Yesterday ConservativeHome launched a week-long series on 'the Conservatives and women', just ahead of today's second reading on the Welfare Benefits Up-ratin...
Public anger over the government's workfare schemes has kicked off this week following the widespread online circulation of adverts for "jobs" in Tesco paying only travel expenses and JSA. Laura argues that feminists need to join the fight.
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Tory feminism. I've been avoiding blogging about this because the sheer physical pain that swells up in my fingers when I type those two words in succession, ...
In a blatant attempt to divert attention from the disastrous NHS bill currently going through the Lords, David Cameron yesterday urged us all to shop an illeg...
When David Cameron promised to form a family-friendly government, you may have got the impression he was talking about a particular and narrow type of domestic arrangement. But Milena Popova imagines how policy would change if support for all families was put at the heart of decision-making
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Correction made on 26 July 2011 (see first comment below).
In May 2011, the launch of the Sexual Education and Relationships Council was announced. Founding ...
I expect the headline above would be dismissed by Tory MP Philip Davies as yet more "leftwing hysteria" but it precisely reflects something he has seriously s...
I grew up in the “teenage pregnancy capital of Europe”, Scarborough. When I was 13 in 1998, 55.8% of teenage girls became pregnant at some point.
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One in six specialist domestic violence courts will be shut down as a result of the cuts, the Law Society Gazette is reporting:
Shadow justice minister Andy Sl...
The Tory government is planning to strip parental leave rights from parents who work in small businesses, reports The Telegraph.
Under the proposal from Chance...
The number of women claiming Jobseekers' Allowance has risen 12%, meaning the number of women aged 25-49 claiming the unemployment benefit is at its highest sin...
UPDATED to add Fawcett's response.
The Fawcett Society has been refused a judicial review of the emergency budget.
Fawcett was arguing that the Treasury did n...
Home Secretary Theresa May intends to abandon one of the central measures in the Equality Act passed by the last government, reports The Guardian.
The socioeco...
UPDATE: It should be noted that today Theresa May scrapped powers to ban violent partners from their victim's home, citing the need to save money. Hopefully we ...
Croydon's Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre is having its funding cut by £27,000 a year - while the top Tories in the council are giving themselves pay rises...
UPDATE: Apparently Ken Clarke has put a correction on record that he meant to extend his concern to "acquitted" not "convicted" rapists - via @gorilerof3b
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