Aine Fox

New draft guidance on Relationships and Sex Education and Health education (RSHE) has been published (Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education/PA)
Politics

Sex education age limits to ensure children ‘not exposed to too much too soon’

The draft revised guidance on relationships, sex and health education has been compiled following concerns that children were being exposed too soon.
By Aine Fox
16 May 2024
The figures prompted fresh calls for rental protections (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Politics

No-fault eviction bailiff repossessions hit six-year high

The number is the highest for any quarter since the beginning of 2018.
By Aine Fox
16 May 2024
Ms Keegan spoke about how much she had learned over the years from speaking to ‘lots of different people’ (Alamy/PA)
Politics

Education Secretary says schools sex guidance will not mean ‘silence’ on gender

Gillian Keegan admitted she did not know how widespread the teaching of ‘inappropriate’ material about gender identity is in schools.
By Aine Fox
16 May 2024
The Women’s Institute says that high bills are contributing to a women’s mental health crisis (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business News

WI says energy bills and debt ‘fuelling women’s mental health crisis’

The organisation’s research suggested that more than one in 10 women said they had been in energy debt in the last six months.
By Aine Fox
16 May 2024
Healthy packed lunches cost 45% more on average, according to The Food Foundation (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business News

Healthy packed lunches 45% more expensive on average, charity research suggests

The Food Foundation looked at food prices across five major supermarkets.
By Aine Fox
16 May 2024
Campaigners outside the Isle of Man’s parliament (Lee Notman/PA)
Politics

Proposed Isle of Man assisted dying service ‘takes another landmark step’

The wording of the Assisted Dying Bill was debated on Tuesday.
By Aine Fox
14 May 2024
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UK

Grenfell families and survivors unite over football at QPR stadium

Friends and family gathered at QPR’s Loftus Road stadium for matches to celebrate the lives of those who died

By Aine Fox
14 May 2024
Pro-change campaigners gathered in the Isle of Man as the Assisted Dying Bill was debated (Lee Notman/PA)
Politics

Isle of Man dying Bill not workable, Baroness Finlay tells its parliament

The detail of the Assisted Dying Bill is being debated at the clauses stage.
By Aine Fox
14 May 2024
Some 87% of adults surveyed indicated they trust the Office for National Statistics (Alamy/UK)
Politics

Trust in statistics high but political misrepresentation worries remain – report

Levels of trust in the Government and Parliament have fallen since 2021, the report showed.
By Aine Fox
14 May 2024
Charities said rough sleepers will face being criminalised under new legislation (Yui Mok/PA)
Politics

‘Smells’ cut from Bill but charities fear homeless will still be criminalised

Campaigners had said the Criminal Justice Bill was drafted so widely it could result in rough sleepers being arrested or fined for smelling bad.
By Aine Fox
13 May 2024
A report is calling for the presumption of contact between children and abusive parents to be ‘fully and finally removed’ (Alamy/PA)
Crime

Tory MP abused by ex-husband backs report urging law change on parental contact

Conservative MP Kate Kniveton said it should not have to be ‘exceptional to shield a child from an abusive parent’.
By Aine Fox
12 May 2024
The number of households and families has risen in line with population increases, the ONS said (Alamy/PA)
UK

Three in 10 households made up of people living alone, latest estimates suggest

The number of men living alone last year grew by more than the number of women living alone compared with 2013.
By Aine Fox
8 May 2024
The Start for Life programme offers services including health visits, parenting courses and infant feeding (Alamy/PA)
Politics

Long-term funding is needed to ensure family services are not cut, say watchdogs

The Start for Life programme offers services including health visits, parenting courses, infant feeding, and speech and language support.
By Aine Fox
7 May 2024
The Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill is to be debated clause-by-clause this month (Alamy/PA)
Politics

Further debate ‘will strengthen safeguards in Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill’

Each of the Bill’s 14 clauses are to be debated by the island’s parliament this month.
By Aine Fox
7 May 2024
Final guidance is awaited on the implementation of buffer zones outside abortion clinics, including how ‘silent prayer’ is handled (Alamy/PA)
Politics

Government dragging its heels on abortion clinic buffer zones, say campaigners

Safe access zones were part of the Public Order Act which gained royal assent in May 2023.
By Aine Fox
1 May 2024
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has launched a call for input on examples of incorrect guidance being used around single-sex spaces (Carl Recine/PA)
Politics

Call for single-sex spaces examples ‘will not create transphobic comments’

Kemi Badenoch said the move is aimed at clearing up confusion in what she described as a ‘complex’ area involving public spaces.
By Aine Fox
1 May 2024
Kemi Badenoch is asking people to submit real-world examples of organisations using incorrect guidance on single-sex spaces (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Kemi Badenoch calls for examples of incorrect guidance on single-sex spaces

It comes a day after the Health Secretary announced plans to overhaul the NHS constitution to ‘ensure that biological sex is respected’.
By Aine Fox
1 May 2024
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Politics

Sharp rise in asylum seekers needing help for homelessness in England

The Local Government Association says the closure of asylum hotels means people are turning to councils for support instead

By Aine Fox
30 Apr 2024
The Government has published the latest statistics on homelessness in England (Alamy/PA)
Politics

Generation of children having lives blighted by homelessness, warns charity

There were 145,800 children in temporary accommodation as of the end of December last year.
By Aine Fox
30 Apr 2024
Campaigners protest outside Parliament in Westminster (Samuel Montgomery/PA)
Politics

Assisted dying: Emotional debate hears country ‘not teeming with granny killers’

Monday’s debate has no vote but is a chance for MPs to share their own and their constituents’ views on the issue.
By Aine Fox
29 Apr 2024
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Politics

Esther Rantzen’s part in assisted dying campaign ‘has struck chord’

The 83-year-old broadcaster’s name was raised during a near three-hour debate

By Aine Fox
29 Apr 2024
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