2 h. ago Labour faces 'mutiny' over 'betrayal' of British soldiers over bid to axe law that protects Northern Ireland veterans from legal action

EXCLUSIVE: Soldiers from three regiments in the British Army appeared to break ranks to voice their anger over the law change which would strip legal protection away from Troubles' veterans.

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5 h. ago Top Scots bishop slams Assisted Dying law as 'state suicide service'

John Keenan, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley, expressed his “sadness” that MSPs backed an historic law change on people's right to choose the timing of their death.

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21 h. ago Assisted Dying in Scotland passes first stage as MSPs vote in favour of historic law change

Campaigners hailed a "watershed" moment in the history of Scottish devolution and praised MSPs for "listening to dying people and reflecting their views".

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29 h. ago McArthur hopeful ahead of crucial assisted dying vote on ‘historic day’

Supporters say there is a groundswell of public support for changing the law.

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43 h. ago TOM HARRIS: Better to have no law change than be saddled with another bad one

It is rare for our politicians to be invited to cast a vote on a subject as profound as life and death.

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69 h. ago Major law change demanded to shed light on Channel and asylum deaths

MPs have called for the Home Office to have a legal duty to announce the number of deaths in the asylum system and in the Channel during small boat crossings

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3 d. ago A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law

Bobby Gumpright was in the throws of addiction 25 years ago when he fabricated a story that he had been robbed at gunpoint by a Black man

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5 d. ago Abortion case prompts calls for legal reform after woman’s four

The investigation has been described by MPs as ‘cruel and unnecessary’ and a ‘shocking wake-up call’ of the need for a change in the law.

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6 d. ago ‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortion

Calls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trialWhen Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant.Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Shock death of campaigning mother who triggered change in cannabis laws for epileptic kids

Hannah Deacon, from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, successfully campaigned to have the law changed to enable children like her son Alfie to access the Class B drug on the health service.

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6 d. ago Mum who changed UK law on cannabis dies, aged 45, after 'brutal' illness

Hannah Deacon stepped back from her campaign role in March after the diagnosis

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6 d. ago Wenger wants to fix VAR offsides but broken handball rule is the real problem | Max Rushden

While Fifa’s chief of global development focuses on offside toes and noses, VAR needs a helping hand somewhere elseFive years ago, Fifa’s chief of global development, Arsène Wenger, outlined his bold plans to change the offside law.“The most difficult [issue] that people have [with VAR] is the offside rule,” he said. “You have had offsides by a fraction of a centimetre, literally by a nose. It is the time to do this quickly. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing could now receive more jail time

There have been series of high profile offenders refusing to face victims' families, including in the case of Olivia Pratt-Korbell, which has sparked a public outcry and calls by campaigners for a change in the law

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8 d. ago Rebecca Wilcox opens up on Loose Women about 'difficult' assisted dying bill

The presenter has been advocating for the law change alongside her terminally ill mother

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8 d. ago NHS staff to be allowed to refuse to take part in assisted dying under amendment

Changes will also be made to employment law so that nobody who refuses to take part can be dismissed or face disciplinary action.

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8 d. ago Assisted dying law to change to allow pharmacists and other staff to 'opt out'

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is tabling an amendment to assisted dying legislation so 'no person is under any duty to participate in the provision of assistance' to end someone's life

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8 d. ago Assisted dying law to change to allow pharmacists and other NHS staff to 'opt out'

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is tabling an amendment to assisted dying legislation so 'no person is under any duty to participate in the provision of assistance' to end someone's life

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9 d. ago Bereaved mother who fears never knowing why her child died backs law change

Jools Sweeney, 14, took his own life in April 2022

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9 d. ago Mum who fears never knowing why her child died backs data disclosure law change

Jools Sweeney, aged 14, died in April 2022, and his mum Ellen has called on social media firms to share his user data with her.

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1 week ago Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industriesMinisters are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a further concession to artists, the Guardian has learned.A source close to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, said proposals to introduce an opt-out system of copyright rules was no longer his preferred option but one of several being given consideration. Continue reading...

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