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Published: 6:00 PM March 16, 2021    Updated: 12:32 PM March 18, 2021 Health Minister and Mid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries has sparked a public outcry over 'sexist' comments regarding nurses' proposed one per cent pay rise - Credit: UK Parliament A health minister who is the MP for Mid Bedfordshire is at the centre of a public backlash against sexism, with concerns she has suggested the government protecting husbands' pay will help nurses understand their one per cent pay rise. Health minister Nadine Dorries - whose constituency includes Shefford, Clifton and Meppershall - spoke ...

The health minister and MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Nadine Dorries, is at the centre of a public backlash against sexism, with concerns she has suggested the government protecting husbands' pay will help nurses understand their one per cent pay rise.

Ben Bradley speaking in the House of Commons (Twitter/@BBCPolitics) Conservative MP Ben Bradley is joining the Women and Equalities Select Committee, months after calling on the government to protect the rights of straight men. The cross-party parliamentary group holds the government to account on equality law and policy, including the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Bradley announced on Monday (1 March) that he was becoming a committee member to “be part of the debate on some really important and pressing issues”. He replaces 21-year-old Conservative MP Sa...

The grinding and steaming sounds are new in Littleton. They are what folks can expect to hear from the baristas working behind the counter at the newly opened Daphne’s Coffee Shop on Main Street. Amid the warm, specialty coffee drinks and pastries, folks mingled to experience the new Daphne’s on Friday during its grand opening. Owners Deb and Ed Fitts have been working on the construction/rehabilitation of the new business for about two years. Stacy Woodhouse, the Fitts Foundation consultant, said it has been a long time coming. “And as many of you know, these buildings didnâ�...