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• Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth

  25-03-2023 14:01
  
  Exclusive: campaigners demand new sentencing guidelines after data reveals a dramatic rise in the chance of a prisoner’s baby dyingWomen in prison have a seven-times higher probability of suffering a stillbirth than those in the general population – an increase from a five-times higher probability since the data was last collected two years ago – the Observer can reveal.Figures obtained through freedom of information requests sent to 11 NHS trusts serving women’s prisons
  
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• Union leader urges TUC to unite in defying planned anti-strike law

  25-03-2023 08:00
  
  Fire Brigades Union chief says joint action needed to oppose ‘pernicious’ minimum service levels billA leading trade union has called for a concerted campaign of defiance and civil disobedience against the government’s planned anti-strike laws.Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), urged a coordinated campaign among trade unions of “mass non-cooperation and non-compliance” against the minimum service levels bill. Continue reading...
  
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