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A Ban On "Medieval" Virginity Testing In The UK Has Passed First Commons Hurdle

15 Dec 2020 Health

A new law to ban virginity testing in the UK has passed its initial stage in the Commons after MPs heard how the "medieval" practice is breaching women and girls' human rights.

02 Dec 2020 Home affairs

The Government May Not Deliver Its Pledge To Bring In Tougher Prison Sentences For Those Convicted Of Cruelty To Animals

19 Nov 2020 Communities

The Government Is Facing Fresh Calls To Introduce 'X' Gender Passports

12 Nov 2020 Communities

A Parliamentary Report Has Found Black People's Human Rights Are Not Being Effectively Protected In The UK

11 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

A Man Who Says He Was Unlawfully Detained By Immigration Officers Fears He May Have Caught Covid From One Of Them

22 Oct 2020 Education

A Labour MP Is Asking A Tory To Quit As Trustee Of An Anti-Hunger Charity After She Voted Against A Free School Meals Extension

15 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Keir Starmer Has Been Dealt A Blow As Labour MPs Quit Their Roles And Rebelled Over A 'Spycops' Bill

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11 Jan Home affairs

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill will help end the exploitation of children involved in criminal activity, not cause it

11 Jan Home affairs

The violence in Washington shows the government must bring tech giants into line

18 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

UK government’s hostile environment for migrants has been in full-force during the Covid pandemic

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24 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

‘I Look After People But No One Will Look After Me’ - Why The UK's Migrant Key Workers Are Facing Extreme Poverty And Abuse In The Pandemic

Approximately 1.4 million migrants in the UK have no access to state funds – including hundreds of thousands of key workers in the healthcare and hospitality sectors. As Covid-19 pushes more people into destitution, Georgina Bailey reports on how they've been impacted by the government's policies.

17 Oct 2020 Home affairs

What it's like being the only Black person in the village

Political debate has frequently focused on the lives of Black people in the inner city. But elsewhere, the UK is home to tens of thousands of Black people who grow up as the extreme minority in the place they live. Georgia Chambers investigates what Westminster can do for them

17 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Black Conservatives: Are the Tories the new party of diversity?

Throughout its long history the Conservative Party has found new ways to appeal to the ever-changing electorate. In 2024, Anita Boateng writes, the Tories can show ethnic minority working class voters that they are the party for them, too

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Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

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03 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

Calor and National Energy Action hosted a fringe meeting at Conservative conference on rural fuel poverty. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) and 3 MPs including the former Energy Minister were on the panel.

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

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02 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Government has ‘absolute commitment’ to the offshore wind industry, Laura Sandys MP has said in a Conservative conference fringe meeting.

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17 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Powering sustainable growth: Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Dods Renewable Energy Dialogue hosted an event at Lib Dem conference. Speakers included Energy Secretary Ed Davey MP, Rebecca Taylor MEP, and representatives from JDR Cables, RSA and Co-operative Energy.

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

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15 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

Ahead of Ed Davey’s party conference speech today, Richard Lloyd, Executive Director at Which?, says it’s time for the Energy Secretary to take more radical action to reform the energy market for hard-pressed consumers.