literature before presenting the findings of recent research carried out […]
A new report prepared by Patrick Sullivan, CEO of Parliament Street examines the growing trend of cryptocurrency investment is launched today. It includes exclusive polling of 2,000 UK investors about their plans for saving and investing for the year ahead. Read the Parliament Street Great Cryptocurrency Report here.
In a brand-new policy paper for Parliament Street, Dr. Peter Hill argues that in a post-Covid world there are alternatives to tax rises and spending cuts as a way of paying for the pandemic and stimulating a recovery. Through “debt monetisation” the Government could dramatically reduce the national debt overnight while also “priming the pump” for a post-Covid recovery. Read […]
Business chiefs and IT professionals have called for the government to underline its commitment to cyber skills, digital empowerment and support for workers to improve their IT capabilities, ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Covid-19 recovery budget. Patrick Sullivan writes. As Chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to deliver a budget like no other, key figures in the technology landscape have spoken to […]
Monday 22nd February 2021 Today, Information Age reported on new Parliament Street research showing that permanent IT staff working for the Home Office rose by 24% during the Covid-19 pandemic. The article can be read here, or alternatively the text can be read below: Home Office reports 24% rise in permanent IT staff during Covid-19 pandemic A response to an […]
Monday 8th February 2021 Today, InfoSecurity magazine reported on Parliament Street research showing that NHS staff reported 27,958 suspected phishing emails targeting the NHSmail email service in 2020. The article can be read here, or alternatively the text can be read below: NHS Staff Hit by Almost 140,000 Malicious Emails in 2020 Official figures from NHS Digital show that NHS […]
In a turbulent week whereby a billionaire sent the price of Bitcoin surging Patrick Sullivan examines the implications for the credibility of cryptocurrency and the watershed moment whereby investment in crypto became a mainstream practice. The price of bitcoin rocketed on Monday after Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and billionaire Tesla CEO, publicly announced that he was a ‘supporter’ of the […]
Monday 18th January 2021 Today, Computer Weekly reported on new Parliament Street research which reveals that Britain’s Ministry of Defence reported more than five hundred data security incidents in 2019-20, with seven serious enough to warrant disclosure to the ICO. The article can be read here, or alternative the text can be read below: MoD reports 18% rise in data […]
