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Two-fifths of people support increasing slot machine taxesResearch by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) shows that 43% of UK adults think that the government should increase taxes on slot machines in betting shops.
Gambling
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One in three pregnancies end in abortion in England and WalesThe latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales now result in an abortion.
Abortion
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Govt publishes draft conversion practices Bill
Freedom of Speech
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Child under 12 euthanised in the NetherlandsA child under the age of twelve, who was seriously ill, has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in the first case of its kind since the law was changed two years ago.
Assisted Suicide
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Intelligence agencies warn that AI is months away from causing havoc
Artificial Intelligence
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ChatGPT used to create violent and sexualised imagesResearchers have used OpenAI’s artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT to create sexualised images and scenes of graphic violence. This adds the platform to a list of other AI tools, such as xAI’s Grok,…
Artificial Intelligence
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Anti-Slavery Commissioner calls for inquiry into exploitation on OnlyFansThe UK’s Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, has called for a public inquiry into potential ‘exploitation’ of women on the online platform OnlyFans, after a BBC investigation exposed threatening and exploitative behaviour.
Sexual Exploitation
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MPs call for single-sex space guidance to be blockedA 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
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Government announce ban on social media for under-16sThe 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
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MPs to revisit assisted suicide legislation in ParliamentLabour MP for Rochester and Stood, Lauren Edwards, has said that she plans to bring an assisted suicide bill back to Parliament as a Private Member’s Bill. The legislation proposed will be…
Assisted Suicide
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Drugs gangs 'cuckooing' hundreds of homes each weekPolice have warned that hundreds of people’s homes are being taken over each week to deal drugs by criminal gangs in a process known as ‘cuckooing’.
Modern Slavery
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Proportion of people struggling with online gambling hits five-year highThe 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