40 minutes ago UK politics live: Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises at fiery PMQs

The prime minister’s clash with the Tory leader comes as MPs continue to voice their opinions over the upcoming assisted dying vote in the Commons on Friday.

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45 minutes ago PMQs live: Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises when challenged to repeat what Reeves told CBI

PM said he was not going to write the next five years of budgetsWilliam Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.The university has released the figures for the final round of voting, where the winner emerged after the final five candidates were ranked using the alternative vote system. The runner up was Elish Angiolini, the lawyer and academic. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Former PMs Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss oppose assisted dying law ahead of crunch Commons vote

Ahead of a crunch House of Commons vote on Friday, the three ex-premiers were said to be against proposed legislation.

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2 hours ago UK politics live: Assisted dying vote will be ‘very close’ says Leadbeater, as Starmer faces PMQs

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said there are ‘strongly held’ views on her private members bill that will be voted on by MPs on Friday

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3 hours 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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3 hours ago UK politics live: Ministers poised to water down electric car rules as Starmer faces PMQs

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds is ‘profoundly concerned’ after electric car rules for manufacturers

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3 hours ago Former prime ministers unite against assisted dying as Grieve hints it is against rule of law

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Theresa May come out against bill, which would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives early

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20 hours ago NHS GP warns Brits to cut two popular things from diet to speed up virus recovery

With the UK facing a potential 'quadrupledemic' this winter, an NHS GP has shared some advice on how people can help speed up their recovery from viruses including Covid-19

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20 hours ago UK politics live: Labour warned National Insurance hike could torpedo plan to get millions back to work

Young people ‘have a responsibility’ to take up new opportunities Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary has said

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