* general election 2010
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 »
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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By Marina Kim Clergy in the Midlands have been asked to ban BNP candidates from speaking at candidates’ hustings debates organised by churches. The Diocese of Lichfield, which includes 600 churches and serves over two million people in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Sandwell, issued the election briefing ahead of the elections. In guidance notes… Read more »
By Sam Dale Labour is split over forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in the case of a hung parliament. Prime minister Gordon Brown today called for a “progressive alliance” while schools, children and families secretary Ed Balls slammed coalition governments. Mr Brown said he wants a new politics with constitutional reform of the… Read more »
