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Nationalising water would cost up to £100bn and not resolve problems – Reed

The Environment Secretary ruled out the move as he launched an independent review of the sector.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024

Rayner and Dowden clash over prospect of Budget tax rises at ‘battle of gingers’

The two took centre stage at Prime Minister’s Questions because of Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Samoa.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024

MPs demand answers over fears UK officials’ phones hacked during Chagos negotiations

It comes after The Independent revealed that the British high commissioner was hit in huge leak of purported phone conversations between high-profile Mauritian figures

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2024

Assisted dying: What is the current law and will it change?

Assisted suicide is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

UK’s top Catholic bishop urges faithful to lobby MPs to oppose assisted dying

Cardinal Vincent Nichols says proposed bill could change medical duty of care into ‘duty to kill’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024

Starmer says Falklands are British and will remain British after Chagos Islands row

The prime minister last week refused to rule out ending British control of Gibraltar and the Falklands as he faced a backlash over a deal with Mauritius

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

MPs pile pressure on Labour to oppose Saudi bid to join UN’s Human Rights Council

Exclusive: Labour under pressure to take a stand against human rights abuses

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024

Canada’s Trudeau survives no-confidence vote in latest test for his gov’t

No-confidence motion fails to pass in House of Commons, but Justin Trudeau faces more challenges ahead.

Al Jazeera · Sep 25, 2024

Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords – a constitutional expert on the historical reforms that built up to this moment

Having made a pre-election pledge to do so, the government is moving forward with the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, a piece of legislation that will remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024