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The government has removed measures from its Online Safety Bill which would have forced social media sites to take down material designated “legal but harmful”, in what Labour called a “major weakening” of the legislation.Some Conservative MPs had previously warned that the axed measures could threaten free speech and could lead to “political censorship”.Culture secretary Michelle Donelan argued that removing these aspects of the much-delayed bill would help to finally get it “into law”. More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A “member of the government” briefed false negative stories about Martin Lewis to a newspaper during this summer’s Tory leadership campaign, the money saving expert has claimed. Appearing at a […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg – who has sparked outrage by calling abortion a “death cult” – previously admitted that his investment firm profited from pills used in abortions. The ex-cabinet […] More

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight More than 40 per cent of British products previously exported to the EU have disappeared from European shelves since Brexit, new figures show. Trade […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced major changes to the Online Safety Bill ahead of its return to Parliament. Much delayed and controversial in its approach, the aim of the […] More

Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Senior Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg launched an astonishing attack on abortion rights in the UK, calling the legal procedure morally wrong and a “cult of death”. The ex-cabinet minister said […] More

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