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It has been a long campaign to end what is a deeply damaging practice of non-disclosure agreements.
This change in the law will help victims to access the support they need.
Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ has been a brilliant advocate on this issue. Congratulations to her!
After tireless campaigning by our own Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ the Govt has finally tabled an amendment to the Victims & Prisoners Bill in the Lords that ensures non-disclosure agreements preventing victims from disclosing information to the police or other bodies cannot be legally enforced.
Tomorrow, the Carer’s Leave Bill introduced by Wendy Chamberlain MP comes into force. This bill will allow employees who are carers to take up to a week of unpaid leave every 12 months.
The work unpaid carers do is so vital yet is it extremely underappreciated.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has called on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel.
Sky's Political Correspondent Matthew Thompson has the latest from Westminster following the deaths of seven aid workers in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
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Myself and other parliamentarians have written to David Cameron, asking him to demand that Israel must not use starvation as a weapon of war.
International law must be upheld - with absolutely no exceptions.