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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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Secondary school pupils across England and Wales could face random drug testing after a pilot scheme was found to help children resist peer pressure. Head teachers will not be obliged to introduce random testing, which is carried out using mouth swabs, but the government has said it would support schools which do. A pilot scheme… Read more »
The controversial education bill agreed by MPs last night was “not the last word on reform”, Alan Johnson warned today. The new education secretary said the government would “push ahead with a refreshed and revitalised radicalism in our schools policy”, insisting that this constant drive was what had kept the political left together. “We’ll lose… Read more »
