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MSP rules out reintroducing assisted dying bill after Scottish election

Liam McArthur said it was time to pass the baton to someone else after five years of work on the now-rejected bill.

MSP rules out reintroducing assisted dying bill after Scottish election

Liam McArthur said it was time to pass the baton to someone else after five years of work on the now-rejected bill.

Nigel Farage tears apart Keir Starmer over North Sea in savage PMQs speech

The Reform UK leader called on the PM to "change course" during PMQs.

Greens push for billions to be spent on energy support if bills rise

Leader Zack Polanksi says ministers should end "uncertainty" over future prices caused by the conflict.

WATCH: Starmer Fails to Deny He Appointed Mandelson Without Speaking to Him

Asked again and again, with no answer. Look at the glum faces on the frontbench…

Keir Starmer humiliated by Kemi Badenoch with brutal two word Angela Rayner jibe at PMQs

The Conservative leader branded the PM as a "weak man" in a Commons clash

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Irish PM boxes clever as Trump doubles down on Starmer 'disappointment'

BBC News NI political editor Enda McClafferty looks at how Micheál Martin fared against Donald Trump during their St Patrick's Day meeting.

Labour Lays Groundwork to Gut FOIs with China Blame Game

In the FT this morning: “British officials are concerned that China is exploiting the UK’s freedom of information [FoI] legislation to collate unclassified data that risks revealing sensitive information. Government figures believe they have detected a pattern of requests relating to the UK’s defence and national security, raising suspicions that Beijing may be behind a…

Keir Starmer faces BritCard headache as legal challenge deadline looms

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Proctor said that during the course of the proceedings "the Government has already stepped back from the original mandatory proposals, which shows how quickly this policy is evolving".

Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT

Reforming VAT in a first Conservative budget would create the basis for accelerated economic growth and be consistent with the reforming approach shown by the best of our predecessors. The post Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT appeared first on Conservative Home.

Jeffrey Epstein’s elite relationships visualised: the prince, the sultan and the politicians

Guardian analysis of more than a million emails reveals financier’s deep and longstanding ties with the wealthy and powerful The release of the Epstein files has reverberated around the world, leading to at least nine resignations and investigations into high-profile figures, including the former UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, and the ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The deluge of information has made it hard to assess the extent of the connections but a Guardian data analysi