9th April 2022

The mother of Semina Halliwell, a girl with autism who alleged she was raped by a boy from her school, says she holds Merseyside Police accountable for their failures to investigate her complaints.

Money Saving Expert offers tips from heated insoles to base layers in ‘damning indictment’ of cost of living crisis

Calls for the richest people to pay more are becoming louder, and the huge sums that could be raised cannot be ignored, says researcher Ben Tippet

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Government wins vote in @UKHouseofLords shock - an attempt to keep PR voting for city Mayors and Police & Crime Commissioners was defeated 160 votes to 153. So the move to first past the posts voting remains in the Elections Bill— Mark D'Arcy (@DArcyTiP) April 6, 2022

Fears of ‘Stalinisation’ of society after Irina Gen was called in by spy agency and prosecuted over recorded message

Joe Biden links new measures directly to accounts of atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha

Karen Burrows said her daughter had been forced to drop out of university, and that the amount of tax she had to pay ‘makes working feel pointless’

The Chancellor declared his wife’s status to the Government but did not publicly disclose the fact that she is domiciled abroad

Thursday’s Daily EXPRESS: “Thank You PM! Sports Stars Back Boris In Trans Row” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DyekUnkotF— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 6, 2022

A first defeat for the Government on the Elections Bill as peers support an amendment to expand the list of accepted voter identification.A couple more defeats could happen later today on what is day one of report stage.https://t.co/nnZgwoT7T7— Richard Wheeler (@richard_kaputt) April 6, 2022

A Brooklyn bar that was quickly becoming a mainstay for the LGBTQ community after being in business for just a few months is now closed after police said someone used a canister of gasoline to set it on fire.

Exclusive: research shows benefits cut has barely changed fertility rates and pushed thousands of British families deeper into poverty

The measure would make performing an abortion illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

BREAKING: The government’s international LGBT conference, which was due to set an example to the rest of the world, has been cancelled. It follows over 100 organisations boycotting the event over the govt’s plans to only partially ban conversion therapy.— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) April 5, 2022

Britain, US and Australia to cooperate on high-speed missiles to counter Russia and China

Ch4 news is an extension of the guardian newsroom , a bunch of trendy Oxford educated lefties with less neutrality than the BBC ! We are engaged in a cultural war where the right win elections & the left control tv media. It needs a bullet in the back of the head pronto ! https://t.co/nv6irsKPGU— Arron Banks (@Arron_banks) April 5, 2022

Peers find fault with many aspects of nationality and borders bill, in particular proposal to divide refugees into classes

The Labour Party and Pregnant Then Screwed has warned that as many as 40 per cent of women are either being forced to reduce their working hours or give up work entirely

Minister claims it is “insulting” to ask if it’s right for MPs to employ their spouses.1) the fact Warburton’s wife handles HR meant alleged victims couldn’t challenge him or seek help internally2) practice was banned years ago for new MPs. Is Hart suggesting we revisit that? https://t.co/nXdWu2xlpJ— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) April 4, 2022

The actress, who played one of the soap’s longest-running characters, passed away at home on Sunday

Italian Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, France’s Marine Le Pen and Britain’s Nigel Farage all joined the chorus of congratulations for the Hungarian leader

After weeks of failing to divide Europe over his war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin enjoyed two diplomatic victories this weekend. Populists in Hungary and Serbia won elections, providing Putin with a welcome reminder that he still has some friends to his west.

Vladimir stands on the edge of a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv. He holds his hands to his head, then up to the sky.

We are joining more than 20 HIV organisations opposing the Government decision to exclude trans people from the ban on conversion therapy #BanConversionTherapy #SafeToBeMe2022 pic.twitter.com/7t7oPdTfyi— National AIDS Trust (@NAT_AIDS_Trust) April 4, 2022

Kaleidoscope Trust stands in solidarity with our trans siblings in the UK and around the world. As such, we are withdrawing our support of #SafetoBeMe2022. The UK Government must ensure that *all* LGBT+ people in the UK are free from violence, discrimination and persecution. pic.twitter.com/tQ83jjeuaI— Kaleidoscope Trust (@Kaleidoscope_T) April 4, 2022

Due to the Prime Minister’s broken promise on protecting trans people from the harms of conversion therapy, we regret that we are withdrawing Stonewall’s support for the UK Government’s #SafeToBeMe2022 conference 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ioht3DuwO0— Stonewall (@stonewalluk) April 4, 2022

Higher interest rates mean households must spend more of their income on servicing debt repayments