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Hundreds of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people are to get a refund after being -    Caroline Abrahams, of Age UK , said: 'We always encourage older people and their families to organise Power of Attorney well in advance of any ...

Hitler's invasion dossier on England warned Nazis of slovenly English women - Some of these negative developments must be put down not to undeserved poverty but wholly or in part to insufficient competence in domestic ...

 Living Wage a 'win-win-win' for all - Economist and author Alan Freeman established the first Living Wage Unit in the UK in 2001 when he was principal economist for the Greater London ...

A reformed EU, not Brexit, offers best hope of more progressive UK - Larry Elliott seems to believe that only a British government unencumbered by the EU could legislate to reduce poverty and inequality – for example ...

The UK peddles a cynical colonialism and calls it aid - The UK peddles a cynical colonialism and calls it aid ... 'It is possible to do a huge amount of good with 0.7% of the UK's GDP, but only if it has a ... to count as aid, money has to be spent on poverty amelioration in another country.

Reading standards in Scotland falling behind UK , study warns - Reading standards in Scotland falling behind UK , study warns ... Scottish pupils rank among the poorest in the UK nations when it comes to ... children and young people most in need, to close the poverty -related attainment gap.

Samaritans Teams Up With Hairdressers And Barbers To Highlight The Life-Saving Power Of -    There are 160,000 hairdressers and barbers in the UK , making up 1% of ... Mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin added: “We could all benefit ...

Could an APP help fight depression? World's first mental health chatbot decreases symptoms two ... - It runs through Facebook Messenger, and acts as a personal therapist to help address users' mental health challenges, including depression and ...

UK dramatically shakes up rules on gay men and blood donation - England and Scotland have slashed the amount of time gay and bisexual men must wait before giving blood, because the accuracy of testing for HIV ...

Homophobic playground bullies will be banned from using the word ' gay ' in new Tory drive to boost ... - A NEW crackdown on homophobic playground bullies will see the word “ gay ” banned as part of Theresa May's drive to boost equality. The plans are ...

How 1967 changed gay life in Britain : 'I think for my generation, we're still a little bit uneasy' - It stated that “a homosexual act in private shall not be an offence provided that the parties consent thereto and have attained the age of 21 years”.

Berlin gay pride revelers mark legalization of same-sex marriage - allowing Germany to join the club of over 20 countries -- including France, Denmark, Spain and the UK -- where same-sex marriage is already legal.

Buggery, bribery and a committee: the story of how gay sex was decriminalised in Britain -  Britain is celebrating 50 years since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act partially ... There was also considerable scope to blackmail homosexual men.

UK seminaries, Sunday schools must adopt 'queer theology' - It is also suggested that churches who take a different view of homosexual acts from LGBTI ideology are acting immorally – and it is implied that the ...

Shakespeare was gay , wrote sonnets for men: top UK director - William Shakespeare, whose sexuality has been a long-running debate in academic circles, may have been a gay , a top UK theatre director has ...

Equalities Secretary: churches should hold gay weddings - Justine Greening, who announced last summer she was in a homosexual relationship, said church practise should reflect "modern attitudes".

The LGBT church restoring faith to the community - MCC is slightly out of the ordinary – a church for the LGBT community, founded in Glasgow ... In the UK he thought he would find a way to live freely.

Government to “de-medicalise” the transition process - The UK's Government has announced radical new plans to “streamline and de-medicalise” the process by which transgender people can have their ...

UK Government reduces one year ban for gay and bisexual men donating blood - The UK Government reduced a one year ban for men who have sex with men to just three months. Announced today (23 July), the new guidelines ...

UK Government to make legal gender transition easier - Adults will be able to change their gender legally without a doctor's diagnosis under government plans that will transform British society. Men will...

Homophobic playground bullies will be banned from using the word ' gay ' in new Tory drive to boost ... - NEW crackdown on homophobic playground bullies will see the word “ gay ” banned as part of Theresa May's drive to boost equality. The plans are ...

Government wants to hear from LGBT people after major policy changes - To try and correct some of the everyday injustices faced by LGBT people...

How 1967 changed gay life in Britain : 'I think for my generation, we're still a little bit uneasy' - How 1967 changed gay life in Britain : 'I think for my generation, we're still a little bit uneasy ... A Gay Liberation Front demonstration in London in 1972.

2500 people take part in Trans Pride Brighton 2017 - In Prides around the world, in LGBT spaces, in the community, in work, school, media, government, etc., erasure of trans people and non-binary ...