Constitutional Reform
Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
On 22 October, for the first time in years, the UK Parliament will debate legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, fully supports the Assisted Dying Bill as a landmark step towards much-needed reform. It will be… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson The ban on members of the Lords working as lobbyists should be extended to the Commons, transparency campaigners have demanded. SpinWatch argued parliament’s efforts to restore public trust required that the ban should apply to both its houses, rather than just the lords. Yesterday a group headed by Lord Eames published their… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The worst offenders of the recent expenses scandal should be jailed, an MP has claimed. Plaid Cymru’s Elfyn Lwyd told BBC1’s Question Time programme last night he expected as many as four MPs could find themselves behind bars for their abuses of the expenses system. Mr Lwyd is a member of the… Read more »
