Connect: The week in Parliament

HIGHLIGHTS  MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER ·        The House of Commons is in recess. The House will next sit on 11 November 2025. ·        The House of Lords will hold the third reading of […]

Cabinet reshuffle in full

Last week, we saw a minor reshuffle in which former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, was promoted to Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister in No 10. A […]

Parliamentary Update: Connect

The House of Commons held a first sitting of the Pensions Scheme Bill: Mark Garnier (Con, Wyre Forest) raised ethical concerns about how DB pension surpluses might be used by employers, questioning trustees’ role in […]

Parlimentary update from Connect

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has announced that local charities and councils could benefit from £9.5 million in new UK government funding to turbo-charge grassroots efforts to help the 1.6 million […]

Connect Update: 23 June

Christine Jardine MP (LD, Edinburgh West) led an adjournment debate raising concerns about delays in implementing the McCloud remedy, which aims to correct age discrimination in public sector pension reforms. She highlighted […]

Connect: Parlimentary Update

Independent Age has published the first Older People’s Economic Wellbeing Index: Scotland 2024-25. You can access the link online here. This is the first edition in an annual series of nationally representative polling […]

Potential plans for bank account monitoring

The Express have published an article on potential plans for the Department for Work and Pensions to monitor bank accounts. Ministers have been urged not to revive the previous government’s plans to tackle […]

Kier Starmer: State of the Nation speech

Sir Keir Starmer has given his first major speech as Prime Minister, outlining his government’s priorities for the country. The Prime Minister used the speech to provide context for the political and […]