Mrs J Cotton
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Hampshire
Joined December 2010
What's happening with the assisted dying bill?
bbc.com
It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.
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Dr Chris Parry is still Reform's candidate to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, despite telling David Lammy to "go home to the Caribbean". Labour MP Calvin Bailey has written to Nigel Farage demanding he is dumped. No comment as yet from Reform UK https://t.co/w0egChFCZv
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Yes, Keir Starmer appointed 25 new #Labour Lords For context: Cameron, Johnson & Sunak appointed c.420. Tories will still be Lord’s biggest party #r4today #KeirStarmer #Lords #UVIPolitics #skynews
https://t.co/OODMqcn7vW
theguardian.com
Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor
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NEW: Three MPs who *opposed* the assisted dying bill in the Commons have jointly warned the Lords not to block it nonetheless. @Debbie_abrahams @NiaGriffithMP @justinmadders say talking out the bill would be unacceptable and would fuel calls for “radical reform” of the Lords.
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The United States under Trump is officially a banana republic. Great job, everyone.
Trump says his “Gold Card” would help companies retain workers from China, India, and France: “They have to go back to wherever they came from. Very hard to stay. It’s a shame. We’re taking care of that. The companies are going to be very happy. Apple is going to be happy.
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship
bbc.com
Donald Trump's controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts.
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Admiral testified Hegseth did not give 'kill them all' order, US lawmakers say
bbc.com
The admiral who gave the order for a second strike on an alleged drug boat briefed lawmakers about the incident, as the military confirmed another attack.
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Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
bbc.com
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
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OBR apologises over pre-Budget leak
bbc.com
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
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Extra time for peers to debate assisted dying
bbc.com
The assisted dying bill is allocated further sessions after a record number of amendments in the House of Lords.
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Trump defends Witkoff after leak appears to show envoy coaching Russia
bbc.com
The US president said he had not heard the audio, but that it sounded like "standard" negotiations.
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Our local MP - Chair of the DCMS Select Committee: https://t.co/taGMEFlzI5
bbc.co.uk
The most senior MP on the culture select committee says Samir Shah's evidence to MPs was "wishy-washy".
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Also discussed in class (bless him): https://t.co/cqcUOTqnIz
news.sky.com
Complete fall is averted as prime minister steadies himself during "trip" in Johannesburg.
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BREAKING!!! Rubio confirmed to Senators what I and other brilliant colleagues, such as @michaeldweiss , had been saying all this time: this is russian wishlist and was leaked to U.S. media by russia, full stop!!!
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