It is a flagship piece of legislation that will be a defining moment of Theresa May’s domestic agenda, with a cause that she has carried over from her tenure at the Home Office. Continue reading Publication of Landmark Draft Domestic Abuse Bill
2019 has hardly started, and we’ve already seen more than enough of MPs being targeted and made victims of abuse. From Anna Soubry being mobbed coming back from an interview on College Green, to MPs facing death threats over Brexit. Not a day goes by without another example of this kind of behaviour. Continue reading WATCH: May should go “shoot herself” says People’s Assembly March speaker as abuse against MPs continues
The Prime Minister has said that today’s launch of the NHS Long Term Plan marks a “historic moment” which will secure the NHS for future generations and could save up to 500,000 lives over the next decade. Continue reading NHS Long Term Plan is an “historic moment”
She once again firmly denounced calls for a second referendum, saying that “it would divide our country” and that on a practical level, there is simply not time for there to be another referendum. Continue reading Theresa May on Marr : Don’t make the search for the perfect, the enemy of the good
These speeches dealt with tackling abuse in politics, abortion in Northern Ireland, Brexit (naturally!), women’s rights internationally and the first use of sign language by a Minister in the Commons. Continue reading Speeches of the Year by Conservative Women
Cameras caught the Leader of the Opposition appearing to refer to the Prime Minister as a “stupid woman” Continue reading Corbyn calls May a “stupid woman” and demeans his office
The 209Women Exhibition, which opens for free to the public today, celebrates the female MPs whilst making a clear statement about the lack of women in art. Continue reading All 209 Female MPs Photographed To Mark Votes100 #209Women
She was “a street fighter with a metaphorical right hook”, who went out and spoke to the women of Plymouth, who had never been spoken to before by prospective politicians. Continue reading Lady Astor Statue Campaign Launch: “they asked Nancy to stand”
The financial cost of working towards getting on the candidates list, being selected and then campaigning to win your seat, undoubtedly prices potential would-be candidates out of running for office. Continue reading Campaign finance is a barrier to female candidates
At yesterday’s ‘Women in Work’ conference held by Bright Blue, the Secretary of State for International Development and the Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt delivered the keynote speech where she proclaimed that “to fight injustice, we need a strong economy” and that helping women in the workplace is a vital part of that. “We need to broaden out the work of the Government … Continue reading Mordaunt: “We need to focus on women at every stage of their lives”
