Ask Her To Stand 21st November 2023 Tuesday 21st November 2023. Today is ask her to stand day and 50:50 Parliament's 10th Birthday celebrations. Women represent just 35% of MPs in the House of... Articles
Hugo Swire: Business Rates 8th October 2015 One of the eye-catching announcements at the Conservative Conference was one of real change at local level. We’re going to allow local government to keep the... Articles
Hugo Swire: Movement Politics 8th October 2015 It’s quite difficult coming up against the appeal of Jeremy Corbyn. He comes across as something of a saint. After all we are just members of the ‘nasty’... Articles
Hugo Swire: Jeremy Corbyn 1st October 2015 In the film ‘Being There’ an unsuspecting and sheltered gardener becomes an insider in Washington politics and a potential president. The Jeremyn Corbyn story... Articles
Hugo Swire: Syrian Refugees, Assisted Dying and Labour 17th September 2015 The big story across Europe continues to be the refugee crisis and will remain so for a long time to come. Only on Monday I was in Geneva addressing the UN... Articles
Hugo Swire: End of Term 30th July 2015 Parliament shut down last week, with MPs mostly heading back to their constituencies. I meanwhile headed off on a ten day foreign office trip to South East Asia... Articles
Hugo Swire: Equal Opportunities for Women 23rd July 2015 This month the Prime Minister set out his ambition to end the gender pay gap within a generation. He believes like the rest of his party that there should be... Articles
Hugo Swire: Global Security 9th July 2015 The world feels like a dangerous place all of a sudden. Greece first. We have continued to urge our euro area colleagues to act swiftly and responsibly to... Articles