The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

‘I’m emotionally ruined’: MPs bitterly divided over assisted dying, with Starmer appalled by ministers’ comments

Unlikely alliances and concerns over vulnerable people’s rights have led to fierce debate and ethical uncertainty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024

Inside HMP Wandsworth: How Daniel Khalife’s escape reveals ‘shocking’ prison chaos

It was revealed two guards checked the truck that Daniel Khalife escaped under

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

Prisons crisis and chaos at HMP Wandsworth laid bare in wake of Khalife’s escape

Khalife made his escape in September last year, while being held on remand over spy charges, by strapping himself underneath a food delivery lorry.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024

‘No one has grappled with detail’ of assisted dying impact on courts, peer warns

MPs will vote on the proposed legislation on Friday following a debate in the House of Commons.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024

I have campaigned for assisted dying all my life. This once-in-a-generation chance mustn’t be wasted

This Labour government must be brave enough to stand up for the bill and ensure a legacy of empathy and personal freedom, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024

Lack of legal aid lawyers poses threat to Starmer’s asylum pledge, experts say

Figures show rise in numbers unable to access legal aid lawyer, with knock-on implications for clearing backlog

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds

Office of Health Economics says it used ‘most conservative of estimates’ and ‘true number is likely to be much larger’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

Labour tempers flare over assisted dying as MP accuses peer of ‘hugely offensive’ remarks

Lord Falconer was accused of ‘offensive remarks’ over his claim that Shabana Mahmood’s opposition to the assisted dying bill is to do with her Islamic faith

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

Ministers following own ‘moral code’ on assisted dying vote – Jess Phillips

Home Office minister Jess Phillips defended her colleague Shabana Mahmood, who made clear she would vote against the Bill in a strongly worded letter.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

UK politics: Badenoch refuses to commit to reversing rise in employers’ national insurance in speech at CBI – as it happened

Tory leader says she will not ‘comment on every bit of micro-policy’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024