Ruth Smeeth
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 44 |
| Date of birth | June 29,1979 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Michael Smeeth |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Official site | ruthsmeeth.org.uk |
| Previous position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2019) |
| Education | University of Birmingham |
| Position | Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom since 2022 |
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| ID | 404166 |
Ruth Smeeth Life story
Ruth Lauren Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2015 until 2019. Since 2022 she has been a member of the House of Lords.
BT took three hours to report 999 fault, says minister
... " Labour peer Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, who previously sat in the Commons as Ruth Smeeth, called it " an incredibly disconcerting event"...
Keir Starmer denies targeting Labour left-wingers after Abbott suspended
... " Icon The national vice chair of Jewish Labour, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, formerly Ruth Smeeth, called the fallout from Ms Abbott s comments " depressing"...
Tom Watson and Arlene Foster nominated for peerages
... Frances O Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), will be made a peer after being nominated by Labour, alongside Ruth Smeeth, a former Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North...
Arrests of anti-monarchists prompt free-speech concerns
... Ruth Smeeth, chief executive of Index on Censorship, said the arrests were " deeply concerning" adding: " We must guard against this event being used, by accident or design, to erode in any way the freedom of expression that citizens of this country enjoy...
Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place
... " Ruth Smeeth, CEO of campaign group Index on Censorship and former Labour MP, welcomed the bill s passage through Parliament being paused...
Can Online Safety Bill tackle social media abuse of MPs?
... Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth - who now runs the Index on Censorship organisation - says online trolling and abuse " was a grim but far too normal part of public life"...
General election 2019: Does Labour need a new direction after Corbyn?
... Defeated parliamentary candidates, such as Phil Wilson in Sedgefield, Tony Blair s old seat, and Ruth Smeeth, in Stoke, have pointed out that Mr Corbyn s leadership came up on the doorstep more than Brexit...
Election results: McDonnell blames Brexit for predicted Labour defeat
... Elsewhere in the city, Ruth Smeeth, who lost her Stoke-on-Trent North seat to the Conservatives, described the election result as devastating ...
Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place
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The Online Safety<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> Bill is a bid to lay down rules in law about how platforms should deal with harmful content.
It had been in its final stages and was to be discussed in Parliament next week, But it will now be put on pause until MPs return from summer break.
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The legislation largely puts The onus on The tech giants, like Meta - previously Facebook- and Google, to figure out how it would meet those aims. It also empowers Ofcom as a regulator to police whether they do a good enough job.
Firms that fail to comply with The new rules could face fines of up to £18m, or 10% of their annual global turnover, whichever is highest.
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A government source suggested Parliamentary time had been reduced because of The demand from The Labour Party<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> for a formal vote of no confidence in The government and The Prime Minister<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> .
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The government source said: " Parliamentary time got cut because of Labour's pointless motion.
" It was either The Northern Ireland<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> Protocol Bill or The Second<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> day of The Online Safety<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> Bill report stage that got dropped to allow Labour to have time to play politics.
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" It would give tech executives like Nick Clegg<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> and Mark Zuckerberg<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> massive amounts of control over what we all can say online, would make The UK The First<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> democracy in The World<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> to break encrypted messaging apps, and it would make people who have experienced abuse online less safe by forcing platforms to delete vital evidence. "
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A new Prime Minister<Meta itemprop='name' content='JJ Lin'> is expected to be announced on 5 September.
Source of news: bbc.com
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