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Channel 4 threatens to ’empty-chair’ Boris Johnson during climate change debate
The broadcaster said the debate will take place whether or not all the leaders show up.
Child poverty would reach ’60-year-high’ if Conservatives re-elected
Current poverty rates would not fall under Labour’s manifesto, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Women and girls subjected to an epidemic of sexual violence
Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday occurrences - affecting close to a billion women and girls over a lifetime, irrespective of age, background or country.
Harry Dunn’s family urge voters to unseat ‘coward’ Dominic Raab
A crowd booed as the Foreign Secretary left East Molesey Methodist Church in an official car after a hustings in his constituency.
Conservative grandee Lord Heseltine urges Tory voters to ‘put country first’ and not vote Tory
‘Get Brexit done in a month around Christmas’ is a ‘delusion’ warned the former cabinet colleague of Margaret Thatcher.
Jeremy Corbyn says 3.7m women caught in government’s pension trap owed ‘moral debt’
Labour have pledged to help the 3.7 million WASPI women.
BBC admits to making a “mistake” when it edited footage of audience reactions to Boris Johnson
"Although there was absolutely no intention to mislead, we accept this was a mistake on our part, as it didn’t reflect the full reaction to Boris Johnson’s answer".
Election 2019: Boris Johnson top recipient of donations from climate denial backers
By Mat Hope, Editor, Desmog UK
Hundreds of thousands sign up to mass tree planting after government failure on environment targets
Woodland Trust estimates close to a million trees will be going into the ground as a result of its Big Climate Fightback campaign.