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MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »
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MPs have written to Kent police in protest at their use of stop-and-search powers at an environmental demonstration. The week long climate camp near the Kingsnorth power station has met with what protestors are calling “political policing”. The police, for their part, claim some demonstrators arrived with knives. Now Norman Baker and Colin Challen have… Read more »
The question of whether or not to impose green taxes on gas guzzling cars caused division in Westminster again today, with three members of an environmental commission launching a minority report calling the idea ‘retrospective taxation’ while the rest of the committee called for more radical proposals. While the environmental audit commission said the move… Read more »
