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    Rishi Sunak to consider law change to protect ‘biological’ women

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is to consider official advice that says changing the definition of sex in law would create greater “clarity” around women-only spaces. Amending the Equality Act 2010 to specifically refer to “biological […] More

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    Greece's opposition vows to legalize same-sex marriage

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The leader of Greece’s opposition has promised to legalize same-sex marriage with full parental rights if he wins a general election next month, in a move that would make it the first predominantly […] More

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    Therese Coffey admits she cannot fix sewage scandal ‘overnight’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Therese Coffey has admitted she cannot end the sewage scandal “overnight” in what critics are calling a “complete abdication of duty”. The environment secretary has faced calls to resign from opposition figures after […] More

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    Cornwall drops devolution deal with elected mayor after public ‘concern’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Government-backed plans for a £360m devolution deal for Cornwall including an elected mayor have been abandoned due to public opposition. Cornwall Council will no longer pursue the scheme, after 69% of respondents to […] More

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    TikTok fined £12.7m for ‘letting 1.4m underage children in UK use app’

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails TikTok has received a £12.7m fine from UK regulators because it “failed to use children’s personal data lawfully” and “did not do enough” to prevent underage children from […] More

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    Government rejected chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The UK government imposed “significant suffering” on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori by rejecting changes to free them from captivity in Iran, a damning report by MPs has found. Early opportunities to secure […] More