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Lynne Featherstone

April 2022

  • Angela Rayner MP speaks in the House of Commons

    ‘It’s rife’: female MPs tell of climate of misogyny in Westminster

    After two cases of misogynistic behaviour in a week, Harriet Harman says there will be ‘no hiding place’ for sexism in Commons

June 2017

  • Tim Farron, with Lib Dems' bus

    Candidates line up for Lib Dem leadership race

    Parliament’s summer recess will be time to appoint successor says Tim Farron who quits role after two years

February 2017

  • Girls Tanzania FGM Safe House

    Katharine Whitehorn column
    Boys as well as girls should be told about the evils of FGM

    Information on FGM should be available for all, but it’s the males that need educating, says Katharine Whitehorn

September 2015

  • Former Lib Dem MP Jenny Willott

    #LibDemFightback: what became of MPs who lost their seats?

    After disastrous showing in May general election, and as the party begins its annual conference, what are ousted Lib Dem MPs up to now?

July 2015

  • Lib Dems in a Mazda Bongo

    The strange death of the Liberal Democrats

    The Lib Dems are hoping the announcement of their new leader this week will be the start of their fightback. But after an election in which they took just 8% of the vote, and even Vince Cable lost his seat, some insiders worry that voters have stopped listening. Is the malaise terminal?

8 May 2015

  • 140x84 trailpic for Worst losers in the election - video

    Biggest losers in general election – video

    Footage of some of the biggest names in British politics failing to win seats in Thursday's general election

  • Westminster bids farewell to a number of big beasts, who make way for a slew of fresh faces from the SNP.

    General election 2015: the winners and losers

    Voters eject Labour’s Ed Balls and Jim Murphy, Lib Dems’ Simon Hughes and Ed Davey, as well as reject Ukip’s Nigel Farage and vote in fresh faces such as SNP’s Mhairi Black
  • 140x84 trailpic for Liberal Democrats suffer defeats in general election - video

    Liberal Democrats suffer defeats in general election - video

    The Liberal Democrats suffer defeats across the UK in the 2015 general election, in a surprise Conservative victory

April 2015

  • Lynne Featherstone

    LBC radio to host all-female election debate

    Conservative Nicky Morgan, Labour’s Harriet Harman, Liberal Democrat Lynne Featherstone and Ukip’s Suzanne Evans to take part in 90-minute showdown

February 2015

  • Silhouette of a woman against blinds

    Reporting of female genital mutilation to be made mandatory

    New laws would require teachers, doctors and social care professionals to report suspected case of FGM in under 18s

December 2014

  • Lynne Featherstone, UK crime prevention minister

    FGM: UK plan to require professionals to report suspected cases

    Charities welcome government move but say heavy-handed mandatory reporting could drive practice further underground

November 2014

  • Lynne Featherstone

    Home Office minister calls for ‘pickup artist’ Julien Blanc to be denied UK visa

  • Lynne Featherstone

    Lynne Featherstone returns to Home Office after Lib Dem resignations

June 2014

  • MDG : Student taught braille in Cambodia

    Poverty matters blog
    Disability is finally being included in debates about aid. About time too

    James Thornberry: DfID has promised to focus on disability, and it's not a moment too soon for the 800m disabled people in the developing world

March 2014

  • Danny Alexander

    Lib Dems prepare for possible talks in 2015 with potential coalition partners

    Nick Clegg tells MPs that Danny Alexander will lead team with David Laws, Lady Brinton, Lynne Featherstone and Steve Webb

February 2014

  • Fahma Mohamed, Bristol school girl campaigning against female genital mutilation

    Ending female genital mutilation: my hopes for my meeting with Gove

    We need real progress from the education secretary – I hope he will want to be remembered for helping stop the cycle of abuse

    • Click here to sign the FGM petition to Michael Gove

December 2013

  • MOZAMBIQUE-SADC-SUMMIT

    The link in Africa between violence to women and HIV must be broken

    The UK is supporting HIV intervention in Malawi and others must help to break this tragic cycle, say Lynne Featherstone and Annie Lennox

August 2013

  • An Indian girl covers herself with her mother's sari

    Forced marriage ruins the lives of too many girls, so we're working to end it

    Lynne Featherstone
    Lynne Featherstone: The summer sees an increase in girls from the UK being forced into marriage abroad. This can't just be fixed at our borders

July 2013

  • MDG HIV in southern Africa

    UK focuses on preventing HIV among adolescents in southern Africa

    Prisoners also targeted by £10.7m investment in researching how to stop spread of transmissions among vulnerable groups

March 2013

  • MDG : UN Women CSW57 The Commission on the Status of Women

    UK funds aim to end female genital mutilation 'in a generation'

    Britain pledges up to £35m to help eliminate FGM, but changing tradition poses huge challenge for campaigners

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