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Technically be called your lord or my lordship, but today we had exactly that. with lord ahmed of rotherham in the dock and being sentenced to 5.5 years in prison. he was tried under his name nazir ahmed. that trial ended last month and it was the sentencing hearing today. he assaulted two children, a boy and girl, back in the 1970s when he himself was a teenager. they, the victims and other pressure groups, have now been saying since he was found guilty that he should not be allowed to keep his title of lord. he will go to prison as a lord, he will come out from his sentence, potentially afte...

The chancellor rishi sunak is being urged to take urgent action to tackle steep increases in the cost of living. tomorrow, he'll reveal his tax and spending plans in his spring statement in the house of commons. mps and pressure groups have called on him to provide help for people hard hit by increasesd in inflation and fuel costs. joining me now is carl emmerson, deputy director at the institute for fiscal studies. thanks forjoining us. the chancellor has pledged to the bbc that the government will help where it can to make a difference ahead of the spring statement, so where can it help? the...

Is over. and we come to the other big area of controversy, discrimination, women's rights, and the fact that homosexuality is illegal here. i will some fans be treated? will they feel ready to come close a number of action groups and pressure groups have been speaking out about the fact that they don't think enough has been done when it comes to equality, inclusivity, so i think the next few months will be interesting to see if there will be any more done. no doubt over the last 12 years since that incredible vote back in 2010 to give this country the world cup has been continuing with controv...

Greenpeace France and Friends of the Earth will launch legal proceedings seeking to use French human rights law.

An article by Sam Dolgoff about the failure of worker's parties.