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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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Victims and their families are to receive more compensation for the July 7th bomb attacks in London, following criticism over the money being offered. The government has set aside an extra £2.5 million, which could result in the doubling of some individual payouts, reports suggest. The bomb attacks on three London Underground trains and a… Read more »
The attorney general last night warned that the continuing operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was “unacceptable”. Lord Goldsmith’s comments are the strongest statement yet from the British government about the US camp in Cuba, where many of the suspected terrorist inmates have been held for years without trial or charge. He told a… Read more »
