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NEWSAGENTS AND CORNER SHOPS TO SELL 'PORN PASS' ACCESS CODE TO ALLOW ADULTS TO VISIT X-RATED SITES


The move, part of new legislation being drawn up, is an attempt by the Government to prevent children accessing obscene online material... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 379

ARGENTINA SEEKS IMF HELP, OPPOSITION SAYS BAD MOVE


For many, the announcement brought back memories of a 2001-2002 financial crisis that many blamed on IMF policy prescriptions adopted by the government... READ MORE

11th May, 2018 352

MAASAI HERDERS DRIVEN OFF LAND TO MAKE WAY FOR LUXURY SAFARIS, REPORT SAYS


Tanzanian government accused of putting indigenous people at risk in order to grant foreign tourists access to Serengeti wildlife... READ MORE

10th May, 2018 4677

GREEKS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL PROPERTY AUCTIONS


'Crackdown' Activists and opponents of austerity have accused the Syriza-led government of a crackdown on resistance to the home auctions... READ MORE

23rd April, 2018 416

FIVE PEOPLE DIE AS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS NICARAGUA


Violent protests have spread across Nicaragua in response to government reforms of the social security system... READ MORE

22nd April, 2018 21281

WHAT STEPS CAN THE UK TAKE TO REACH NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050?


As well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the UK could meet its carbon targets by increasing the absorption of carbon dioxide... READ MORE

21st April, 2018 237

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS COULD BE BANNED IN ENGLAND NEXT YEAR


Campaigners said it would cut the country's marine plastic pollution by half... READ MORE

19th April, 2018 20855

MPS TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENT ON BACKING FOR SWANSEA TIDAL LAGOON PROJECT


While the Swansea lagoon is currently stalled, another UK tidal power project took an important step forward this week... READ MORE

13th April, 2018 353

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF LAUNCHING DEADLY CHEMICAL ATTACK


The inquiry had previously found that Syrian Government forces were responsible for three chlorine gas attacks in 2014 and 2015 and that Islamic State militants used mustard gas... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 52

PENSIONS: WHY YOUR WAGES MIGHT GO DOWN


The official government guide for employees on automatic enrolment and workplace pensions can be found here... READ MORE

7th April, 2018 4

DALITS IN INDIA HOLD PROTESTS AGAINST 'DILUTION' OF SC/ST ACT


Yogita, a Dalit resident of Mahipalpur village, New Delhi We have come to protest against the Modi government, which has changed the SC ST Act... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 2259

FRENCH RAIL STAFF STAGE 'BLACK TUESDAY' PROTESTS AGAINST OVERHAUL


Staff at Air France, who are pushing for salary changes, as well as refuse collectors and some energy workers staged separate strikes on Tuesday... READ MORE

2nd April, 2018 664

UNIVERSAL CREDIT TO SLASH BENEFITS FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED


The issues have arisen because a minimum income floor MIF, based on the national living wage, is used to calculate universal credit payments each month... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 2260

COUNCIL FUNDING FOR WOMEN'S REFUGES CUT BY NEARLY A?7M SINCE 2010


A majority of local authorities across England, Wales and Scotland have slashed funding in real terms for refuges since 2010, according to the data... READ MORE

23rd March, 2018 2134

ARE WE REALLY PREPARED TO JUST WATCH AS SOCIETYS SAFETY NETS GO UNMENDED?


Hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners are now in poverty compared with 2012, with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finding the first sustained increases in child and pensioner poverty for 20 years... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 1856

DAIL DEBATE ON THE EIGHTH COULD BEGIN TONIGHT AS PAPER TABLED


Supreme court decision on constitutional rights of the unborn to be... abortion referendum... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 0

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PLASTIC MICROBEADS BAN ENTERS FORCE IN UK


The UK government first pledged to ban plastic microbeads in September 2016, following a US ban in 2015... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 72923

TRUMP'S TAXES MUST BE RELEASED BEFORE TAX REFORM


Trump's taxes must be released before tax reform: Painter and Eisen... READ MORE

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THE CABINET FILES REVEAL NATIONAL SECURITY BREACHES, NBN NEGOTIATIONS, WELFARE REFORM PLANS


Infographic A conversation between the Australian Federal Police and and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet about National Security Committee documents... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 24001

MINISTERS 'REFUSING TO PAY FOR FIRE SAFETY MEASURES' AFTER GRENFELL


However, the government appears determined not to fund or allow additional borrowing for any improvements that go beyond essential safety works... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 10585

RAJASTHAN FARMERS SIT NECK-DEEP TO PROTEST LAND DEAL


Farmers have been protesting since the land acquisition notice was issued in 2010... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 10512

GREENING DROPS PLANS TO ALLOW COUNCILS TO OPT OUT


Clause removed from children and social work bill after concerns it threatened protections built up over decades... READ MORE

3rd March, 2017 7760

'IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY'


The cost to fix the federal government's troubled Phoenix pay system has risen above the original amount spent to implement it... READ MORE

25th May, 2017 7531

HUGE INCREASE IN BADGER CULLING WILL SEE UP TO 33,500 ANIMALS SHOT


Devon now has six badger culls under way, with Somerset and Wiltshire having three each, with others in Cheshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire... READ MORE

11th September, 2017 7247

FAR FROM WINDING DOWN, SYRIAS WAR ESCALATES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS


Even if the government retakes Idlib and Eastern Ghouta, that will not end the war... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 6484

WE BAILED OUT THE BANKERS AND YET WERE READY TO THROW CARE WORKERS TO THE WOLVES


Then, the government stepped in to prevent people losing thousands of pounds in savings and to avoid economic catastrophe... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 6132

BREXIT BILL MAY HAVE BROKEN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT LAW, SAYS UN


Exclusive compliance committee considers complaint alleging government breached Aarhus convention by not consulting public over withdrawal bill... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 5902

BORIS JOHNSON SAYS THERE IS 'NO PLAN' FOR BREXIT WITHOUT A DEAL BUT DAVID DAVIS SAID THERE WAS


However, the Foreign Secretary's admission also directly contradicts previous statements made by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis... READ MORE

11th July, 2017 3934

HOW ETHIOPIA BECAME A LAND OF PRYING EYES


Mr. Alene is a government official, whose job includes elements of both informant and enforcer... READ MORE

6th November, 2017 3737

US SHUTDOWN TO END AS SENATE STRIKES DEAL


The US government partial shutdown is set to end after Senate Republicans and Democrats voted to approve a temporary funding bill... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 3447

MORE THAN 30 CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENTS IN SPECIAL MEASURES


Pretty much every council in the country now considers children's social care to be their biggest headache, not adult social care... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 3405

THE CLEAN ENERGY TARGET IS GONE, SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT INSTEAD? AND WHAT DOES A NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE MEAN FOR CONSUMERS?


In November last year the Government promised to reduce emissions by between 26 and 28 per cent by 2030 as part of the Paris climate change accord... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 3144

ETHIOPIA LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY IMPOSED IN OCTOBER


Demands included an end arbitrary arrests and respect for regional autonomy... READ MORE

5th August, 2017 2745

AIR POLLUTION LAWSUIT SET TO GO AHEAD DESPITE DELAYED GOVERNMENT PLAN


Nitrogen dioxide causes 23,500 of the 40,000 premature deaths caused by air pollution each year, according to the government's own data... READ MORE

5th May, 2017 2422

DEAD DOLPHINS AND A FISHING ROW


But this, say conservationists, is an attempt to hide the impact of commercial fishing on endangered species... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 2100

ICELAND RULING PARTY AHEAD DESPITE LOSSES


Iceland's main centre-right party looks set to remain the largest in a snap election called after a scandal over a paedophile toppled the coalition... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 2044

THOUSANDS EXPECTED AT PRO-CHOICE RALLY IN DUBLIN AHEAD OF ABORTION LAW VOTE


Thousands of people are expected on the streets of Dublin later to call for change to Ireland's strict abortion laws... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 1826

WOMEN'S DAY: GLOBAL RALLIES FOR EQUAL RIGHTS


Even today, on International Women's Day, you are still caught up in your routine, working tirelessly, always on time... READ MORE

8th March, 2017 1668

KASHMIR SHUTS DOWN SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR A MONTH


After roiling student protests on April 17 in Pulwama, in south Kashmir, the government suspended college classes in the region for several days... READ MORE

26th April, 2017 1629

ETHIOPIA TO PARDON POLITICAL PRISONERS, SHUT PRISON


Hailemariam Desalegn says Ethiopia plans to pardon political prisoners and close a notorious prison in Addis Ababa... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 1595

58 PEOPLE MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD AS THERESA MAY ADMITS RESPONSE WAS 'NOT GOOD ENOUGH'


Understandably, those living in similar high rise blocks to Grenfell Tower also want answers... READ MORE

18th June, 2017 1483

UK GOVERNMENT SUED FOR THIRD TIME OVER DEADLY AIR POLLUTION


The UK government is being sued for a third time over the widespread illegal levels of air pollution, which cause 40,000 early deaths every year... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 1431

JORDAN ENDS BREAD SUBSIDY, DOUBLING PITA PRICES


The price of a kilo of white pita bread was raised 60 percent to 0.40 dinars 0.5 from 0.25 dinars 0.3 and price of large pita bread nearly doubled... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 1419

VENEZUELA ELECTION RESULTS 'MANIPULATED' BY AT LEAST 1 MILLION VOTES, POLLING COMPANY SAYS


The announcement added to widespread allegations of fraud in the election that handed sweeping controls to the government... READ MORE

2nd August, 2017 1416

ETHIOPIA FREES OPPOSITION LEADER MERERA GUDINA


Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been released from prison after more than a year in detention... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 1388

GOVERNMENT'S AIR QUALITY PLAN BRANDED INADEQUATE BY CITY LEADERS


Air pollution fears see demand for diesel cars fall by fifth... READ MORE

27th July, 2017 1244


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