by Catherine Gregson | Nov 29, 2024 3:47PM | News, Top Story
MPs in Sheffield were divided during a historic vote today with four of the six in favour of controversial legislation to allow people with terminal diagnoses to end their lives. The Assisted Dying Bill was introduced to the House of Commons as a private members bill...
by Katie Swain | Nov 29, 2024 2:16PM | Live News, News
The Assisted Dying Bill, first proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, is being voted on today in the House of Commons. With many MPs being undecided on which way to vote, it is expected to be a tight decision. MP Kim Leadbeater became the MP for Spen Valley in 2021....
by Jack Roberts | Mar 18, 2024 3:58PM | News
A Doncaster MP has rebuffed calls for him to follow his “great friend” Lee Anderson and defect to Reform UK. Speaking to GB News last week, Nick Fletcher, MP for Don Valley, said he would continue to stand by the Conservative Party. This came as Mr Anderson, who...
by Fern McErlane | May 12, 2023 4:13PM | Campaign - Universities, Uncategorized
An estimated 100 students die after taking their own lives every year, but as there is no legal statutory duty of care, grieving parents have no legal power to hold universities to account. Today marks the first step for campaigners seeking a new law to change this,...
by Joao Santos | May 12, 2023 2:30PM | Campaign - Universities
Next month, the legal duty of care for university students will be debated in parliament after a campaign was launched in September of last year. The petition, which was brought by the #ForThe100 campaign group and received over 120,000 signatures, is aimed at...
