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Employer national insurance hike to slow hiring and wage growth, critics say

Rachel Reeves announced the tax increase in her autumn Budget statement to the House of Commons.

The Independent UK

Who is Rachel Reeves? From child chess champion to first female chancellor to deliver UK Budget

Rachel Reeves will present her first Budget as the UK's first female chancellor to the House of Commons on Wednesday (30 October).

The Independent UK

SNP not given place on Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee

THE SNP have not been given a seat on the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster ...

The National (Scotland)

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MPs divided over how to introduce family-friendly hours to Westminster

MPs with children in family homes close to London favour shorter days while others want more time in their constituencies

The Guardian - UK

Cross-party support for Westminster bill to recognise Palestine statehood

AN independent MP has lodged a bill to recognise the state of Palestine, garnering support from across the House of Commons.

The National (Scotland)

Labour must keep its promise to consult on the future of the House of Lords

Letters: A group of signatories including Amna Ahmed and Tom Brake call on the government to announce a timeline for public consultation. Plus a letter from Chris Rennard

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying bill enters parliament – how likely is it to become law?

Labour backbench MP Kim Leadbeater has introduced a bill in the House of Commons that aims to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

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Assisted dying: What is the current law and will it change?

Assisted suicide is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years

The Independent UK

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Independent UK

UK’s top Catholic bishop urges faithful to lobby MPs to oppose assisted dying

Cardinal Vincent Nichols says proposed bill could change medical duty of care into ‘duty to kill’

The Guardian - UK

MPs pile pressure on Labour to oppose Saudi bid to join UN’s Human Rights Council

Exclusive: Labour under pressure to take a stand against human rights abuses

The Independent UK

Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords – a constitutional expert on the historical reforms that built up to this moment

Having made a pre-election pledge to do so, the government is moving forward with the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, a piece of legislation that will remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

The Conversation

European court rejects Paterson appeal over report into improper lobbying

Judges rule parliamentary standards investigation into the then Tory MP was fair in finding ‘egregious’ breach

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Starmer has as much to learn from Sunak as Meloni on migration

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The Independent UK

US ‘understands the decision we have taken’ on Israeli arms sales, Starmer says

The prime minister said the US ‘understands the decision we have taken’ and was told about the move in advance

Evening Standard

OPINION - Politics enabled the Grenfell disaster. It is also how to ensure it never happens again

It is tempting to think that politics stops today. That the publication of the final report by the Grenfell Inquiry demands a cessation of partisan hostilities. That the House of Commons is, in that tedious cliché, "at its best" when it is united. But this would be wrong.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer repeatedly refers to Rishi Sunak as ‘prime minister’ at PMQs

In a sombre session of prime minister’s questions, following the publication of the damning Grenfell report, Sir Keir appeared to forget on multiple occasions that the tables were turned in July’s general election

Al Jazeera

Will the UK’s new Labour government halt arms sales to Israel?

Since 2008, the UK has licensed arms exports to Israel worth at least 576 million pounds ($740m).

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The Guardian - UK

Ken Eastham obituary

Trade union shop steward and city councillor who served Manchester Blackley for 18 years as a Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

How gift of Monet painting brightened demoralised Churchill’s postwar years

Generous present for former PM will feature in a landmark exhibition of the artist’s London masterpieces

The Walrus

Is It Time for Singh to Go?

Once a beacon of hope for the left, the NDP is fighting for political relevance

The National (Scotland)

Powerful Mhairi Black speech on fascism resurfaces as far-right riots continue

A SPEECH made by former SNP MP Mhairi Black to the House of Commons warning the UK was “sleepwalking closer to fascism” has resurfaced as…

The Independent UK

Farage joins calls for Parliament to be recalled and claims ‘soft policing’ at BLM protests to blame for riots

The House of Commons is currently not sitting as a result of summer recess, with MPs not due to return until September 2

The Guardian - UK

Proportional representation? The House of Lords is the best place to start

Letters: Former Labour MP Liz McInnes says a House of Lords elected by PR would address the democratic deficit at the heart of government. Plus a letter from Rosanne Bostock

Evening Standard

List of every DWP benefit that will no longer qualify for Winter Fuel Payments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced big changes for the Winter Fuel Payments this year

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