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It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
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Record 20,000 Modern Slavery Victims Referred in UKA record 19,125 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office in 2024, marking a 13% increase from the previous year. The Government confirmed this is the highest annual…
Modern Slavery
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Shocking guidance from NHS Education for Scotland around transgender provisionNHS Scotland has told its employees, in shocking guidance, that they have a legal duty to treat transgender women (biological males) as female, even if they have facial hair.
Transgender
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Potential move to lessen smartphone usage among children
Marriage and Family
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Explainer: What is the porn review?Note: This blog contains themes that are not suitable for a younger audience.
Pornography
Press Releases
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Major wins in regulation of online pornography
Pornography
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Scottish Parliament rejects Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted Suicide
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CARE for Scotland urges MSPs to reject assisted suicide ahead of…
Assisted Suicide
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CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
Assisted Suicide
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Isle of Man Moves Closer to Legalising Assisted Suicide
Assisted Suicide
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Bid to rule out anorexia from Assisted Suicide Bill rejectedMPs have rejected proposals to prevent people with anorexia from accessing Assisted Suicide under Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, despite concerns being raised from a number of charities…
Assisted Suicide
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Trans doctors able to erase disciplinary details from public record
It has emerged that the General Medical Council (GMC) has removed the public disciplinary history of doctors who have changed their gender, by giving them new registration numbers upon changing their identities.…
Transgender
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Scottish Woman First to Be Charged Under Abortion Clinic Protest LawA 74-year-old woman has become the first person to be arrested and charged under Scotland’s new law banning protests outside abortion clinics. She was arrested near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in…
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Assisted Suicide Bill hit by new problems over lack of psychiatristsKim Leadbeater's assisted suicide bill has been hit by fresh problems after concerns were raised over psychiatrist shortages.
Assisted Suicide
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US Vice President JD Vance criticises UK over free speechThe US Vice President JD Vance has warned that free speech is under real threat across Europe as he cited examples from the UK.
Freedom of Speech
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Labour Shelves Plans for Gender Law Reform Amid Rising Political PressuresLabour has halted plans to reform gender recognition laws, The Times reports, in response to political pressures and a surge in polling by Reform UK. The party previously promised to simplify the…
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Landmark case under way over trans access to women's changing roomsA landmark tribunal case is currently underway in Scotland surrounding the access of transgender women to women’s changing rooms.
Transgender