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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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The House of Lords will be reflective of the election result
Lib-Cons ‘to create 100 peers’

By politics.co.uk staff The Lib Dem-Tory coalition intends to create over 100 new peers to smooth the flow of its legislation, according to media reports. David Cameron and Nick Clegg previously agreed to reshape the Lords so it reflects the outcome of the general election, in which the Lib Dems and Tories together secured 59%… Read more »

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Coalition government ministerial appointments in full
Lib-Con: Ministerial posts

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have put the finishing touches on their government with the appointment of ministerial posts below Cabinet level. To view Cabinet level posts click here. An incomplete list was published by Downing Street on Thursday evening, with the promise of a complete list still to come. Here it is in full:… Read more »