2 hours ago Millions of illicit vapes and tobacco products seized as experts warn of sales to kids

As MPs prepare to vote on Tuesday on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, new data shows that 1.19 million illegal vapes were removed from sale across England in 2023-24

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8 hours ago ‘I realised I wanted to live’: Mother paralysed by sudden illness speaks out against assisted dying

MPs will debate and likely vote on the Assisted Dying Bill on Friday

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12 hours ago Fury over Labour peer telling ministers to keep religious views out of assisted dying debate as MPs gear up for crunch vote on Friday

Charlie Falconer, an ally of Sir Keir Starmer , hit out after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would vote against proposed legislation on Friday.

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17 hours ago UK politics live: vote on assisted dying bill impossible to predict, says minister

Jess Phillips says ‘we do not know how this vote is going to go’ with the views of many MPs still unclearGood morning. There is plenty happening today. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, are both speaking at the CBI conference, where the CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith is warning about the impact of the budget on business. Keir Starmer is hosting a meeting at Downing Street about plans to protect women from spiking. “My government was elected on a pledge to take back our streets, and we will never achieve this if women and girls do not feel safe at night,” he says. There will be tributes to John Prescott in the Commons this afternoon. But one issue is going to dominate the week, the vote on the assisted dying bill on Friday, and already that...

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26 hours ago MPs to vote on assisted dying as row over ministerial criticism deepens

Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater’s legislation will come before the Commons on Friday.

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