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Dec 17, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
irishexaminer.com | Aine Fox |Richard Wheeler |David Lynch |Rhiannon James
Assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament. A majority of MPs, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, supported a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Sir Keir Starmer has sidestepped calls to repeat Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge of no more borrowing or tax rises following the Budget.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler |Richard Wheeler
The Grenfell Memorial Wall in west London (Lucy North/PA)PA WireGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A housing minister has warned “far too many” buildings remain unsafe, with work to remove dangerous cladding yet to begin at almost 50% of monitored properties.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Pie, mash and liquor (parsley sauce)Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Campaigners hope to secure protected status for traditional pie and mash to celebrate the “original fast food” and its London origins.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Liam and Noel Gallagher have faced criticism over the procing of tickets for the upcoming Oasis tour (Simon Emmett/PA)PA MediaGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Fans would be guaranteed to know the maximum ticket price at the beginning of the buying process under a proposed law tabled following the Oasis backlash.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Aine Fox |Richard Wheeler |Daniel Keane
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater will table the Bill on October 16PAAine Fox|Richard Wheeler|Daniel Keane2 minutes agoProposals to change the law to give terminally ill people “choice at the end of life” are to be introduced in Parliament this month. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she hoped for “honest, compassionate and respectful debate” when her Bill, which will be tabled on October 16, is considered in the Commons.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler |Miriam Burrell
Richard Wheeler|Miriam Burrell16 minutes agoGet our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Yvette Cooper vowed to halve knife crime across the UK in a decade and to introduce a ban on ninja swords during her speech at the Labour conference on Tuesday.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Sir Keir Starmer faced shouts of “shame” in the House of Commons as he defended moves to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
