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UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer

Lord Falconer reveals that Keir Starmer will not block Commons vote on giving terminally ill people choice of ending their lives

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024

Why a House of Lords private member’s bill on assisted dying is one to watch this week

Charlie Falconer, Labour peer and former lord chancellor, is to introduce a private member’s bill into the House of Lords on July 26 to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. It is currently illegal in these parts of the UK to help someone to end their life. The introduction…

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024

Rising stars who could play a big part in a Labour government

Party hopes to usher in a different generation of politicians – with some likely to be quickly promoted to ministers. Here are 10 to watch

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

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Alan Duncan facing Tory disciplinary inquiry over comments accusing senior party figures of being too ‘pro-Israel’ – as it happened

Former Foreign Office minister had suggested some in government were prepared to overlook human rights violations

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024

Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened

Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join party

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

Best podcasts of the week: At last, a new politics show that promises to be more than a ‘dadcast’

In this week’s newsletter: Three esteemed lawyers team up to look at the news through a legal lens in Law and Disorder

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

Ministers scramble to clear names of victims of Post Office Horizon scandal

Government draws up plans to speed up process of justice for those who were wrongfully convicted as public pressure grows

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

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Documents show Tony Blair 'misled parliament and should lose knighthood', MPs told

TONY Blair should be stripped of his knighthood after declassified documents showed he “misled parliament” before taking military action in…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2023

‘It was electrifying’: the inside story of Labour’s 1997 election landslide

Paranoia, relentless activity, infighting – the people who saw it all look back on the dizzying days that made political history

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

New Met Commissioner Mark Rowley ‘very enthusiastic’ about drug diversion in London

Drug diversion schemes allow police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending without the need for criminal prosecution

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2022

Decriminalisation queried as Khan praises ‘high standards’ of legal US cannabis

Sadiq Khan also met with James Corden and Richard Curtis during his time in Los Angeles.

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Sadiq Khan launches commission to examine cannabis legality

Mayor of London says panel of experts will consider effectiveness of UK policies on non-class A drugs

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

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