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The retirement injustices we can still fix: Women are STILL second-class citizens in the pension system, says BARONESS ALTMANN By Baroness Altmann For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 22 September 2020 The Court of Appeal judgment is a blow to the many women who believe the sharp … Read more
De La Rue beefs up board: Passport and banknote maker hires Baroness Catherine Ashton amid turnaround efforts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 22 September 2020 Baroness Catherine Ashton has joined the board of Passport and banknote maker De La Rue Passport and banknote maker … Read more
Former head of the Supreme Court Baroness Hale says Parliament ‘surrendered’ its powers as ‘sweeping, draconian’ emergency laws were passed to cope with coronavirus Baroness Brenda Hale criticised the ‘sweeping’ powers being enforced on public She urged ministers to restore a ‘properly functioning constitution’ to the UK Comes as Government seeks to extend emergency coronavirus powers … Read more
Baroness Joan Bakewell has revealed that she was sexually harassed early in her career by a junior government minister. The Labour peer told Times Radio how she was the ‘victim of unwelcome attention’ during the 1950s and 1960s. The broadcaster, whose career spans more than 50 years, also described sexism she experienced while working for … Read more
Government AXE PHE and replace it with new institute run by former jockey Baroness Dido Harding who oversaw disastrous Test and Trace scheme and TalkTalk when hackers stole 157,000 customers’ data Baroness Dido Harding, 52, headed NHS England’s Test and Trace scheme She is a former horse jockey and was chief executive of TalkTalk during … Read more
Booker prize chairman claims Baroness Nicolson was axed for ‘bullying’ tweet and NOT anti-trans views as she apologises to transgender model and asks her out for dinner Mark Damazer said the Baroness did not represent the Foundation’s views at all The Baroness has asked trans activist and model, Munroe Bergdorf to dinner Mr Damazer stressed the … Read more
JK Rowling’s charity co-founder Baroness Nicholson has been reported to the Lord’s Commissioner for Standards over claims she bullied a British transgender model she called a ‘weird creature’. The politician is thought to have made the comments on Twitter about Munroe Bergdorf, an outspoken advocate for social justice. In another, now deleted tweet, Baroness Nicholson also … Read more
Prince Albert of Monaco’s first cousin Baroness Elizabeth-Ann dies aged 73 – as Rafael Nadal pays tribute to the president of the Monegasque Tennis Federation, saying she’ll be ‘greatly missed’ Prince Albert of Monaco mourning loss of first cousin Baroness Elizabeth-Ann Baroness Elizabeth-Ann de Massy died at Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco The 73-year-old is … Read more
Baroness Scotland’s reappointment as Commonwealth chief is blocked by ‘significant’ opposition from member states with decision on her fate delayed until post-coronavirus summit Baroness Scotland’s first term as Commonwealth secretary-general is ending Barbados had said it should be automatically renewed amid coronavirus chaos Boris Johnson wrote to member states saying there will ‘significant’ opposition Here’s … Read more
The chief of the NHS’s coronavirus test and trace scheme came under fire from MPs today for refusing to give any data about how the system is working. Dido Harding, the chair of NHS Improvement, was slammed by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt when she couldn’t say how many Covid-19 tests are being completed within … Read more