3 h. ago MPs vote to remove conditional immunity for Troubles’ crimes from Legacy Act

The High Court in Belfast ruled parts of the Act were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in 2024.

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5 h. ago Kemi Badenoch meets with Northern Ireland veterans as she urges Keir Starmer to abandon Labour's plans to scrap immunity measures from Troubles laws

The Tory leader and some of her senior MPs spoke with a group of ex-soldiers in Parliament as they protested against Labour's repeal of Northern Ireland legacy laws.

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12 h. ago MPs brace for crunch Northern Ireland legacy vote TODAY as David Davis warns ex

The Government is seeking to pass a 'remedial order' to repeal immunity provisions from Northern Irelandlegacy legislation.

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7 d. ago MPs vote to restrict protests outside animal testing labs and research centres

The ruling encompasses all 'life sciences infrastructure'

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7 d. ago Mahmood wins vote to ban animal testing lab protests – despite Labour backbench rebellion

Labour MPs rebel in vote to outlaw activists’ vigils outside laboratories and beagle-breeding facilities

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1 week ago Starmer says MPs to get vote on deploying UK peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Labour prime minister has signed historic deal to deploy armed forces to enforce any ceasefire with Russia – with Trump’s blessing

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2 w. ago MPs to get vote on deploying UK peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Labour prime minister has signed historic deal to deploy armed forces to enforce any ceasefire with Russia – with Trump’s blessing

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2 w. ago MPs would get vote on troop deployment to Ukraine, says Keir Starmer

UK and France ready to send peacekeeping troops, PM tells House of CommonsUK politics live – latest updatesMPs will have a debate and vote before any UK troops are deployed on peacekeeping duties in Ukraine, Keir Starmer has announced at prime minister’s questions.Speaking after Britain and France said they would be willing to send troops if there was a peace deal, following discussions at a wider summit in Paris, Starmer was pressed by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, as to why he was not making a full Commons statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer tells PMQs that MPs would get vote on deployment of troops to Ukraine – UK politics live

Starmer said UK willing to put peace-keeping troops on the ground in Ukraine, but Kemi Badenoch says PM’s plans lack detailFarage is now talking about London, where council elections are taking place.He says that Sadiq Khan has said he will run for a fourth term as mayor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago MPs will be able to vote on any deployment of UK troops to Ukraine, says Starmer

Prime minister under pressure over pledges made as part of security guarantees to underpin proposed peace deal

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer vows MPs will get vote before British troops are put on the ground in Ukraine if there is a ceasefire deal

During PMQs clashes, Kemi Badenoch challenged Keir Starmer for details of how many personnel could be deployed to guarantee a mooted peace deal.

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2 w. ago PMQs live: Starmer says MPs would get vote on deployment of troops to Ukraine

Starmer said UK willing to put peace-keeping troops on the ground in Ukraine, but Kemi Badenoch says PM’s plans lack detailFarage is now talking about London, where council elections are taking place.He says that Sadiq Khan has said he will run for a fourth term as mayor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’UK politics live – latest updatesEighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment. claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation, and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats.The detainees have compiled a document, “Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre”, which claims they have been treated unjustly by the Home Office since arriving in the UK on small boats. Harmondsworth is one of two detention centres close to Heathrow airport in London. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Farage’s conditional pledge to remove child benefit cap ‘would plunge 450,000 into poverty’

Exclusive: New analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has led charities to warn about the impact of Farage’s plans on the two child benefit cap

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