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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 »
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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By politics.co.uk staff Tony Blair tried to elevate Charles Clarke to foreign secretary in an effort to set him up as a challenger to Gordon Brown, according to Mr Clarke himself. In a remarkably outspoken interview with the New Statesman, the former home secretary said: “Tony told me the day after he sacked me that… Read more »
By Jonathan Moore Gordon Brown has slipped further behind in marginal seats in the last quarter, a poll revealed today. A YouGov poll of key marginal constituencies gave Labour a 36 percent share of the vote, down two points from October. The Conservatives polled 43 percent, the same as the last poll, extending their lead… Read more »
