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The Policy Connect network of groups produces an enormous amount of news, commentary, research and resources, in addition to the busy and varied events programmes that each group operates. On this page, we pick the best bits of news from across the network.

Do visit each group's own website for more news and information about about that group's activities. If you have any questions about any aspect of the Policy Connect network, don't hesitate to get in contact with us.

Policy Connect welcomes announcement of Green Homes Grant scheme

7th July 2020

Policy Connect welcomes the news of the imminent introduction of the Green Homes Grant scheme. In an economic statement tomorrow, 8 July 2020, Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP is expected to announce a £2 billion grant scheme in England that will be available for energy efficiency measures. The funding will be made available as part of a set of wider measures to stimulate economic recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.

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COVID-19 - Policy Connect Update

24th March 2020

With state of play continually changing with COVID-19, we wanted to share how Policy Connect will work and engage with our members and parliamentarians during this period of uncertainty.  

To ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of our employees and our stakeholders, Policy Connect staff have been working remotely and we are using a number of teleconferencing services to ensure we are staying in touch and continuing to operate as a team.

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Policy Connect's sustainability team announces essay collection

11th March 2020

Policy Connect’s sustainability team has today announced that it will be launching a collection of essays on addressing climate change and meeting the UK’s target of net zero emissions by 2050.

The collection will focus on how to deliver climate policy within energy, construction, industry, transport, consumption, and land use, with a consideration of local, national and international contexts. Each essay will take a sectoral or cross-cutting issue and examine the challenges and opportunities for delivering solutions in that area.

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Sustainability Priorities: Reception Wednesday 22nd January 2020

28th January 2020

On Wednesday 22nd January, Policy Connect held a reception in the House of Lords to discuss the sustainability priorities of the new Parliament. The event, chaired by Policy Connect’s head of sustainability, Claudia Jaksch, provided a forum for policy-makers, business leaders, industry members, academics and third sector organisations to discuss the key challenges in sustainability that need to be tackled over the next five years.

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Policy Win: NICE improves CO safety guidance

8th January 2020

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has adopted a number of Policy Connect’s recommendations in its updated guidance on ‘Indoor air quality at home’.

Following a consultation between June and August, the newly published document includes a number of guidelines that will help healthcare professionals raise awareness of, and prevent, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

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Policy Connect 2020 Events Schedule

20th December 2019

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.

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FETL Winter Symposium 2019 – ‘Setting up the Future: FE beyond 2020’

19th December 2019

The FETL Winter Symposium 2019 was held at the House of Commons on Wednesday 11th December 2019.

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Our MPs to watch post-election

13th December 2019

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

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Policy Connect's Christmas Wish List

13th December 2019

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing our thoughts on the election campaign, analysing manifestos and dissecting policy progress made by the previous government. We’ve taken a look across all our policy areas (Health, Sustainability, Education & Skills, and Industry, Technology and Innovation) and created a list of what we’d like to see from the new government.

Bring forward the environment bill and ensure it has impact on a global scale

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Manifesto Watch – What the parties are saying about data policy

6th December 2019

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.

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