Deborah Orr Thankfully, the “culture wars” in Britain have never been as savage as in the US. Hopefully, they never will be. There, Republican politicians feel pressure to stay away from “gay issues”, at the very least. Here, a Conservative mayor, Boris Johnson, is eager to distance himself from homophobic adverts on buses. There,...
Press Association Health secretary Andrew Lansley has instructed Department of Health officials to investigate the abortion allegations. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by the Department of Health. It has been sparked by an...
Allegra Stratton, political correspondent The prime minister’s problem has several causes, including the fact that women are often public sector workers and therefore affected by cuts. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA During the summer the prime minister’s advisers crunched numbers that showed the Conservatives had a problem with female voters, and by September a document detailing...
