Labour's obsession with forcing everyone to work for as long as possible could sound the death knell for the traditional family, a study suggests.
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September 9th, 2008
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September 9th, 2008
They are socially conservative and want to reduce the time limit for abortion to 22 weeks or lower. Most of them want tax breaks which discriminate in favour of marriage. But the Conservative class of 2010 - David Cameron's likely intake of MPs if he wins the next general election - are prepared to wait for tax cuts and regard Europe as a far less divisive issue than their predecessors, an exclusive survey of Tory candidates reveals today.
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September 9th, 2008
More than half of nursing home patients are being prescribed inappropriate levels of calming drugs, a new study suggests.
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September 9th, 2008
They are all Christians from different churches in the town and include policemen, teachers, engineers, secretaries, NHS workers and more. Volunteers undergo 12 weeks of training in subjects such as psychology, how to approach people, listening, anger management, first aid and drugs and alcohol.
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September 9th, 2008
A campaign calling for the 1967 Abortion Act to be extended to Northern Ireland is being launched later.
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September 8th, 2008
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September 8th, 2008
Cambridge may have tried to sell storylines to script editors, but soaps have long been used as a often willing tool of lobby groups and government agencies
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September 8th, 2008
A total of 281 children under the age of 16 contracted a sexually transmitted infection last year, new figures reveal.
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September 8th, 2008
Last Tuesday was potentially an important date for all cohabiting couples because Lord Matthews issued the first opinion of the Court of Session on the financial provisions of the Family Law (Scotland) Act.
This legislation introduced a limited framework for separated cohabitants to pursue a financial claim against the other, a procedure often, but wrongly, referred to in the media as "palimony". It is worth noting that the rules for separating cohabitants are different from those relating to divorcing couples.
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September 8th, 2008
Zoologist Desmond Morris admits that his latest study has left him in awe of the power and potential of the human infant