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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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UK's First Black Woman Lawmaker Says Labour Party "Banned" Her From Polls
Diane Abbott, the first black woman to become an MP in the UK, on Wednesday said the Labour party has "banned" her from standing as its candidate in the general election.
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"My 'Muslimness' Made Colleagues Uncomfortable": Sacked UK Lawmaker
A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable, the Sunday Times reported.
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"Don't Agree We're Amplifying Hate": Facebook Safety Head To UK Lawmakers
Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the US company would welcome effective government regulation.
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UK Considers How To Boost Security After Parliament Member Stabbing
After David Amess, 69, a member of British parliament from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, was stabbed repeatedly, it prompted a review of politicians' security.
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"Gross Interference": India Summons Envoy Over UK Debate On Farm Laws
India called in the British High Commissioner on Tuesday to express its disapproval of the discussions on farmers' protest and press freedom in the British parliament. The 90-minute debate was held on Monday, during which several MPs of the Labour party, Liberal democrats and the Scottish National Party raised concern over the government's reaction...
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UK Police Examine Right-Wing Extremism Link To Murder Of Lawmaker
British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing.
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Suspected Killer Of British Lawmaker Had Ties To Neo-Nazi Group, Watchdog Says
The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo-Nazi organization and, in the past, had ordered a how-to guide for assembling a homemade gun, according to a watchdog group that tracks extremist behavior.
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Lawmakers Demand Extension To Register For Referendum Vote
U.K. lawmakers are demanding that Britons get more time to register to vote in the referendum on European Union membership after a technical glitch prevented last-minute registration.
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UK Lawmakers Say Facebook May Have Broken Tax Rules
Facebook said it would ditch a corporate structure that helps minimise its UK tax bill, prompting lawmakers and campaigners to ask whether the arrangement had ever complied with UK tax rules.
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UK Lawmakers Warn Government Fairness of European Union Referendum in Jeopardy
The British government has cast a shadow over the fairness of a planned referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by trying to relax rules designed to ensure pre-vote official impartiality, a committee of lawmakers said.
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Short skirts, high heels risk rape, says UK lawmaker
A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread condemnation.
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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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UK's First Black Woman Lawmaker Says Labour Party "Banned" Her From Polls
Diane Abbott, the first black woman to become an MP in the UK, on Wednesday said the Labour party has "banned" her from standing as its candidate in the general election.
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"My 'Muslimness' Made Colleagues Uncomfortable": Sacked UK Lawmaker
A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable, the Sunday Times reported.
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"Don't Agree We're Amplifying Hate": Facebook Safety Head To UK Lawmakers
Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the US company would welcome effective government regulation.
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UK Considers How To Boost Security After Parliament Member Stabbing
After David Amess, 69, a member of British parliament from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, was stabbed repeatedly, it prompted a review of politicians' security.
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"Gross Interference": India Summons Envoy Over UK Debate On Farm Laws
India called in the British High Commissioner on Tuesday to express its disapproval of the discussions on farmers' protest and press freedom in the British parliament. The 90-minute debate was held on Monday, during which several MPs of the Labour party, Liberal democrats and the Scottish National Party raised concern over the government's reaction...
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UK Police Examine Right-Wing Extremism Link To Murder Of Lawmaker
British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing.
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Suspected Killer Of British Lawmaker Had Ties To Neo-Nazi Group, Watchdog Says
The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo-Nazi organization and, in the past, had ordered a how-to guide for assembling a homemade gun, according to a watchdog group that tracks extremist behavior.
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Lawmakers Demand Extension To Register For Referendum Vote
U.K. lawmakers are demanding that Britons get more time to register to vote in the referendum on European Union membership after a technical glitch prevented last-minute registration.
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UK Lawmakers Say Facebook May Have Broken Tax Rules
Facebook said it would ditch a corporate structure that helps minimise its UK tax bill, prompting lawmakers and campaigners to ask whether the arrangement had ever complied with UK tax rules.
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UK Lawmakers Warn Government Fairness of European Union Referendum in Jeopardy
The British government has cast a shadow over the fairness of a planned referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union by trying to relax rules designed to ensure pre-vote official impartiality, a committee of lawmakers said.
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Short skirts, high heels risk rape, says UK lawmaker
A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread condemnation.
