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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...

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Kenneth 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...

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Lynne 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...

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David 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...

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Nick 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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Letter: 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...

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Transgender 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...

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Letters: 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...

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Cameron 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...

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Lynne 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,...

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Letters: 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...

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Equality 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...

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High 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...

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Letters: 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...

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UK 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...

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UK 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...

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Kenneth 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...

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Lynne 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...

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David 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...

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Nick 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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