Prime minister Keir Starmer has named gay Ilford North MP Wes Streeting as the UK’s health secretary. Starmer is currently putting together his Cabinet after Labour’s landslide win in the general election. With two seats still to declare, they will have 412 MPs in the new parliament. The result was a crushing and historic defeat […]
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After Keir Starmer’s landslide victory in the general election, the new Labour prime minister made his first speech from Downing Street this afternoon (5 July), saying: “Our work is urgent and we begin it today.” Starmer is the UK’s first Labour prime minister since 2010, following a collapse in support for the Conservatives, but after […]
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Many people check their horoscope to see what might happen in their love life, or to find out what the future holds for any bank balance, but what does your star sign say about the sort of queer person you are? Do the stars dictate our queer identities? Queer astrologist Deborah Roe believes so. Roe, […]
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Keir Starmer appointed his cabinet following a landslide Labour victory in Thursday’s (4 July) general election that saw the party sweep back into power of the first time in 14 years. Shortly after speaking to the nation outside Number 10 Downing street in his first address as prime minister Friday (5 July), the Labour leader […]
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As predicted, the general election led to a seismic shock to the representation of LGBTQ+ MPs in the House of Commons. 57 out LGBTQ+ MPs were elected on 4 July, representing 8.6 per cent of the total MPs: 46 Labour MPs, 5 Liberal Democrats, 4 Conservatives, 1 Scottish Nationalist and 1 Green. 29 were incumbents, […]
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