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Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson says if people don't like the new guidance on single-sex spaces, 'change the law'. The new chair of the EHRC says the law around single-sex spaces ‘is very clear’ and many women 'do really value single sex spaces'. 🔊 Political Thinking:
BBC Radio 4 Today268,844 views • 5 days ago
"I do not accept that at all." Parm Sandhu, director of the London Policing College and former chief superintendent at the Met Police, rejects accusations of a 'two-tier' justice system, and says the police officers involved in the Henry Nowak case made a 'tragic mistake'.
BBC Radio 4 Today34,500 views • 19 hours ago
Rishi Sunak and his wife are issuing a warning about financial literacy in the UK through their charity the Richmond Project. The former PM tells justin webb that work is ongoing with the Department of Education to introduce financial literacy into the school curriculum.
BBC Radio 4 Today153,243 views • 7 days ago
!["The idea that we can reconnect with our working class base by reopening this [Brexit] debate is just a staggering level of out of touch." Labour MP Jonathan Hinder says there is 'no way' he would back a leadership candidate who wants to rejoin the EU.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2056285221121634476/amplify_video_thumb/2056281342283743232/img/mgGnAooZAMxsToLg.jpg)
The Green Party has admitted that its leader Zack Polanski has, until recently, been living on a houseboat in London and may have failed to pay council tax. Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, says he'd like to see an 'explanation' of what happened. A party spokesperson said Mr Polanski had 'taken steps to pay any council tax he may be found to owe' and 'apologised sincerely for the unintentional mistake'.
BBC Radio 4 Today291,141 views • 22 days ago
"Is there anybody else you know in your life who has had 28.9% over the last three years?" Nick Robinson presses Dr Jack Fletcher, from the BMA, on previous pay increases and the planned industrial action by resident doctors over a pay dispute with the government.
BBC Radio 4 Today531,352 views • 2 months ago
"Is what matters the perception of those who feel threatened... should the law be on their side?" Nick Robinson asks the new chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, whether many British Jews are right to feel personally at risk when pro-Palestinian protesters chant 'from the river to the sea'. 🔊Political Thinking:
BBC Radio 4 Today35,489 views • 4 days ago
"We think we deserve compensation... Many of us only had two years notice." Angela Madden, chair of the Waspi women campaign, responds to the news that the government will rethink a decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age. #R4Today
BBC Radio 4 Today1,412,310 views • 6 months ago
Nigel Farage says 'the rights and privileges of white people matter less than those of ethnic minorities' after bodycam footage showed police speaking to the man who murdered Henry Nowak whilst officers handcuffed his victim. Cabinet minister Nick Thomas Symonds is asked whether he agrees with the Reform UK leader.
BBC Radio 4 Today12,785 views • 1 day ago
"You don't hit schools, you don't hit energy sources, you don't hit bridges: those are war crimes." UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher criticises actions in the Iran war and says leaders have chosen 'game show gambling' over humanity by hitting civilian infrastructure.
BBC Radio 4 Today241,228 views • 2 months ago