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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By politics.co.uk staff Leaked plans to cull the number of publicly-funded bodies have triggered an investigation from the Cabinet Office – which has not denied the reports. Details of a list of 177 quangos set for the coalition government’s much-vaunted bonfire have been revealed by the Telegraph newspaper. They show an additional 129 will be… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Miliband and Ed Balls are among the Labour leadership candidates bracing themselves for defeat as Saturday’s result approaches. Mr Miliband, the long-term frontrunner for the race, has reportedly sent representatives to rival Ed Miliband, to discuss the transition to the new regime should his younger brother steal the race at the… Read more »
