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1 month ago | 
independent.co.uk | Richard Wheeler |Richard Wheeler
Ministers were also able to head off a potential rebellion from Labour MPs over calls to increase paternity leave. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Parliament has been told of the risks of marrying a cousin A proposal to ban people from marrying their first cousin is being pushed through Parliament. Currently it is illegal to marry a sibling, parent or child, but not first cousins. Conservative former minister Richard Holden has now called for the ban. He said such marriages have been linked to a higher rate of birth defects and can also “reinforce negative structures and control women”.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
aol.co.uk | Richard Wheeler
Marriages between first cousins would be banned in the UK under a proposal to be tabled in Parliament. Conservative former minister Richard Holden said such marriages have been linked to a higher rate of birth defects and can also “reinforce negative structures and control women”. The MP for Basildon and Billericay will seek to introduce the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill to the House of Commons on Tuesday for further consideration.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler |Harry Taylor
David Lammy insisted Donald Trump is a “winner not a loser” as he sought to encourage the US president-elect to continue support for Ukraine. The Foreign Secretary added that he believes Mr Trump will want to “ensure that the West is on the winning side”, while Western allies brace for a possible change of US stance. Mr Trump has said he could end the war “in a day”.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler
Citizenship education for young people is taught “weakly” in many schools and should be given a “clear focus” in law, peers have heard. The Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill seeks to change the current list of “British values” required to be taught in schools in England and Wales, although education is a devolved matter in Wales.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
aol.co.uk | Aine Fox |Richard Wheeler
A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the details of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. – What is assisted dying? This, and the language used, varies depending on who you ask. Pro-change campaigners Dignity in Dying say that assisted dying allows a person with a terminal condition the choice to control their death if they decide their suffering is unbearable.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler
Minister: Tory MPs should Shake It Off when it comes to Taylor Swift questionsA Cabinet minister has suggested Tory MPs move on from raising questions about Taylor Swift freebies, telling the Commons: “It’s about time they Shake It Off.”Commons Leader Lucy Powell took inspiration from the US superstar’s song collection after she also raised the estimated £1 billion boost to the UK economy generated by Swift’s Eras Tour.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler |Harry Taylor
Most private schools will be able to keep fee increases affordable for parents by absorbing a “significant proportion” of new VAT charges, the Government has said. Treasury minister James Murray was heckled by opposition MPs as he defended the proposal to remove the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools from January to enable funding for 6,500 new teachers in state schools.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Will Durrant |Richard Wheeler
Whitehall’s decision not to fight a legal challenge against drilling for untapped oil could “jeopardise” energy and jobs in Scotland, a Commons frontbencher has warned. John Lamont, Conservative shadow Scotland secretary, described oil and gas as a “crucial industry” north of the border, before Scotland Secretary Ian Murray said he should “stop scaremongering”.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Richard Wheeler |Claudia Savage
The Government should have the power to seize control of flat blocks where owners are failing to make them safe following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, MPs have heard. Such a scheme would enable remedial works to take place and for the Government to seek to recover the costs, according to Labour’s Barry Gardiner. The MP for Brent West added the Government would then be able to acquire and sell the building should it be unable to recover the costs from the owner.
