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Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
The Isle of Man has this morning become the first part of the UK and Crown dependencies to pass an Assisted Dying Bill. Humanists UK and its assisted dying coalition partner My Death, My Decision Isle of Man has welcomed the historic vote. The Bill will make assisted dying available to adult Isle of Man… Read more »
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Two former Conservative peers are expected to defect to the UK Independence Party (Ukip) today, giving the group its first foothold in parliament. Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Lord Willoughby de Broke were Tory peers but had the whip withdrawn in 2004 for helping Ukip, and have been sitting as independents. They now hope to… Read more »
Tony Blair’s “inability” to influence the Bush administration is behind the foreign UK’s policy failures, a new report has found. Despite the military, political and financial expense the Labour government has incurred supporting the US president, loyalty has counted for little, the Chatham House think tank has concluded. And Mr Blair’s successor as prime minister… Read more »
