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Humanists UK – Think for yourself, act for everyone At Humanists UK, we want a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. We work to support lasting change for a better society, championing ideas for the one life we have. We do this because we’re humanists, people who shape our own lives in the here… Read more »

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Medical Defence Union (MDU)

The MDU is a not-for-profit, mutual organisation wholly dedicated to our members’ interests. Our team is led and staffed by doctors with real-life experience of the pressures and challenges faced in practice. Since 1885, we have been indemnifying doctors for incidents arising from their clinical care of patients. We are proud of our heritage, but… Read more »

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National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO)

For 100 years, NARPO has provided an important voice for retired police officers across England and Wales, as well as their widows, widowers and former partners. Representing more than 89,000 members, NARPO is one of the largest public sector pensioner organisations in the country. Its aim is to safeguard the rights of members and to promote measures… Read more »

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Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union

The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) is a trade union of workers in the food industry. It was founded in 1847, in Manchester, by a group of Journeymen Bakers.  The next year, the organisation began to operate on a national level, and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. In 1861 it played a… Read more »

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British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC)

Founded in 1908, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), formerly the Wildfowlers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI), is the largest fieldsports organisation in the UK. It campaigns to protect and promote country shooting and conservation. Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species. Today… Read more »

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Miliband defies Labour grandees to support AV

By Peter Wozniak Ed Miliband has thrown his weight, along with at least eight members of his shadow Cabinet, to support a change in the voting system next May. The Labour leader is a known supporter of the Alternative Vote (AV) system, having written the 2010 Labour manifesto promising a change to AV and announcing… Read more »

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Ed Miliband and David Cameron go head-to-head one day before arguably the most crucial Commons vote so far in this parliament
Blistering PMQs as Cameron and Miliband clash on tuition fees

By Ian Dunt David Cameron and Ed Miliband delivered their angriest and most colourful PMQs yet, as the two party leaders clashed on tuition fees. The Labour leader accused the prime minister of living on “planet Cameron” and being unaware of the pressures on ordinary members of the public. Mr Cameron hit back by branding… Read more »