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Friday, 2 February 2024

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Starmer commits to ‘all-encompassing conversion therapy law’

Labour will introduce sweeping legislation on ‘conversion therapy’ if elected, Keir Starmer has promised.

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Top KC says Scot Govt ‘incoherent’ on so-called conversion practices

Scot Govt new conversion practices law ‘fatally flawed’, warns LGB campaigner

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Met Police apologises for officer who tried to shut down gospel singer

The Metropolitan Police has apologised after a volunteer officer told a gospel singer she could not sing Christian songs in a public place.

Open University Prof ‘hounded out of job’ for upholding biological sex wins case

A gender-critical professor who quit the Open University after it failed to safeguard her from death threats and harassment has been vindicated by an Employment Tribunal.

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Nine unis accused of labelling gender-critical staff and students ‘morally evil’

Mermaids ‘bullying attempts’ to undermine trans guidance for schools

Widdecombe: ‘Rantzen’s campaign for assisted suicide must not prevail’

Dame Esther Rantzen’s campaign for assisted suicide “must not be allowed to win”, Ann Widdecombe has warned.

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Labour MP: ‘It’s not left-wing to support assisted suicide’

MSP: ‘Increasing numbers of Scots will die if Holyrood backs assisted suicide’

‘Dr Death’ peddles assisted suicide in Dublin

‘A big mistake’: MP Miriam Cates takes aim at no-fault divorce

Christian MP Miriam Cates has criticised the Government’s decision to introduce no-fault divorce as attacking the heart of marriage.

Number seeking help for gambling problems surges to record level

The number of people seeking help for problem gambling rose by over 10,000 last year.

Taxpayer-funded arts centre promotes ‘trans choir’ to 5-year-olds

The UK’s largest arts centre is hosting a day of music workshops for kids as young as five led by the choir “Trans Voices”.

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Network Rail slammed for building ‘Pride Pillar’ of LGBT flags

London council to only hire pro-LGBT businesses

Raped at 15, survivor chose life for her baby: ‘Abortion is not your only option’

A mother who conceived a child after being raped at 15 years old has encouraged other victims that abortion is never “your only option”.

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Baby who had heart op at just 2 hours old now almost 18 months

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US Govt backtrack after barring church from poverty scheme over biblical ethics

Oregon proposes recriminalising drugs amid addiction crisis

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