Policy Connect

You may have noticed that plastic pollution has dropped out of headline news. Just two years ago, we were loudly celebrating the ban of plastic micro beads, but now, society is quietly wondering if it is OK to start eating pre-wrapped salads again. However, while the media circus has largely moved on, the fight for significant policy change continues. In this week's blog, Jake Ainscough discuss what more needs to be done to address Britain's plastic waste exports problem. 

The last few weeks have been an interesting time for us here at Policy Connect and our stakeholders.

After a General Election comes re-engaging all of our previous parliamentary stakeholder and attracting new ones to work towards our mission to lead the development of new policy ideas through evidence and collaboration. Oh - and all of our All-Party Parliamentary Groups must be reconstituted. All in all a busy start to 2020.

This election, more than 180 seats across the country held a majority of less than 5000, meaning that from today we can expect a whole host of new faces in Parliament after the election. In this blog, we take a look at seven newly elected candidates who are “Ones to Watch” for Policy Connect and our supporters, and how we feel we could best work with them.

Laura Trott – Conservative

Sevenoaks

In this blog, policy manager Jack Tindale talks us through how the manifestos and potential new government will impact the data industry.

It is inevitable, even during a ‘normal’ election campaign that digital and creative industries will tend to receive the short shrift in terms of coverage and policy announcements. With this election being heavily tilted towards Brexit, the struggle for air time is even more pronounced.