Lib Dem veterans: 'We don't need makeover but we must stand firm'
Paddy Ashdown says 'been here, done that' to naysayers at Guardian debate on party future, while Clegg calls critics nimbysEverything was quite civilised in the vertiginous rows and aquarium light of...
View ArticleKenneth Clarke shows No 10: watch out when a big beast is on the prowl
Veteran justice secretary regrets use of 'colourful language' but insists he remains right on all the facts in CatgateDowning Street is, to put it mildly, furious with Kenneth Clarke. No 10 had thought...
View ArticleLynne Featherstone warns against ditching family-friendly policies
Equalities minister says 'hideous suggestions' by David Cameron's advisers must be swept awayLynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat equalities minister, has attacked the "hideous" ideas of David...
View ArticleDavid Cameron urged to abandon 'hideous' plans to cut maternity rights
Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone warns prime minister against ditching family-friendly policiesDavid Cameron was warned on Sunday to abandon "hideous" plans to restrict maternity rights amid a...
View ArticleNick Clegg to accuse banks of racism
Lecture will argue that loan discrimination against minority ethnic customers is holding budding black entrepreneurs backThe reputation of Britain's banks will take a fresh battering when the deputy...
View ArticleLetter: Monochrome party
In his Scarman memorial lecture (Report, 24 November) Nick Clegg rightly challenged those in football and banking, asking why it is that for members of ethnic minority communities often "their success...
View ArticleTransgender and disabled murders to incur far harsher hate-crime penalty
Starting point for sentencing to double under first government strategy to tackle prejudice against transgender peopleMurderers who kill disabled or transgender people in hate crimes are to face much...
View ArticleLetters: Underfunding hits Haringey education
In response to your coverage of the forced conversion of Haringey primary schools to academy status (Report, 5 January), the Department for Education has misrepresented a complex situation in claiming...
View ArticleCameron faces Tory backbench revolt over gay marriage plans
Tory MPs hope to rally more than 100 backbenchers to oppose Cameron's attempt to legalise gay marriageDavid Cameron is facing the threat of a fresh backbench Tory revolt as traditionalists line up to...
View ArticleLynne Featherstone: 'I have the powers of high-level nagging'
Why does equalities minister Lynne Featherstone attract such hostile criticism? As the world celebrated International Women's Day this week, we sent our esteemed women's editor to meet her. It was,...
View ArticleLetters: Minister trades on female stereotypes
Jane Martinson's incisive interview of Lynne Featherstone (I have the powers of high-level nagging, 10 March) shows that the equalities minister has little grasp of the facts about what women need and...
View ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission has workforce halved
Government also removes equality watchdog's obligation to consider policy impact on poor and downgrades role of chairThe Equality and Human Rights Commission has been stripped of its duty to promote a...
View ArticleHigh profile celebrities back the anti-Page 3 petition
That petition aimed at persuading The Sun's editor to drop Page 3 has been getting plenty of publicity and support from several high profile celebrities (you know, the people The Sun likes to...
View ArticleLetters: Liyu police in breach of human rights
Lynne Featherstone (Letters, 15 January) gives the impression that Human Rights Watch supports DFID's proposed training programme for the Liyu police. We do not. For years we have documented egregious...
View ArticleUK funds aim to end female genital mutilation 'in a generation'
Britain pledges up to £35m to help eliminate FGM, but changing tradition poses huge challenge for campaignersThe British government has pledged up to £35m to help eliminate female genital mutilation...
View ArticleUK focuses on preventing HIV among adolescents in southern Africa
Prisoners also targeted by £10.7m investment in researching how to stop spread of transmissions among vulnerable groupsThe UK government is to invest £10.7m in researching how to prevent adolescents...
View ArticleKenneth Clarke shows No 10: watch out when a big beast is on the prowl
Veteran justice secretary regrets use of 'colourful language' but insists he remains right on all the facts in CatgateDowning Street is, to put it mildly, furious with Kenneth Clarke. No 10 had thought...
View ArticleLynne Featherstone warns against ditching family-friendly policies
Equalities minister says 'hideous suggestions' by David Cameron's advisers must be swept awayLynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat equalities minister, has attacked the "hideous" ideas of David...
View ArticleDavid Cameron urged to abandon 'hideous' plans to cut maternity rights
Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone warns prime minister against ditching family-friendly policiesDavid Cameron was warned on Sunday to abandon "hideous" plans to restrict maternity rights amid a...
View ArticleNick Clegg to accuse banks of racism
Lecture will argue that loan discrimination against minority ethnic customers is holding budding black entrepreneurs backThe reputation of Britain's banks will take a fresh battering when the deputy...
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