51 minutes ago Assisted dying bill vote will be ‘very close’, says Kim Leadbeater – UK politics live

Leadbeater, the Labour MP who proposed the private member’s bill, has been defending the proposed new lawIn an interview with BBC Breakfast, Kim Leadbeater said she expected the vote her assisted dying bill to be “very close”.MPs have been doing consultations with their constituents, holding events, holding round tables, doing huge amounts of amounts of research into this really important issue, and I think the vote will be very close. Continue reading...

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86 minutes ago Liz Truss opposes assisted dying bill saying NHS should be ‘protecting lives, not ending them’ – UK politics live

The Telegraph, which first reported Truss’s stance, also said Theresa May and Boris Johnson were against the billGood morning. We have got PMQs later, which means party politics will probably dominate for much of the day in the chamber, but increasingly MPs are preoccupied with a free vote, non-partisan matter, the vote on the assisted dying bill on Friday. This morning there are at least two interesting developments on that story.Three former Conservative prime ministers are all opposed to the bill, the Telegraph is reporting. The paper has a quote from Liz Truss who says:It is wrong in principle: organs of the state like the NHS and the judicial system should be protecting lives, not ending them.No doubt, as we have seen in Canada, vulnerable people would be put under appalling pressu...

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87 minutes ago Is Starmer's Chagos Islands deal about to implode? Newly elected president of Mauritius voices 'reservations' as PM's envoy tries to convince Trump to keep agreement to hand over control

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who was elected a fortnight ago, said he wants time to go over the details with lawyers.

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2 hours ago Labour panic on Net Zero: Business Secretary says government has 'heard' backlash at EVs targets after Luton plant is SHUT

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds signalled an overhaul of EV targets after Vauxhall announced plans to close its van-making factory in Luton.

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4 hours ago Who are the 2 million people demanding a general election? Crunching the numbers behind the viral petition

Starmer insists he’s ‘not surprised’ by election petition with two million signatures as he rules out another vote

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6 hours ago Keir Starmer must cut NHS waiting times and reform welfare to improve sluggish economy

It's the Record's view that Sir Keir Starmer must improve NHS waiting times and reform welfare to better the economy.

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11 hours ago 'Bruised' bosses hit out at Labour's triple whammy of budget policies which make it harder to hire staff

Industry chiefs told a Parliamentary committee they were suffering a 'triple whammy' from both Angela Rayner's workers' rights revolution and Rachel Reeves' tax raid.

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12 hours ago ‘Overdue’ Lebanon ceasefire must bring lasting solution to crisis, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed news that hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah would be suspended from Wednesday.

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16 hours ago Keir Starmer’s envoy seeks to woo Donald Trump’s team over Chagos islands row

The president-elect is seeking legal advice from Pentagon in a bid to veto the controversial agreement

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