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1 week ago | 
cambridge-news.co.uk | Aine Fox |Rhiannon James |David Lynch |Will Durrant |Lily Shanagher |David Dubas-Fisher
More than 300 MPs have backed a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives. Proposed legislation on assisted dying has cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote – albeit with a narrower majority. MPs voted 314 to 291, majority 23, to approve Kim Leadbeater, the Bill’s sponsor through the Commons, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | David Lynch
Former prime minister says death of his newborn daughter convinced him of the ‘imperative of good end-of-life care’Former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to legalising assisted dying, which will soon be debated by MPs.The former Labour PM said the death of his newborn daughter in 2002 did “not convince me of the case for assisted dying; it convinced me of the value and imperative of good end-of-life care”.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | David Lynch
Mel Stride unveiled as shadow chancellor and Dame Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretaryNew Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has signalled her intention to reunite the party by appointing Mel Stride as shadow chancellor and Dame Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary. The two former Tory leadership candidates are the first appointments Ms Badenoch has made to shadow the so-called “great offices of state”: the Foreign Secretary, Chancellor and Home Secretary.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
cambridge-news.co.uk | David Lynch |Tom Burnett
Hospitals built from crumbling concrete - including one in Cambridgeshire - will be “replaced as a priority” and spared from a spending review Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to undertake, a letter to MPs suggests. Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon is one of seven hospitals across England built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) that requires replacement.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
breakingnews.ie | David Lynch |Caitlin Doherty
Donald Trump will win the US presidential election, Nigel Farage has claimed as his Reform UK party sought to play up its links with the Republican candidate. The Reform leader had words of warning for UK foreign secretary David Lammy – who once described former president Mr Trump as a “neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath” – about a potential second Trump presidency.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
lincolnshirelive.co.uk | Lorna Hughes |David Lynch
RAF Scampton will not be used to house asylum seekers because the plan does not represent value for money, the Home Office has announced. The former airbase has been at the centre of proposals to accommodate migrants who arrive in the UK by small boats and other unauthorised means. Opening the site from the autumn as planned would have cost a total of £122 million by the end of its use in 2027, meaning the site no longer represents value for money, the Home Office said on Thursday (September 5).
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May 31, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | David Lynch
Sir Keir Starmer says new publicly-owned company would invest in homegrown energy sources and provide cheaper prices to consumers– What is Labour’s energy plan? Labour has promised to set up a new publicly owned energy company called Great British Energy if it wins the General Election. The party has compared it to France’s EDF, or Sweden’s Vattenfall, power companies owned by their respective states, but which compete against private firms on the global market.
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May 29, 2024 | 
devonlive.com | David Lynch |Toby Codd
Rishi Sunak sat behind the wheel of an armoured vehicle, met the custodians of a community pub and took lessons from an apprentice in his final visit of a tour across Devon and Cornwall. The Prime Minister found himself clambering into the seat of a Jackal 3, the latest in a range of armoured vehicles being manufactured at Devon-based company Supacat. Joining Mr Sunak in the vehicle was Simon Jupp, Tory MP for East Devon.
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May 5, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | David Lynch
Former home secretary Suella Braverman has spoken on Rishi Sunak and the Tory party’s hammerings at the polls in the local electionsRishi Sunak must change his political course to remain in power as there is no time to change Tory leader, Suella Braverman has said following a bruising set of local election results.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | David Lynch
Oliver Dowden has hinted that a January 2025 election is possible, after the Prime Minister insisted he is preparing for a poll in the second half of this year. The Deputy Prime Minister said 2024 "almost certainly is an election year" as he faced questioning on Sunday, suggesting the prospect of a later date has not been ruled out. Rishi Sunak has said he intends to call an election in the second half of the year, with October or November seen by many as the favoured period.
