Conservatism in Crisis<\/a>\u201d released this month, argues that autism diagnosis can give children \u201cbetter treatment at school\u201d and \u201coffers economic advantages and protection\u201d \u2013 an offensive claim far removed from the grim reality of many despairing citizens and families struggling for support.<\/p>\nn <\/p>\n
Such is the tragic state of today\u2019s Conservative party. Arrogant, blustering, heartless and out of touch with concerns of ordinary people. There is hollow talk of renewal, but we see again why this historically formidable election fighting machine crashed and burned.<\/p>\n
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More than 100 venues are backing Martyn\u2019s law to help protect the public from terror attacks, ahead of the second reading of the terrorism (protection of premises) bill in the House of Commons today.<\/p>\n
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Parts of the bill are named for Martyn Hett, 29, who was killed along with 21 other people when suicide bomber Salman Abedi attacked the Manchester Arena in 2017 at the close of an Ariana Grande concert.<\/p>\n
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His mother, Figen Murray<\/strong>, has been campaigning ever since to ensure that venues are better prepared in the event of a terror attack.<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”11d4d4db-34ad-47cf-93ba-50b1d8282f7d”},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”<\/p>\n
The new provisions would require all venues with a capacity of more than 200 to ensure they have a plan in place in case of an attack on their premises.<\/p>\n
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More than 100 businesses – from McDonald\u2019s to the Slug & Lettuce chain – are backing the bill.<\/p>\n
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Speaking on BBC Breakfast earlier, Murray said:<\/p>\n
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Certainly I feel this is the beginning of the end of the campaign, although there\u2019s a bit to go still. But, yeah, I can see it\u2019s coming to fruition now, finally.<\/p>\n
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She said there is global interest in the proposed law, with no similar legislation currently in place.<\/p>\n
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Martyn\u2019s law is never meant to be punitive or onerous, like some people may suggest; it literally is very proportionate.<\/p>\n
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It depends on the size of the venue, and it\u2019s obviously in two tiers as well, and the standard tier is actually far less restrictions than the bigger venues, 800-plus, who may have to put more stringent measures in place.<\/p>\n
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The feedback we got is that there is actually either no cost or very low cost.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s common sense, and at the end of the day you need to just do the right thing and keep your customers and staff safe.<\/p>\n
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In a separate interview on the Today programme, Murray recalled a conversation she had recently had with Keir Starmer<\/a> when he asked how she had found the energy to keep going with her campaign on this issue. She said she had told him: \u201cActually, having your child\u2019s ashes on a bookshelf is a good motivator.\u201d<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”ac9b2295-992b-466d-8878-d8fb94dd4ecb”}],”attributes”:{“pinned”:false,”keyEvent”:true,”summary”:false},”blockCreatedOn”:1728900382000,”blockCreatedOnDisplay”:”06.06\u00a0EDT”,”blockLastUpdated”:1728901118000,”blockLastUpdatedDisplay”:”06.18\u00a0EDT”,”blockFirstPublished”:1728901119000,”blockFirstPublishedDisplay”:”06.18\u00a0EDT”,”blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone”:”06.18″,”title”:”MPs set to debate Martyn’s law, requiring venues to have plans in place to deal with Manchester Arena-style terror attacks”,”contributors”:[{“name”:”Hannah Al-Othman”}],”primaryDateLine”:”Mon 14 Oct 2024 10.11 EDT”,”secondaryDateLine”:”First published on Mon 14 Oct 2024 04.40 EDT”},{“id”:”670ceadf8f081a18004e6308″,”elements”:[{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”<\/p>\n
Shares in British gambling companies have dropped sharply, reducing the stock market value of large operators by more than \u00a33bn, after the Guardian reported<\/a> that Treasury officials could tap the sector for between \u00a3900m and \u00a33bn in extra taxes, Rob Davies<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”9d77f38c-7204-4e44-b0f8-3793ae053071″},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement”,”prefix”:”Related: “,”text”:”Shares in UK gambling firms fall \u00a33bn amid talk of higher taxes in budget”,”elementId”:”f701b559-3948-43f7-8f85-90fa3c3bd7ab”,”role”:”thumbnail”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/oct\/14\/shares-uk-gambling-firms-fall-higher-taxes-budget-2024″}],”attributes”:{“pinned”:false,”keyEvent”:true,”summary”:false},”blockCreatedOn”:1728899807000,”blockCreatedOnDisplay”:”05.56\u00a0EDT”,”blockLastUpdated”:1728899861000,”blockLastUpdatedDisplay”:”05.57\u00a0EDT”,”blockFirstPublished”:1728899862000,”blockFirstPublishedDisplay”:”05.57\u00a0EDT”,”blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone”:”05.57″,”title”:”Shares in UK gambling firms fall \u00a33bn amid talk of higher taxes in budget”,”contributors”:[],”primaryDateLine”:”Mon 14 Oct 2024 10.11 EDT”,”secondaryDateLine”:”First published on Mon 14 Oct 2024 04.40 EDT”},{“id”:”670cc54f8f087ed1d5a8ae9b”,”elements”:[{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”<\/p>\n
Yesterday Robert Jenrick<\/strong> said that, if he was elected Tory leader, he would make Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, the Conservative party chair.<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”47125326-c986-4fe6-9657-7029d60c1b5b”},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement”,”source”:”Twitter”,”id”:”1845457822873464862″,”elementId”:”7c591b55-5f55-4e6a-849a-54de9b9bd2b5″,”hasMedia”:false,”role”:”inline”,”url”:”https:\/\/x.com\/RobertJenrick\/status\/1845457822873464862″,”isThirdPartyTracking”:false,”html”:”<\/p>\n