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Mike Freer, the Minister for Equalities, has confirmed that the Government’s proposed ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will cover both practices that take place in religious settings and those that are carried out by ministers of religion. LGBT Humanists has previously called on the Government to close loopholes in its proposals on religious conversion therapy. Today it has welcomed… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is fully supportive of the Home Office’s response to a private member’s bill wishing to restrict the use of firearms. Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, is introducing a bill that aims to ban the keeping of pump-action shotguns in homes. The bill wishes to tackle the horrific… Read more »
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Nearly half a million new voters have registered to take part in next month’s local and mayoral elections. The Ministry of Justice announced today a record 46 million people are now registered to vote after an additional 450,000 new voters signed on to the electoral role. Nearly one million new voters have now registered over… Read more »
London mayor Ken Livingstone has attacked Boris Johnson for failing to support a 20mph speed limit on the capital’s residential streets. Speaking at a conference hosted by road safety group RoadPeace, the incumbent mayor said those areas with a 20mph limit already in place had seen a 60 per cent fall in the number of… Read more »
