A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine ...

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are ...

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will hold two oral evidence sessions this week. It has been reported that the committee is weighted against assisted ...

It’s official. The Conservative Party leadership has joined the ranks of climate deniers, in a race to the bottom with Nigel Farage and Donald Trump to see whose head can sink deepest into the sand.

A child facing surgery, having a blood test or needing an MRI shouldn’t have to feel terrified. Yet too often they do, unless ...

As party conference season concludes and MPs and peers return to Westminster, attention will turn to the next major date in ...

It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual ...

“Now, the Tories – do you remember them?” Keir Starmer had spoken for a full 50 minutes before acknowledging the existence of Labour’s historic rival. The line was met with laughter – a fleeting ...

In his October 2021 budget, the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of reforms to alcohol duties, describing his plans as, the “most radical simplification of alcohol duties for over 140 ...

Each Government Department’s Ministers face oral questioning at least once every four weeks in the House of Commons. Questions for answer by Ministers are tabled up to three days in advance (not ...

John Francis Spellar was first elected as the Labour MP for Warley in 1992, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 11,511. He briefly served as the MP for Birmingham Northfield between a ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Immigrants will be required to meet stricter conditions in order to earn the right to stay in the UK permanently, under a new ...