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‘My mum would still be alive if that domestic abuse register was here’
A year after it was first introduced, the landmark violence against women and girls bill is back in the House of Commons, where the government has accepted the majority of suggestions made by the Lords.


Current system ‘leaves the public unsafe’, says Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence Jess Phillips
We spoke to the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Jess Phillips.


Undercover policing: Blair Peach’s partner horrified to have been spied on
It's more than 40 years since Blair Peach died after he was hit by police officers during an anti-racism protest in west London.


‘Urgent reform’ needed following Greensill affair, says Labour’s John McDonnell
The Labour MP is on the committee investigating lobbying and appointments.


Cabinet secretary to Thatcher and Blair says ‘it’s time’ for lobbying rules to be changed
Lord Robin Butler was cabinet secretary to three prime ministers - Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.


Greensill: Lord Pickles calls for urgent reform after lobbying row
Six investigations are now being launched into the Greensill scandal.


UK woodlands ‘reaching crisis point’ amid ‘barrage’ of threats
They’re essential to the future of our environment and the fight against climate change, but a new report warns that the UK’s native woodlands have reached a crisis point, with just a handful in good condition. The survey, by the Woodland...


SNP targets Scotland’s most marginal seat as it seeks pro-independence majority
It is the most marginal seat in Scotland, where at the last election Labour hung on with a wafer-thin majority. This time around, Dumbarton is being fiercely contested, and it’s a key target for the Scottish National Party, who are hoping to bu...


London Bridge terror attack inquest hears from witnesses who tried to help victim
It was a conference on prisoner rehabilitation that turned into a terror attack leaving two people dead. The inquest into the London Bridge attack in November 2019 has heard from witnesses who tried to help Jack Merritt immediately after he was stabb...


Tories have questions to answer over Greensill affair – Labour MP Angela Eagle
The Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle says the Conservative government have many questions to answer over the Greensill affair. The member of the Commons Treasury Select Committee and former Treasury minister, claims the government wants to sweep the scand...


Treasury Committee to launch inquiry into Greensill collapse
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Government of bringing back “Tory sleaze”. He claimed that the row over David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of the financier Lex Greensill had revealed a revolving door between the gover...


Invasion of the rodents a grim reality of lockdown
For most of us, an invasion of rats is the stuff of nightmares, but now the invasion of the rodents has become a grim reality.


Prince Philip: TV viewers switch off blanket coverage
When the Duke of Edinburgh's death was announced on Friday, the nation's broadcasters, including Channel 4, rearranged their schedules to make way for extended programmes paying tribute to his life. 


UK exports to EU rebound but many firms still struggling with post-Brexit red tape
Trade between the UK and the European Union rebounded in February after a slump in January caused by Brexit.


Surge testing for South Africa Covid-variant carried out in two London boroughs
Hundreds of thousands of people across south London are being urged to get tested for the coronavirus in an effort to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious South Africa variant.



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