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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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Unemployment is at its lowest level for over 30 years, the government said today. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 11,000 jobseekers came off unemployment benefits last month. This brings the total claimant count down to 813,000, echoing figures last achieved in April 1975. The ONS data show 134,200 people have come… Read more »
Gordon Brown has been accused of backing away from his pledge to eradicate child poverty. A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found one in three children are still living in poverty, while MPs questioned the government’s commitment to halving child poverty by 2010. The JRF report found poverty had worsened over the past… Read more »
