Tag Archives: The Law
Labour MP leads new bid for compulsory sex education
A Labour MP has announced that he will continue his party’s fight to make sex education compulsory by launching a new bill later this month.
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant will tell MPs that if the UK is to shed its title as teenage pregnancy capital of western Europe, then all children must attend sex and relationship [...]
Legal graffiti – tool for youth engagement or gateway to vandalism?
This is a feature from sister publication Community Aware that looks into whether legal graffiti projects can have a positive impact on communities…
As the sun dawned on Bristol City Art Gallery, the queue outside had already begun to snake around the metal barriers. Hundreds of people stood in the street, gathered behind a road block, in the [...]
‘Drug classification system needs rethink’
Researchers have called for the development of a new system to replace the current method of drug classification.
Following the recent banning of mephedrone, the UK Drug Policy Commission has come out in support of a major rethink on drugs.
Roger Howard, chief executive of the independent body set up to monitor drug policy, said: “We hope [...]
Tories ignored legal advice on PSHE, says Balls
Schools secretary Ed Balls has revealed that the Conservatives refused to budge on the issue of the PSHE opt out age even after he sent them “emphatic” legal advice that stated all children should have sex education classes at 15.
During a webchat with the Times Education Supplement (TES), he said that Tory shadow minister Michael [...]
AV and ‘first past the post’ explained