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AI could reduce demand for office spaceA new report from workplace consultancy AWA suggests that artificial intelligence could cause a 54 million square foot reduction in UK office demand over the next five years.
Artificial Intelligence
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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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Govt publishes draft conversion practices Bill
Freedom of Speech
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Transgender prisoners sent to jails according to biological sexThe Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has withdrawn its transgender policy, first implemented in 2014, which permitted transgender prisoners to be housed in a prison aligned with their gender identity, rather than their…
Transgender
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Child under 12 euthanised in the Netherlands
Assisted Suicide
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Intelligence agencies warn that AI is months away from causing havoc
Artificial Intelligence
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Children as young as six on transgender waiting listNumbers published by The Telegraph following a Freedom of Information request show that children as young as six-years-old are on the waiting list for NHS gender care.
Transgender
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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