David Cameron has rejected the suggestion that he made a deal with Rupert Murdoch before the 2010 general election to secure favourable press coverage. Giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Thursday, the prime minister said he did not even know News Corporation was going to launch a bid to take over BSkyB following the election. Read the full story here BLOG POSTS | A BPAS doctor: Why I'm Proud to Be an Abortion Doctor I work for BPAS, the UK's largest abortion provider, talking to women about and performing abortions up to the legal limit every day. Someone has written that a woman wants an abortion like an animal stuck in a trap wants to chew its leg off. While the imagery is melodramatic, it conveys the panic and stress an unplanned pregnancy can impose. It also communicates something of the relief experienced by women after their abortion; this is one of the things that make being an abortion provider so very rewarding. | | Anne Marie Carrie: Child Poverty is a Blight on Our Nation, Which We Will Not Remove Unless we Take Action That Matters Eradicating child poverty is an ambitious but hugely important aspiration. Not only does it makes sense economically, as according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation the annual cost of our high levels of child poverty is around £25 billion, but it is a moral duty, as no decent society should allow children to go without, to the extent that it affects their future life chances. | | Jeff Brazier: Five Things I'm Grateful for This Week Every week I'm going to introduce to you the five things I am most grateful for within those seven days; from words spoken by strangers, to actions that I've benefitted from by loved ones and anything in-between! It's a useful practice I picked up several years ago after learning the importance of gratitude from a book many of you will have read entitled The Secret. | | Dan 'Noisettes' Smith: How the Noisettes Celebrated the Diamond Jubilee Hi! My name is Daniel Smith and I constitute one half of the band The Noisettes alongside my best mate for 15 years, Shingai Shoniwa. I guess you could call me the 'Andrew Ridgeley' to her 'George Michael' (Wham! for you young 'uns) but the business of prancing about with a guitar on a big stage is a LOT of fun... | | Andrew Mitchell: How Vaccination Can Stop 1.7million Children Dying This Year Vaccines are also highly cost-effective compared to the cost of medical treatment and the loss of potential and productivity through death and ill-health. For scarcely more than the price of a large cup of coffee, for example, a child can be vaccinated against five major childhood killers including diphtheria and tetanus. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CO.UK |
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