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From Harriet Harman
Jam packed hall at @UKLabour conf waiting for @Keir_Starmer Terrific atmosphere!!👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/OaK1LgSUvE
— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) October 10, 2023
8m ago08.52 EDT
From the Herald’s Kathleen Nutt
Main hall full for Keir Starmer’s address to Labour conference 2023. Speech due to start at 2pm. pic.twitter.com/o46qMdDuSM
— Kathleen Nutt (@kacnutt) October 10, 2023
9m ago08.50 EDTKeir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arriving at the conference hall ahead of his speech. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images17m ago08.42 EDT
This is from George Grylls from the Times, showing how long the queue is to get into the hall to see Keir Starmer.
The current queue for Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech. pic.twitter.com/I2cfct5LqC
— George Grylls (@georgegrylls) October 10, 2023
23m ago08.37 EDT
Resolution, a campaigning body representing professionals working in the field of family justice, has welcomed Labour’s commitment to consider giving more rights to women in cohabiting couples. (See 10.31am.) Jo Edwards, chair of Resolution’s family law reform group, said:
Cohabiting couples currently have little to no legal protection when they separate, with no safety net in place to protect those left financially vulnerable if their relationship ends. If a couple separates or a cohabiting partner passes away without making a will, it is invariably women who face significant financial difficulty. This is regardless of the level of commitment shown, including the length of their relationship or the birth of children.
Even more worryingly, many believe they do have some legal protection, in the form of a mythical ‘common-law’ status, and only find out too late that this does not exist. The impact of the current legal framework on women and children needs to be looked at urgently, something Resolution has been arguing for many years, and we welcome today’s commitment to reform.
Updated at 08.47 EDT36m ago08.24 EDT
2023-10-10 07:42:50
Source from www.theguardian.com
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