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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

Chris Mason: A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

The Mandelson vetting row has reignited questions over the PM's future just two weeks before crucial elections in Scotland, Wales and England.

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

Chris Mason: A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

The Mandelson vetting row has reignited questions over the PM's future just two weeks before crucial elections in Scotland, Wales and England.

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Is Starmer on borrowed time? - The Latest

Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life as the Mandelson vetting scandal threatens to end his premiership. With no end to the Mandelson saga in sight, and as Labour looks set to suffer major losses at the local elections, can the prime minister survive? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of national news, Archie Bland Continue reading...

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

Assisted dying bill runs out of time but supporters vow to try again

The proposed legislation was supported by MPs but has not cleared its stages in the Lords.

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Guido Whispers: Who’s Running No10 Comms?

Members get access to Guido Whispers every Friday. For all the latest gossip swirling around Westminster and beyond, join us today by clicking here. Get tomorrow’s news, today…

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Martin Rowson on the assisted dying bill being blocked by the House of Lords – cartoon

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Two Thirds of Voters Demand Lord Falconer Stand Down Over Mandelson Links

As his eighth attempt to legalise assisted suicide crashes out of Parliament today, Guido has seen fresh polling showing almost two-thirds of voters (63%) think the Bill’s champion in the Lords, Lord Falconer, should apologise and stand down as a peer. That’s for introducing Peter Mandelson into the Lords just months after Jeffrey Epstein’s first…

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

The assisted dying bill has failed - but the debate isn't over

In June 2025 MPs backed the legislation but now it has run out of time to become law.

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BBC Politics24 Apr 2026

The assisted dying bill has failed - but the debate isn't over

In June 2025 MPs backed the legislation but now it has run out of time to become law.

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

Assisted dying bill will not become law after it falls in the House of Lords

Supporters blame ‘procedural wrangling’ for the legislation running out of parliamentary time Assisted dying will not become law in England and Wales after proposed legislation branded “hopelessly flawed” by opponents ran out of time amid claims of a “denial of democracy” from supporters. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which had been making its way through parliament for the past year and a half, fell on Friday with peers speaking passionately on both sides of the argument. Conti

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The Guardian Politics24 Apr 2026

My assisted dying bill has a democratic mandate – the Lords who blocked it today do not | Kim Leadbeater

There is a way to bring this back to parliament. We owe it to the brave terminally ill people who have been so let down to try Kim Leadbeater is Labour MP for Spen Valley Today has been a sorry day for democracy in this country. After more than 220 hours of debate in both Houses of Parliament, a small minority of unelected peers has defied not only the clear will of democratically elected MPs, but perhaps more importantly the wishes of a large majority of our constituents. The terminally ill a

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in Salford. The post Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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