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Norway, Denmark, and human rights groups challenge UK over abortion deletion

Over 20 human rights, pro-choice, and international aid groups, and the Norwegian and Danish Governments, have called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to arbitrarily strip ‘sexual and reproductive health and rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’ from an international human rights statement it – and 22 other countries – signed only two weeks ago…. Read more »

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Treasury must reinvest up to £1bn of potential savings from the next state pension age rise to help people adversely affected, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Longevity think tank Phoenix Insights, part of Phoenix Group, is today calling for the Government to reinvest up to £1billion of the potential savings that will come about if it raises the state pension age again, to support those most negatively impacted by a rise. The last rise in state pension age did not simply… Read more »

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Business groups expressed sympathy with the Tory agenda today
Pro-Tory letter prompts govt spat

By politics.co.uk staff Peter Mandelson’s comment that the business leaders backing Tories’ national insurance (NI) policy have been decieved prompted a spat with the government today. Bosses from some of Britain’s biggest businesses had backed Conservative plans to scrap the planned rise in (NI) contributions. The leaders of 23 companies, including Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer… Read more »

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Mr Osborne is considered a weak link by Labour strategists
Osborne’s credibility gap?

By Ian Dunt Labour’s entire business team came out today to focus fire on the shadow chancellor, with Peter Mandelson, business secretary, Liam Byrne, chief secretary to the Treasury and Alistair Darling attacking the Tory’s economic policies. Labour pokes at the Tories’ £22 bill gap But the press conference failed to dent Conservative glee at… Read more »