Assisted dying bill vote: Latest updates as MPs debate new law to allow terminally-ill people the right to die for first time

Assisted dying bill vote: Latest updates as MPs debate new law to allow terminally-ill people the right to die for first time

By JAMIE BULLEN and DAVID WILCOCK Published: 07:49 GMT, 29 November 2024 | Updated: 13:09 GMT, 29 November 2024 Advertisement MPs from across Parliament are debating whether to back a law to legalise assisted dying which has been likened to ‘crossing a Rubicon’. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s private members’ bill, named the Terminally Ill Adults…

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House of Commons paralysis threatening government finances, Anand warns – National

House of Commons paralysis threatening government finances, Anand warns – National

Treasury Board President Anita Anand is warning that if the House of Commons doesn’t get back to regular business, some government departments might be in financial trouble. On Monday, Anand tabled a supplementary estimates request for $21.6 billion to fund programs including housing, dental care and the national school food program. One of the biggest-ticket…

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Foreign nationals are up to THREE TIMES more likely to be arrested than Brits in parts of UK, shock data shows

Foreign nationals are up to THREE TIMES more likely to be arrested than Brits in parts of UK, shock data shows

Forty per cent of arrested suspected criminals are foreign nationals in parts of the country, data shows. In Cambridgeshire, of the more than 21,200 arrests made between 2021 and 2023, nearly 8,800 (41.5 per cent) were not UK citizens. This is despite them comprising just 15 per cent of the local population. Statistics from Cambridgeshire…

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