Maria Eagle

Equality watchdog pays women 15% less... and white staff also earn the most

Equality watchdog pays women 15% less... and white staff also earn the most By Steve Doughty They lecture the rest of us on the evils of discrimination in the workplace. But those in charge of the Equality and Human Rights...

Allow terminally ill help to die MPs say

Terminally ill patients should be allowed help from their loved ones to die without the fear of prosecution, MPs said. By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Debbie Purdy, the multiple sclerosis sufferer who last month lost a...

Law lord criticises plan to scrap defence of provocation for men who kill wives

Unease over plans to shake up murder laws The judge who heads Britain’s highest court has criticised the Government’s plans to scrap the defence of provocation for men who kill unfaithful wives. In his first speech since...

Victim's Families Impact Statement Scheme 'A Success'

A pilot scheme giving families of murder victims a chance to tell the court how the death has affected them has proven to be a success, according to research published today by the Ministry of Justice.The Victims Advocates...

QUENTIN LETTS: The Justice minister and the last cream puff on the baker's shelf

To appreciate the frustrations of life as a junior minister, let us consider 66 minutes in the life of Shahid Malik, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Justice. 2.30pm yesterday: Dewsbury's Mr Malik,...