Chuka Umunna
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Mehdi Hasan
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Controversial payday loans company Wonga wants to team up with the government to get the economy growing, a collection of lobbying letters reveal. ...
Gyte condemns Stella Creasy thus for stating that violence is not limited to gender, that it affects society as a whole: "Really Stella? Really?" Yes, really Natalie, really. Violence is a societal issue. And so long as we keep pretending that it isn't, nothing is going to change.
Violence against women affects men. These women are our mothers, sisters, partners, daughters. No man would dismiss this campaign whose life has been touched by violence against someone he loves. But I went because men have to be part of this campaign.
Over the last few years there has been increasing attention to what is now often referred to as 'sexualisation'. This focus has resulted in new government policies which are designed to address the fact that young people might be less equipped than adults to interpret and critique powerful, sexualised messages.
The primary problem with One Billion Rising is its refusal to name the root cause of women's inequality; its outright refusal to point the finger at a patriarchal system which cultivates masculinity and which uses the control and subjugation of women's bodies as an outlet for that machoism.
One Billion Rising is an international coalition brought together by the vision of Eve Ensler, the creator of the Vagina Monologues and founder of V-Day. It is a global activist movement calling for ending violence against women and girls to be a priority for all Governments.
It's been a real year of winners, from Olympians and Paralympians to a certain South Korean dance move. But hiding behind the glowing glory of the ...
The government has backed capping interest on payday loans, after concerns some annual rates can reach up to 4,000%. It came after more than 40,000...
Pressure is mounting on the House of Lords to approve tough new regulations for payday lenders like Wonga, as more than 40,000 people sign a petition ...
Payday lender Wonga has apologised after sending emails implying that one of its loans could "do wonders" for people's credit ratings. Consumer hel...
Payday loans company Wonga is investigating claims one of its employees called Labour MP Stella Creasy a "self-serving egomaniac" on Twitter. Acco...
Payday loans companies charge high late payment fees, interest rates of around 4000% APR, and can push many people deeper into a spiral of debt which ...
Thousands of people could be going without food, clothes and heating in order to pay back "payday loans", and the number of people taking on the credi...
Iain Duncan Smith has said he is "absolutely furious" at Boris Johnson after the mayor approved a plan to tarmac over Walthamstow dog track. Speaki...
Shadow equalities minister Kate Green has launched an outspoken attack on sexism in parliament, staying she often feels like she is "sitting in Eton c...
A Tory MP has been told to apologise after he claimed that many unemployed young people lack the "motivation" and practical skills to get a job, and s...
Payday lender Wonga has seen profits surge after approving nearly 2.5 million short-term loans in its last financial year. The company has faced ac...
An attempt to clamp down on the cost of borrowing from pay day lenders has been defeated in the Commons. MPs voted by 266 to 225, majority 41, to r...
The MP campaigning to cap the charges by payday loans companies has ramped up the pressure on the government ahead of a parliamentary vote. Labour'...
The news that Wonga will soon start offering payday loans to businesses this week was almost drowned out by the sound of tuts. Labour MPs attacked T...
Controversial pay day loans company Wonga is targeting Britain's small business with the launch of a new service to give companies "an instant cash fl...
Spending an hour with Stella Creasy, the just-turned 35-year-old Labour MP for Walthamstow, is mentally exhausting, truth be told. She talks so fast ...
The government needs to take swift and decisive action to protect members of the public from falling prey to sharp practices by payday loan companies,...
Labour has demanded an urgent review into the effects of austerity cuts to street lighting on women's safety. Stella Creasy, shadow home affairs...
Coalition plans to widen the definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and victims under 18 have been criticised for contradictin...
