Children and migrant women are being overlooked by new laws designed to protect victims and punish perpetrators of domestic violence, charities have said. The long-awaited domestic abuse bill will be introduced in the House of Commons on Tuesday for its first reading; it was delayed by Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament and hold an election last year. Further to the legislation, the government has started a review into what support can be provided to migrant victims of domestic abuse. The legislation has been broadly welcomed by women’s rights campaigners and domestic abuse charities. However, some groups are concerned the […]

Boris Johnson faces a Lords rebellion from Conservative peers furious over his plans to legalise no fault ‘quickie’ divorces. Tory peers are planning to support a series of hostile amendments against Government plans which would allow no fault divorces to take place after as little as 20 weeks rather two years. In a letter to Saturday’s Telegraph the peers led by former Tory Treasurer Lord Farmer, pictured below, said the legislation showed the Government is “pandering to the liberal consensus” by ignoring voters who “do not want marriage undermined by divorce becoming incontestable”. Under the present law, a husband or wife […]

British startups have been plunged into a bitter war of words with the competition watchdog as the two sides clash over how major tech mergers should be regulated. Industry body the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) has penned a scathing letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak warning that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) risked “killing” British tech firms by launching lengthy investigations, while global rivals were free to pull ahead. Read more: Investors splash the cash on British fintech startups “The recent actions of the CMA reflect an ignorant one-size-fits-all approach to tech acquisitions, investment and mergers that can […]