Keith Vaz

FGM affects females in every local authority in England and Wales - study

Women and girls affected by female genital mutilation can be found in every local authority in England and Wales, with the highest number living in London, according to a major study which will place pressure on all councils to tackle the issue.

An estimated 137,000 women and girls are affected by FGM, with the highest rate of prevalence found in Southwark, according to the study by City University London and Equality Now.

In the south London borough, 4.7% of women are affected by FGM, while 10.4% of girls were born to mothers who had been subjected to the practice. In the London borough of Brent, 3.89% of women had suffered from FGM. The rate across England and Wales is 0.48%.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/21/fgm-affects-females-in-every-local-authority-in-england-and-wales-study


And just one, unsuccessful, prosecution since this became a crime over 20 years ago.

Shameful.

BBC licence fee to go?

Well what a shocker! Alan Sugar quits Labour

It was fixed!

No really!

Inevitable

Redrawing constituency boundaries to lock Labour out of power for a decades is at the top of the agenda for the new Conservative government, senior Tories have said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11593496/New-Commons-boundaries-top-Conservative-government-agenda.html

Venezuelan states ban night queues outside shops as grocery shortages continue

Ed jumps on the "lets all kick the immigrants" bandwagon

Spot on this, imo