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Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… 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 live, in real time. By Ian Dunt PMQs as-it-happens
By politics.co.uk staff US president Barack Obama used his first televised Oval Office address to deliver his harshest words yet against BP. The energy giant has become a focus for transatlantic tensions in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion 58 days ago, which has caused a huge environmental disaster. Mr Obama, who… Read more »
