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Norway, Denmark, and human rights groups challenge UK over abortion deletion

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 »

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Treasury must reinvest up to £1bn of potential savings from the next state pension age rise to help people adversely affected, says think tank Phoenix Insights

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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More details of Tory financial plans emerged today
NI row: A war of letters

By Ian Dunt Alistair Darling and George Osborne have become embroiled in a war of letter in the ongoing row over tax rises on national insurance. This afternoon, the chancellor wrote to his counterpart in the Conservative party, suggesting he had lost his credibility over the affair. “You have spent the last week making expensive… Read more »

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Clegg will be launching the party's Welsh campaign today
Clegg: We’ll stop overdraft charges

By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats will scrap disproportionate overdraft charges if they come to power, Nick Clegg has said.   Speaking ahead of a day in which he launches the party’s Welsh campaign, Mr Clegg said the charges could not be justified when banks were still paying out bonuses.   “A Liberal Democrat government… Read more »