Month: July 2025

Renewable energy harnessed from solar power offers a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to meet the worlds.

The Grey Belt

The Grey Belt: What is it?

The Labour government has popularised the term ‘grey belt’ but what does it really mean? It refers to land within the green belt which provides none of the advantages of green belt land. Often, grey belt areas can include disused car parks, scrubland, waste ground, derelict sites among other things. It isn’t the typical fields […]

Division MPs Voting UK

Division: What does it really mean in Parliament?

A division (vote) in Parliament is one of the most important parts of the functions of Parliament. Put simply it is how bills become acts and they serve as not just a formality of delivering an agenda but also as a metric as to how much confidence MPs have in the executive government on the […]

AI Regulation

Can the UK Lead on AI Regulation?

The UK has positioned itself as a world lead in AI technology, but do UK regulations keep up with the rapidly progressing technology? With the government keen to drive forward AI innovation domestically, the UK finds itself at risk of exposing the world to a rapidly advancing and potentially dangerous piece of technology with little […]

welfare reform

Welfare Reform Fiasco

After weeks of controversy, rebellion and internal chaos, the government eventually got its welfare reforms (the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill) through the commons vote on the second reading on Tuesday night after a series of internal negotiations between the government and its back benchers. An amendment to the bill (Division 247) failed […]