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MPs will once again have to decide on what could be the biggest social change since abortion was legalised - whether to back assisted dying.
Broadcaster, 86, had intended to end her life in Swiss clinic after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023Esther Rantzen has said she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her l...
Many mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job lossesMinisters are facing a backlash from the hospitality industry after they announced mayors in Engl...
Home secretary tells officers to make ‘full use’ of their powers after masked vigilantes cause weekend of chaosShabana Mahmood has urged police to curb the activities of far-right, anti-migrant groups...
Gerald Holtham suggests that it time to cut the 3.75% that the Bank of England pays out on the lenders’ reservesThere are increasing calls for a windfall tax on banks (Taxing the banks: what Europe’s...
Downing Street gives more details of plan, saying it would be charged as a percentage of accommodation costs, not a flat feeTourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new pl...
Record demand for A&E units, ambulance services and NHS 111 shows extreme heat having unprecedented impact on health, experts sayThe NHS came under its most intense strain ever as a result of the summ...
High commissioner to India replaces Olly Robbins, who was sacked over Peter Mandelson scandalThe Foreign Office has its first female head after the appointment of Lindy Cameron, the high commissioner...
It has been a huge week for Labour as Ed Miliband shifted the party’s stance on Israel by announcing sanctions on the illegal settlements in the West Bank and describing what is happening as ethnic cl...
The Conservatives' former director of campaigning and his wife, a Tory parliamentary candidate, have admitted cheating at gambling on the date of the 2024 general election.
Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water managementMinisters are exploring making water more expensive for some users, in the fa...
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understoodJamie Dimon, chief executive of the largest US bank, JP Morgan, is understood to have warned An...
Fee of £1,709 compares with an estimated administrative cost of just £324, according to Home Office dataPeople applying to become British citizens are charged more than five times the amount it costs...
Exclusive: Claimants could trade part of payment for specialist equipment, services or training under proposalSome disabled people could receive “in kind” support rather than just cash payments under...
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentimentAndy Burnham must overhaul Shabana Mahmood’s migration reforms or risk overstretching socia...
Play is one of eight world premieres in programme with global conflict and political upheaval at its heartA new play about John Major’s rise to power, written by James Graham, will premiere at the Na...
Threshold pushes some to reduce hours or stop working to avoid losing entitlement, report warns John Healey has been urged to fix the £100,000 childcare “cliff edge”, that means some higher-paid emplo...
Sagal Abdi-Wali, who came from Somalia in the 1990s, likely to face Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras contestA former child refugee who became the leader of Camden council has been selected to b...
Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 News after undercover stingThe financial scandal around Reform UK has deepened as police expanded their investigation into...
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctionsProminent British rabbis ha...