The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying “dangerous” and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medically. The head of the Church of England was speaking with the BBC ahead of the first reading in parliament of a bill…
Princeville, North Carolina — On a single-lane road in Eastern North Carolina, surrounded by farmland, the congregation at Mark Chapel Baptist Church listens to a sermon on faith — and the importance of their vote as part of the “Black Belt,” a stretch of majority-Black congressional districts in the South. The 1st Congressional District hasn’t…
Former President Donald Trump says he’s not commenting on the question of whether he’s spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin since he left office, after journalist Bob Woodward reported in his new book that the former president has had as many as seven conversations with the Russian leader. At the Economic Club of Chicago Tuesday,…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking to make tax rises and spending cuts to the value of £40bn in this month’s Budget, government sources have told the BBC. At a political cabinet meeting this morning, Reeves told ministers that filling the “£22bn black hole inheritance from the previous government” would only be enough “to keep public…
This is wonderful news I never thought I’d be around to hear, that Parliament is going to vote on a Bill to legalise assisted dying. Of course there will be very careful precautions. We must protect vulnerable people. But it means that maybe, just maybe, terminally ill people like me will be allowed to say,…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office intervened in 2019 to keep Han Dong off a House of Commons committee probing Canada’s relations with China, according to testimony from Trudeau’s most senior staff. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefed security-cleared Liberal officials during the 2019 election about “irregularities” related to Dong’s nomination as the party’s candidate…
Washington — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and his allies have spent tens of millions of dollars on political ads focusing on transgender rights issues in the weeks leading up to the election. The Trump campaign has spent more than $19 million on two television ads that have aired nearly 55,000 times since Oct. 1,…
Rachel Reeves is looking to fill a £40bn black hole in the country’s finances, Sky News understands. According to people close to the budget, the gap in funding identified by the chancellor is more than twice what was previously thought. Politics latest: Stark warning issued over national insurance rise Ms Reeves has previously said the…
Sir Keir Starmer met Taylor Swift at one of her London concerts after Labour politicians intervened over her police escort. It is understood the Prime Minister and his family spoke with the American pop star and her mother for about 10 minutes after he was invited to attend the Wembley gig on August 20. The…
Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber Over hundreds of years, the House of Lords has had its fair share of scrapes with extinction events. It was abolished in 1649, following the execution of King Charles I, by a law that declared it…
