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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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Lord Mandelson was in imperious mood at the Labour press conference this morning
Sketch: Prince of Darkness rises again

By Matthew West There’s something uniquely disturbing about Lord Mandelson. It could simply be his imperious persona. All that yes m’lord, no m’lord has obviously gone to his head. He’s probably got his eyes on a dukedom. After all, he can’t become that much more high and mighty whatever he might hope, but I bet… Read more »

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Election race wide open, Brown admits
Election race wide open, Brown admits

By politics.co.uk staff The election race is “wide open”, Gordon Brown will admit today, as the Liberal Democrats slip above Labour in the polls. The prime minister is preparing himself for a weekend campaign blitz over the next two days, as he desperately tries to wrestle back control of the agenda after Nick Clegg’s pivotal… Read more »