The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
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A leading children’s charity is calling on the Government to give an extra £5 a week for each child living in low-income families from next April. The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has warned that without this increase the Government will almost certainly miss its first milestone target for reducing child poverty. The charity’s ‘Make… Read more »
A motorist organisation is calling on the Government to introduce legislation to cut the £2 billion of delays caused by utility companies digging up the roads a priority for its return from recess. The RAC Foundation highlighted that the present legislation to control the disruption caused by holes in the road was introduced twelve years… Read more »
