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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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The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has promised that local communities will be given a greater say in the issues that affect them. More decisions will be taken at a local and regional, as opposed to national, level. And Mr Prescott said he was determined to tackle disadvantage so people are not “condemned to lives… Read more »
The Government’s housing policy fails to recognise the importance of the environment, according to a new report from the Environmental Audit Committee. The MPs conclude that in the drive to build more houses, particularly in the south east, the environment is being left as a “bolt-on”. And, the report says that there is an “inadequate”… Read more »
