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A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
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Labour has retained the North Tyneside, West of England and Doncaster mayoralties despite significant swings to Reform UK, which finished a close second in each contest. The insurgent party led by Nigel Farage also secured a landslide victory in Greater Lincolnshire. Dame Andrea Jenkyns, a former Conservative MP and minister, has been elected as the… Read more »
Reform UK has won the first by-election of this parliament in Runcorn and Helsby. Reform candidate Sarah Pochin secured 12,645 votes, 38.7 per cent of the total. Labour candidate Karen Shore finished in second place with 12,639 votes — giving Reform a margin of victory of just six votes. It is comfortably the smallest majority… Read more »
