Written by Kim Leadbeater criticises Streeting over assisted dying bill comments, implying he’s ignoring ministerial neutrality policy Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who has tabled the private member’s bill on assisted dying that will be debated two weeks tomorrow, has said she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting, the health secretary, saying the new law could cut funding […]
Samantha Harvey very nearly gave up on her novel Orbital, which last night won this year’s Booker prize. Set on the International Space Station (ISS) 250 miles from Earth, Orbital follows the day-to-day lives of four astronauts and two cosmonauts as they hurtle through the universe at 17,500mph. She was a few thousand words in […]
The chair of the government’s equality watchdog, who was appointed by Liz Truss and investigated after a series of complaints by staff members, is to be given a further 12-month term in the post, the Guardian understands. The decision to reappoint Kishwer Falkner as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has left […]
We can hit UK’s big carbon cut without disruption to people’s lives, says Starmer – UK politics live
Starmer claims government can reach new carbon target without people’s everyday lives being disrupted Q: [From the Times] Is it really realistic to think you can hit your new carbon target without any change to how people live their everyday lives? Starmer said this was realistic. He replied: Yes, of course it is. And the […]
Asthma is linked to memory issues in children – and the condition appearing early may make memory difficulties worse, research suggests. The study found that children with asthma performed worse in memory tasks than children without the lung condition. According to the researchers, memory deficits may have longer-term consequences and may even increase the risk […]
Politics latest news: Starmer becomes first British PM since Churchill to attend Paris Armistice Day
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The Liberal Democrats will attempt to hijack the government’s bill to ban Lords from inheriting their seats in parliament this week in an attempt to force a vote on an entirely elected upper chamber. The government’s hereditary peers bill, which is heading for its committee stage on Tuesday and is likely to clear the House […]
With Remembrance Day coming, arguments about whether poppies should be worn are in full flow. Yet there is one issue that never seems to be heard in the annual debate that now marks this solemn occasion: while Britain fought the second world war to defeat Nazi Germany, putting its own existence as a free country […]
Keir Starmer’s government is coming under fire for having failed over more than four months to appoint new MPs and peers to a key EU-UK inter-parliamentary forum, as pressure grows for closer co-operation with the European Union after Donald’s Trump re-election to the White House. Today in an article for the Observer online the MEP […]
King Charles will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and lead the nation in a two-minute silence at 11am to remember the dead who gave their lives in two world wars as well as those who have died in other conflicts involving British and Commonwealth forces. The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the king […]