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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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Brown is "a desperate politician and I just do not believe him", Clegg says
Clegg lashes out at the PM

By Ian Dunt A highly personal attack on Gordon Brown by Nick Clegg in today’s Daily Telegraph casts serious doubt on whether the two men will ever be able to work together in the event of a hung parliament. “Brown systematically blocked, and personally blocked, political reform,” Mr Clegg wrote.   “I think he is… Read more »

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Chancellor TV debate as-it-happens
Chancellor TV debate as-it-happens

Review our coverage of today’s chancellor TV debate with politics.co.uk’s live blog. By Jonathan Moore Chancellor’s TV debate as-it-happens