10 h. ago UK ministers urged to pass bill protecting DEI whistleblowers

Legislation would compel employers of more than 250 workers to reveal disability and ethnicity pay gapsMinisters have been urged to pass legislation that would protect whistleblowers who expose employers who flout forthcoming UK diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) laws.The equality (race and disability) bill, which the equalities minister Seema Malhotra has described as part of the government’s “absolute” commitment to DEI, is expected to be published this year. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer accused of surrendering British veterans of the Troubles to face legal persecution from group of 'politically motivated lawyers'

Sir David Davis urged the Prime Minister to think again about the decision to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy Act, which was designed to end the witch-hunt against British veterans.

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4 d. ago Ministers did not listen to infected blood victims, says UK inquiry chair

Brian Langstaff urges overhaul of compensation system, which report says was designed without consulting victimsVictims of the infected blood scandal have “not been listened to” by ministers, the chair of the inquiry has said in a report urging an overhaul of the compensation system.The additional report lays bare the failings of the government’s detailed compensation scheme, and sets out recommendations to make it fairer and faster. In particular, it criticises ministers for designing the scheme without consulting the scandal’s victims, as was recommended in the inquiry’s May 2024 report, which it says has led to “obvious injustices” that could have been avoided. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Financial redress for LGBT veterans must be sped up, MPs to urge ministers

A group of MPs will call for the redress scheme for veterans who suffered under the so-called ‘gay ban” to be rolled out as quickly as possible.

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5 d. ago Learn from ‘our Scandinavian neighbours’ about crises and war, ministers urged

Pat McFadden spoke to MPs after the Government unveiled plans for an emergency alert system test later this year.

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5 d. ago East Kilbride MP urges ministers to 'get tough' on knife crime after death of Kayden Moy

Joani Reid is pressing ministers to get tough with social media companies who let teens pose with dangerous weapons.

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5 d. ago Government could help City firms fund defence industry – taskforce report

Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.

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6 d. ago Orange Order to meet Scottish Government as air weapon attack condemned

The Scottish Government has agreed to meet with the Grand Orange Lodge to "hear their concerns" after they requested urgent talks with the First Minister.

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6 d. ago SNP Government accused of 'dereliction of duty' over nuclear power snub

EXCLUSIVE: The GMB union is urging SNP ministers to reconsider a ban on new nuclear power plants to help create thousands of well-paid jobs in Scotland.

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7 d. ago Son of Scots helicopter crash victim urges Prime Minister's intervention

RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George near Inverness.

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8 d. ago Shona Robison urges Prime Minister to follow Scotland on taxation

Ms Robison said people are wondering what has changed with a Labour government.

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9 d. ago Europe is scrambling to form a united front and regain relevance in the Iran crisis

Tehran now places little faith in the European countries who played a key role in brokering the Iranian nuclear dealExposed as divided and marginalised during the Iran crisis, European nations are scrambling to retrieve a place at the Middle East negotiating table, fearing an impulsive Donald Trump has diminishing interest in stabilising Iran or the wider region now he believes he has achieved his key objective of wiping out Tehran’s nuclear programme.On Tuesday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was the latest senior European figure to phone the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, offering to be a facilitator and urging Tehran not to leave the crisis in a dangerous limbo by keeping UN weapons inspectors out of Iran. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nuked Blood: Post Office victims and Hillsborough survivors join veterans to urge Met investigation

After the Met was accused of a "cop out" on failing to investigate the Nuked Blood cover-up, victims of the Post Office scandal and the Hillsborough tragedy have joined veterans to urge ministers to intervene

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1 week ago Cabinet minister urges MPs to back welfare Bill as rebellion looms

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds appealed to backbenchers to support the Bill ahead of a crunch vote on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer refuses to weigh in over Britain's declining birth rate as No10 says PM 'won't tell people how to live their lives'

A No10 spokesman insisted the PM would not 'tell people how to live their lives' despite one of his Cabinet ministers urging more young British women to have babies.

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1 week ago Cabinet minister's alarm at Britain's 'worrying' baby bust as she urges women to have more children

Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, warned of 'worrying repercussions for society in the future' posed by a decline in birth rates.

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2 w. ago US says Haitians can be deported – days after ruling Haiti unsafe for Americans

Trump administration revokes temporary protected status for citizens of country racked by deadly violenceMore than half a million Haitians are facing the prospect of deportation from the US after the Trump administration announced that the Caribbean country’s citizens would no longer be afforded shelter under a government program created to protect the victims of major natural disasters or conflicts.Haiti has been engulfed by a wave of deadly violence since the 2021 murder of its president, Jovenel Moïse. Heavily armed gangs have brought chaos to its capital, Port-au-Prince, since launching an insurrection that toppled the prime minister last year. On Tuesday, the US embassy in Haiti urged US citizens to abandon the violence-stricken Caribbean country. “Depart Haiti as soon as possible,” it wrote on X. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I wish I had known more about alcohol when I started drinking | Arwa Mahdawi

It seems a sensible move to use explicit warning labels on products. What I’m more sceptical about is the ‘No amount of alcohol is safe for you’ messaging ...You’re going to want to sit down with a big glass of water for this one, because I’m afraid I have some bad news. Here we go: alcohol is not terribly good for you. Shocker, right? You’ve probably never heard anything like this before in your life. No doubt, you’ve been choking down a glass of pinot with dinner whenever you can stomach it because you thought it was good for your cholesterol. Instead, it is elevating your risk of cancer.If public health experts have their way, the fact that alcohol is carcinogenic is going to be very hard for British drinkers to ignore. Dozens of medical and health organisations recently wrote to Keir Starmer urging the prime minister to force companies to include “bold and unambiguous” labels on booze bottles, warning that alcohol causes cancer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: What’s the real reason Keir Starmer won’t say if Donald Trump was right or wrong to bomb Iran?

The prime minister urged de-escalation and the US president ignored him, leaving the British government unable to say whether it is for or against the military action. It’s another blow to Starmer’s standing on the world stage, says John Rentoul

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2 w. ago Swinney ‘concerned’ about UK being drawn into Middle East conflict

The First Minister urged the international community to draw ‘back from the brink’.

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