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Pool death brings call for action

The discovery of a woman's body in the swimming pool of an elegant apartment complex has alarmed water safety campaigners and invigorated work programmes to prevent more fatalities.Neighbours found the body yesterday morning - she...

Anne Stevenson: A Citizen's Report From the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Last week I found myself with an invitation to be a fly on the wall of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. The conference is where the 99% can find the leaders with the most realistic solutions to our nation's problems

Women's commission bill passed in Pakistan

Islamabad (Dawn/ANN) - In a most significant pro-women move in nearly four years of its life, the National Assembly unanimously passed on Thursday a government bill to create a powerful National Commission on the Status of Women as the fruit of years of efforts of a women's caucus, overcoming some last-minute hitches that held it up for a day.

Welfare reform bill live blog: government suffers sixth defeat

Overwhelming backing for Tory peer's amendment wrecking charging proposals for Child Support Agency • Read more: Welfare bill defeated in Lords • Key points: how the defeat happened and why 8.48pm: Here is a summary of today's key events: • The government has suffered its sixth defeat on its controversial welfare reform bill, this time over its plans to introduce charges for people using the new ...

The discretionary social fund: a lifeline the government wants to cut | Ruth Lister

The welfare reform bill allows the state to wash its hands of all responsibility for the ultimate safety net Peers have an opportunity today to protect the ultimate safety net of the social security system when they debate the report stage of the welfare reform bill for the last time. The discretionary social fund was introduced in the late 1980s as part of the Thatcher government's social ...