Third of Londoners 'uncomfortable' with a Muslim mayor

"I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form." - Andrew Cuomo View this email in your browser Today we lead with the news of a shocking poll which found 31% of Londoners would be 'uncomfortable if the next London mayor was a Muslim.' Two candidates seeking their party's nomination for next year's election -Conservative MEP Syed Kamall and Labour's Sadiq Khan - are both Muslim. Elsewhere, we hear from the disability charity Scope about the gap between the number of unemployed people who are disabled compared to those who do not have a disability. The charity is calling for disabled people to be taken off the government's controversial Work Programme. And finally we have a piece by the organisation National Ugly Mugs who aim to end crimes against sex workers. They give their view on the vote by Amnesty International to advocate the full decriminalisation of consensual sex work.   Latest Articles     Third of Londoners 'uncomfortable' with a Muslim mayor     On Aug 13, 2015 09:04 am Shocking new poll suggests some Londoners are not as tolerant as widely perceived Read more... »       Comment: The Work Programme is not working for disabled people   On Aug 13, 2015 09:38 am Major reform is needed to tackle the disability employment gap Read more... »   Comment: Amnesty sex worker vote 'a victory for evidence over ignorance'   On Aug 12, 2015 03:19 pm Human rights group vote to advocate full decriminalisation of consensual sex work Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   A sustainable public transport system   On Aug 05, 2015 04:47 pm Go-Ahead Group's approach to a sustainable public transport network, which is vital to the economic development of the UK. Read more... » Cinderella and the BIBA broker   On Aug 04, 2015 09:23 am Cinderella suffers an unfortunate incident. Luckily, she got her insurance through a BIBA broker and everyone lived happily ever after. Read more... »   Opinion Formers articles     Good news: the small change at the GPs which can make a big difference for people with mental illness It can be difficult to get excited about acronyms, but last week the British Medical Journal published an article about QOF which got us very excited indeed. Read more... »   Trade Union bill is 'an attack on all working people' The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared. Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     NASUWT comments on A-level results Chris Keates: 'Congratulations must go to young people and their teachers who have worked so hard to deliver yet another excellent set of results'. Read more... »   Cutting corners to get cheaper motor insurance backfiring on thousands of motorists warns the ABI Thousands of motorists are paying a high price, in some cases driving illegally, by cutting corners when buying motor insurance according to latest figures out today from the ABI (Association of British Insurers). Read more... »     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences