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A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
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Welcome to politics.co.uk’s as-it-happens page. Here, you can keep up to date with speeches, debates and major political events in real-time. Just hit refresh to see the latest developments. This event is now over but you can see how it happened below. 11:22 – No Gordon Brown today, with the prime minister is in New… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Commons debates the coroners and justice bill, focusing on day one on proposals to establish secret inquests. 17:56 – It took until this time for debate to finally get underway. MPs were meant to begin scrutinising the legislation at 15:30 GMT, but two statements – one from the prime minister and… Read more »
