Christopher McKeon

4 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Helen Corbett |Christopher McKeon |Rhiannon James |Harry Taylor

The UK “utterly condemns” any escalation in the Middle East, a minister said after Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base in Qatar. Iran announced on state television that it had attacked forces stationed at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, in retaliation to America’s strikes on its nuclear programme. Armed forces minister Luke Pollard said the UK was monitoring the “fast-changing situation” closely and that “the UK Government utterly condemns any escalation”.

6 days ago | hellorayo.co.uk | Christopher McKeon |Helen Corbett |Rod Minchin

The incident is being also investigated by counter terror police. Author: Christopher McKeon, Helen Corbett and Rod Minchin, PAPublished 3 hours agoThe Home Secretary is preparing to ban Palestine Action following the group's vandalism of two planes at an RAF base, the PA news agency understands. Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe the group, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action.

1 week ago | the-independent.com | Christopher McKeon

Kim Leadbeater’s Bill passed what could be its final Commons hurdle by 23 votes. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Christopher McKeon

Kim Leadbeater’s Bill passed what could be its final Commons hurdle by 23 votes. Opponents of assisted dying have urged the House of Lords to give Kim Leadbeater’s Bill “the scrutiny that it needs” after MPs narrowly backed the legislation. Ms Leadbeater’s Bill passed what could be its final Commons hurdle by 23 votes, down from the majority of 55 it secured when MPs first voted on it in November.

1 week ago | inkl.com | Christopher McKeon

Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying Bill passed the Commons with a narrow majority of 23 on Friday (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)Opponents of assisted dying have urged the House of Lords to give Kim Leadbeater’s Bill “the scrutiny that it needs” after MPs narrowly backed the legislation. Ms Leadbeater’s Bill passed what could be its final Commons hurdle by 23 votes, down from the majority of 55 it secured when MPs first voted on it in November.