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Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Health
Sienna Rodgers talks to Labour MP Kim Leadbeater about why she chose assisted dying as the subject of her bill – and how she responds to its critics
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Health
Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Health
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Health
Doubts Cast Over Recommended Pick For UK Surrogacy Regulator
Kim Leadbeater Says Her Assisted Dying Bill Will Have “Strictest Safeguards In The World”
Health
Kim Leadbeater Says Her Assisted Dying Bill Will Have “Strictest Safeguards In The World”
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
Health
Social Care At “Standstill” After Budget, Says Health Committee Chair Layla Moran
The Budget Is A 'Critical Moment' For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
Health
The Budget Is A "Critical Moment" For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
The House Live
We must incentivise research into treatments for rare cancers like glioblastoma
Health
By Scott Arthur
We must incentivise research into treatments for rare cancers like glioblastoma
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Health
By Sarah Bool MP
We must end the postcode lottery for diabetes treatment
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
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Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?
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Political parties
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Health
Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters Partner content
Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Environment
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Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: 'I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference'
Health
Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"
Sienna Rodgers talks to Labour MP Kim Leadbeater about why she chose assisted dying as the subject of her bill – and how she responds to its critics
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Health
By Sienna Rodgers
Mary Kelly Foy and breast cancer: 'I’m alive. I should be feeling great because it’s gone'
Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy tells Sienna Rodgers about her recovery from breast cancer, the lack of support she has felt from some quarters, and why Parliament needs to modernise
How reforms to UK surrogacy law could lead to a clash with campaigners
Health
By Sienna Rodgers and Sophie Church
How reforms to UK surrogacy law could lead to a clash with campaigners
As the government considers whether to overhaul UK surrogacy law, Sienna Rodgers and Sophie Church explore the ethical and practical questions around reform – and the political backlash that could follow
Health & Care news
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Coronavirus
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Grim evidence of the pig cull currently underway on UK farms to cope with labour shortages has been submitted to Priti Patel as Cabinet ministers appear to have been split on whether to grant more visas for abattoir workers.
Where next for the Prime Minister?
Coronavirus
By Mark Wallace
Where next for the Prime Minister?
Boris Johnson’s agenda was eclipsed by Covid. But with Britain beginning to emerge from the pandemic, the clock is ticking for the government to deliver the changes it promised in 2019. Mark Wallace, chief executive of ConservativeHome, provides his analysis of the challenges facing the Prime Minister.
Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives Partner content
Coronavirus
By Hologic
Driving uptake of breast cancer screening to saving lives
With the right approach we can encourage more women to attend breast cancer screening appointments and save lives in the process.
Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft
Coronavirus
By Jeremy Hunt MP
Jeremy Hunt: rise in national insurance to fund the NHS and social care was the easy bit – now comes the graft
My job as Health Select Committee chair is to hold the government to account, and I haven’t shied away from doing that during the pandemic. But that means also giving credit where it’s due.
Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society
Amid the urgency of action to tackle climate change, the issue of biodiversity collapse can easily get lost. In the UK and most countries across the world, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, yet understanding of the correlation between climate change and biodiversity loss is lacking.
Labour Is Axeing London Weighting For Staff Not Working In Office Three Days A Week
Coronavirus
Labour Is Axeing London Weighting For Staff Not Working In Office Three Days A Week
Labour is stripping staff working in the capital of their London salary weighting unless they go back into the office three days a week – a move unions have described as a “heavy handed threat”.
Boris Johnson: Only the Conservatives can deliver the recovery Britain needs and deserves
Coronavirus
By Boris Johnson MP
Boris Johnson: Only the Conservatives can deliver the recovery Britain needs and deserves
Two years ago in Manchester was the last time we were able to come together face-to-face, over a warm wine or two, at Conservative Party Conference. Back then, I was telling a packed auditorium how we would Get Brexit Done. And we did.
UK Voters Are Majority Pro-Choice Across The Political Spectrum And Support Extension Of At-Home Abortion
Health
UK Voters Are Majority Pro-Choice Across The Political Spectrum And Support Extension Of At-Home Abortion
Exclusive: The majority of people across the UK are pro-choice regardless of political affiliation and back the continuation of at-home abortion care beyond the pandemic, new polling reveals.
MPs have a responsibility to continue wearing face coverings to protect parliamentary staff
Coronavirus
By Jawad Raza
MPs have a responsibility to continue wearing face coverings to protect parliamentary staff
House staff have been mandated to wear face coverings and willingly do so to protect their colleagues and friends. Why won’t so many of our elected MPs do the same to protect the health of their colleagues and the staff on whom they so rely?
Lessons of the Covid procurement process
Coronavirus
By Meg Hillier MP
Lessons of the Covid procurement process
At the outset of the Covid pandemic, government was granted extraordinary powers by parliament and made extensive use of emergency procurement regulations to award contracts for goods and services without tender. But the need to act fast did not give government licence to act fast and loose.
This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone Partner content
Health
By Coloplast UK
This World Ostomy Day let’s show people with stomas that they are not alone
World Ostomy Day takes place every three years on the first Saturday in October. To mark this day on 2nd October, the stoma support charities (Colostomy UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (IA), Urostomy Association) and Coloplast UK have teamed up to raise awareness of, and more importantly celebrate, people living with a stoma.
Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room Partner content
Environment
By Humane Society International UK
Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

Today marks the start of the Pre-COP summit, the last chance for world leaders to discuss climate change mitigation strategies ahead of the upcoming negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November in Glasgow. If COP26 organisers are serious about meeting the Paris Agreement and “keeping 1.5 degrees alive” to limit the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, it’s crucial that all leading drivers of climate change are acknowledged and addressed. Yet, until now, one topic has remained the cow in the room: intensive animal agriculture.
Championing dairy milk for British children on World School Milk Day
Health
By Daniel Zeichner MP
Championing dairy milk for British children on World School Milk Day
It is no coincidence that as milk schemes are squeezed, levels of child malnutrition increase and obesity soars.
How British science will help levelling up Partner content
Health
By Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
How British science will help levelling up
The Prime Minister has begun to set out his levelling up plans. The challenge is now to rebalance growth and jobs across the regions within this parliament. The health sector, emerging growth-ready from the pandemic, can be an engine for this.
NHS Doctors Who Volunteered In Novavax Trial Say They're Unable To Travel Or Get Boosters
Coronavirus
NHS Doctors Who Volunteered In Novavax Trial Say They're Unable To Travel Or Get Boosters
Participants in the Novavax trial say they have been "abandoned" and feel like "second-class citizens" after volunteering to help find a Covid-19 vaccine.
The Olympic and Paralympic heroes inspiring communities Partner content
Health
By The National Lottery
The Olympic and Paralympic heroes inspiring communities
Since The National Lottery started to fund elite sport in 1997, National Lottery players have supported over 5,000 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes. This funding allows Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes to train full time and benefit from world class facilities, technology, coaching and support teams.
Eating disorders cost the UK £9.4 billion in 2020 – we need to invest in a nationwide strategy to tackle this crisis
Health
By Hope Virgo
Eating disorders cost the UK £9.4 billion in 2020 – we need to invest in a nationwide strategy to tackle this crisis
The report is calling on the government to develop a UK-wide eating disorder strategy, with a timeline for implementation, adequate ring fenced funding and investment in research.
Andy Burnham: 'I'm not hatching any plans to get back to Westminster any time soon'
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
Andy Burnham: "I'm not hatching any plans to get back to Westminster any time soon"
After Andy Burnham's Covid spat with Boris Johnson, the pair did not speak for nearly a year. With a new vision of how 'levelling up' could work in Greater Manchester, the metro mayor tells Kate Proctor his plans for his second term, how Keir Starmer must set out his stall, and why he isn't planning a Westminster return... yet
Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
WHO slashes air quality limits to save lives
Air pollution is the UK’s largest environmental health risk, greater than obesity and smoking, leading to 40,000 early deaths a year and costs the UK economy a staggering £20 billion annually. Without stronger action to reduce exposure to toxic air, the number of deaths and the costs will, sadly, increase. Air pollution is preventable, but as it is a silent and invisible killer, not enough is being done in the UK.
Policy@Manchester at Party Conference 2021 Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
Policy@Manchester at Party Conference 2021
Join Policy@Manchester at this year’s Labour and Conservative party conferences for an exciting programme of fringe events.
To ensure global medical advances, we must collaborate across geopolitical divides
Health
By Lord St John
To ensure global medical advances, we must collaborate across geopolitical divides
At every stage of our response to Covid-19, genomic science has powered our understanding, from developing quick at-home tests to tracking and containing variants.
Partner content
Health
By Dignity in Dying
Voters in both Red Wall and Blue Wall united in support for assisted dying
The global HIV response cannot afford for the UK to step back now
Health
By Baroness Barker
The global HIV response cannot afford for the UK to step back now
By making such significant cuts at this crucial time for the HIV response, we’re jeopardizing efforts to achieve the UN’s targets and are leaving marginalised communities behind.
GPs are struggling to cope with growing mental health crisis
Health
By Dr Louise Hyde
GPs are struggling to cope with growing mental health crisis
Mental health care and general practice are in deeper crisis than ever before. We need a political solution.
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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
2024
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
2024
Online
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
PT Cyber Security Conference
2024
The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference