Government urged to end animal welfare labelling confusion on meat products

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Animal welfare charity FOUR PAWS UK is calling on the government to back mandatory animal welfare labelling legislation. It has published a report that reveals widespread confusion on supermarket shelves and growing public demand for a simpler, more transparent system. A special event in parliament on 9 July launched the report. It included a pop-up supermarket aisle where parliamentarians saw how regulated welfare labels could transform the way we shop. The report highlights a fragmented labelling landscape. Shoppers currently have to navigate a patchwork of assurance logos and welfare claims. And there’s often no clear information on how animals were bred,…

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NATO urged to β€˜stop treating more nukes in more places as answer to everything’

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been urged to “stop treating ‘more nukes in more places’ as the answer to everything” by anti-nuclear campaigners, as Western defence leaders meet at the NATO Summit in TΓΌrkiye. Defence industry top of the agenda NATO Summit 2026 is taking place in Ankara, TΓΌrkiye, on 7 and 8 July, with the formal purpose of reviewing “progress made since the 2025 Summit in The Hague”, and to “set out a roadmap to continue delivering on NATO’s key objectives”. Key topics on the agenda are defence industry, support for Ukraine and defence investment. NATO allies have…

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Government urged to legislate on maximum working temperature amid third heatwave

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Pressure on the UK government to set a maximum working temperature is mountingΒ as a third heatwave hits Britain, with ministers now apparently considering legislation for the first time. In the last week of June 2026, over 1,500 people took part in a Heat Strike. They set up Cool Stations to hand out water and health advice in town centres from Exeter to York. Strikers held symbolic lunchtime-walk-outs in solidarity with those in extreme heat, and took thermometers into work to demonstrate how hot and unsafe it was. Workers take the initiative over maximum working temperature In London, bus drivers removed themselves…

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Home secretary urged to investigate British IDF soldiers who served in Gaza genocide

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The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), alongside Declassified UK, has delivered a letter signed by almost 25,000 people to home secretary Shabana Mahmood, calling for an investigation into UK nationals who have served in the IDF (the Israeli military, often called the IOF) since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The letter urges the government to examine UK citizens who have potentially committed war crimes in Gaza and if they have been involved in violations of international law by participating in Israel’s assault. Since October 2023, Palestinians in Gaza have endured a genocide that has resulted in: The…

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Investigation urged over illegal UK arms shipments to Israel

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After Declassified helped uncover a suspicious military transfer from Britain to Israel, over 60 MPs and Lords have called for answers Over 60 MPs and Lords have demanded answers over illegal shipments of weaponry from Britain to Israel via Belgium. MPs who have signed the letter include Diane Abbott, Richard Burgon, John McDonnell, and Hannah Spencer, while the Lords include Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and John Hendy KC. It has also been signed by Abtisam Mohamed MP, who sits on the foreign affairs select committee. The move comes after Declassified, Belgian NGO Vredesactie, Irish news outlet The Ditch, and Palestinian Youth Movement…

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DWP urged to guarantee lifetime disability benefits for people with terminal illness

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shouldn’t force people living with terminal illness and progressive, life-limiting conditions to undergo stressful, costly and unnecessary disability benefit reassessments. So says a coalition of more than 30 organisations, led by end-of-life charity Marie Curie, in an open letter to DWP minister Stephen Timms. Sent on 28 May to coincide with the Call for Evidence deadline for the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments, the open letter describes the reform as a β€œclear and compassionate” way to protect people living with terminal illness and those with progressive life-limiting conditions. DWP has a chance to…

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