Sophie Church

Fancy something that goes against the narrative? Then try this puckish piece from Tim Leunig on the left case for Reeves. politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

EXCL: More than 6,000 asylum seekers have used taxpayer-funded payment cards to gamble since July last year My FOI to government revealed asylum seekers have attempted to and successfully gambled every week since election politicshome.com/news/article/a…

NEW: Campaigners fear government is backtracking on Labour's commitment to give everyone a legal right to a care supporter politicshome.com/news/article/c…

NEW: Lib Dem MPs are furious with the party's treatment of Christine Jardine, sacked from the frontbench for defying the whip on welfare "People around Ed are more determined to protect themselves than they are to treat colleagues with respect" politicshome.com/news/article/l…

NEW: Calvin Bailey tells @TheHouseMag of his 25 years in the RAF before being elected “I very vividly remember flying over these football pitches on the approach to Kabul that were just full of kids playing football and thinking: this is amazing.” politicshome.com/news/article/c…

"As a result of the superinjunction there has been no scrutiny of the leak, or subsequent policy decisions, by either parliament or the public for nearly two years." thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

NEW: Look out for The House magazine in Parliament today • Tonia Antoniazzi iv on abortion & assisted dying • @sophiealichurch UK space commander iv • @noahvickers14 on GPs using AI • My egg donations report • @ChrisWebbMP, @HelenGrantMP, @CalvinBailey & lots more 👇

UK Space Commander Paul Tedman told @TheHouseMag it is “highly likely” the first assault on UK will be in space My interview picked up in @Telegraph with full coverage in The House tomorrow

Good to see @sophiealichurch interview in @TheHouseMag picked up.

NEW: Egg donations – are young women aware of the risks? I reveal • Cross-party MP concerns: ‘Women’s bodies are being commoditised’ • More donors come from most deprived areas • One egg bank offers buyers an ‘AI matching service’ to screen donors 👇 politicshome.com/news/article/m…

NHS insiders and @IPPR experts tell @politicshome that the doctors strikes are likely to put the government's NHS waiting list targets at risk Full story by @sophiealichurch politicshome.com/news/article/g…

Labour left MPs criticise the resident doctor strike: "I am very disappointed," says Paulette Hamilton, interim health committee chair Rachael Maskell says she'd prefer "limited resources" to be spent boosting the pay of other NHS staff, like cleaners and social care workers

The government risks missing its NHS waiting list target if resident doctor strike action goes ahead, health experts have warned Labour left MPs have also criticised the move, with the interim health committee chair saying she is "very disappointed" politicshome.com/news/article/g…

EXCL: The House of Lords will move to the QEII Centre while Parliament is restored Decision to prepare the QEII Centre to house the Lords was taken at a Client Board of the R&R project on Monday politicshome.com/news/article/h…

An important article by ⁦@CitySamuel⁩ - well worth reading MI5’s ‘epic’ China warning is being ignored thetimes.com/comment/column…

For the latest @TheHouseMag edition, we asked staffers how they would improve the parliamentary estate They have spoken: bring back Karaoke Thursdays, introduce a dry cleaners, and tell constituents how much campaign emails cost to answer politicshome.com/news/article/b…

Councils including some run by Labour have failed to implement government policy to help house all UK armed forces veterans, PolHome has learned Several councils have failed to implement the new policy, watered it down, or not updated guidance online politicshome.com/news/article/c…

EXCL: Councils fail to implement gov’s policy to give veterans a “guaranteed roof over their heads” In Matt Pennycook’s constituency, the Royal Borough of Greenwich says only veterans in “urgent housing need” will be exempt from local connection rule politicshome.com/news/article/c…