It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
Assisted Suicide
Ross Hendry
A number of MPs, including many from the Labour Party, have signed a Commons motion calling for a block on the guidance recently issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)…
Transgender
The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, today announced that the government would be introducing a ban on social media for those under 16. The ban, which would cover popular platforms such as TikTok,…
Pornography
Assisted Suicide
Modern Slavery
The percentage of those who called the National Gambling Helpline so far this year for help with online gambling has risen to the highest rate since 2021, with four out of five…
Gambling
Major wins in regulation of online pornography
Pornography
Scottish Parliament rejects Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted Suicide
CARE for Scotland urges MSPs to reject assisted suicide ahead of…
Assisted Suicide
CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
Assisted Suicide
The government is launching a new consultation on family law that proposes to strengthen financial rights of unmarried couples if they split up.
Marriage and Family
Jack Clark, one of the founders of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, has said that AI systems are nearing the point where it no longer needs human input to develop and that we…
Artificial Intelligence
Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft in Suffolk, is suing xAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, over claims that it was used to create non-consensual fake images of her in…
Pornography
The widow of Luke Ashton, who took his own life after getting into debt through gambling, is taking legal action against Betfair, claiming that the firm was negligent.
Gambling
Labour MP Sarah Owen, chairman of the Women and Equalities Commission, has joined a dozen fellow MPs in claiming the government-approved single-sex guidance creates a “hostile environment” for trans people.
Transgender
Nearly one in four young gamblers are betting in an attempt to pay essential bills, while almost one in five describe themselves as addicted, according to new research published by Nationwide ahead…
Gambling
Research is revealing the real-world impact of violent pornography upon teenagers, according to academics. Dr Ruth Weir of City St George's, University of London, described how extreme pornography had become "normalised online"…
Pornography