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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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By politics.co.uk staff The lack of disciplinary action taken against officers involving in the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes will not change, the police watchdog has announced. Lawyers representing the family of Mr De Menezes, who was shot seven times in the head while sitting on a train in London Underground’s Stockwell station… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Children as young as ten years old are being targeted by the government’s latest anti-knife campaign. The Home Office’s It Doesn’t Have to Happen campaign focuses on ten- to 16-year-olds by demonstrating the clear link between carrying a knife and a much greater risk of loss of life or freedom, or serious… Read more »
