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If you are experiencing feelings of distress and isolation, or are struggling to cope, The Samaritans offer support; you can speak to someone for free over the phone, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch.Rachael Maskell became emotional whilst describing the impact of welfare cuts on her constituent on Tuesday (1 July). The Labour MP for York Central, who put forward a second amendment rejecting the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill, said her disabled constituent told her that “it would be better if he wasn’t here”.The bill would see changes made to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health-related element of universal credit. More

Watch the moment MPs voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance.Following a debate on the The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons on Friday (20 June), MPs voted 314 to 219 in favour of the legislation.It will now transfer to the House of Lords for several more stages of scrutiny.Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the bill, was seen crying in the chamber as it was passed. More

Watch the moment MPs voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance.Following a debate on the The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons on Friday (20 June), MPs voted 314 to 219 in favour of the legislation.It will now transfer to the House of Lords for several more stages of scrutiny.Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the bill, was seen crying in the chamber as it was passed. More

Chris Philp demanded that Angela Rayner apologise for Sir Keir Starmer’s “far-right bandwagon” remark on grooming gangs during a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (18 June).Facing off at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (18 June), the shadow home secretary told the deputy prime minister that “standing up for rape victims is not far right” and asked for an apology for the remarks made by the prime minister in January.In January, Sir Keir accused Kemi Badenoch of jumping on a bandwagon in her calls for a new inquiry into grooming gangs.The PM has now confirmed that he will order a new public inquiry into grooming gangs despite previously dismissing calls from opponents. More

Angela Rayner and Chris Philp got into a fiery clash over immigration and housing during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (18 June).Filling in for their respective party leaders, the pair flung jabs at one another as Philp accused Rayner of having a “brass neck” for saying that illegal immigration under Labour is under control.The deputy prime minister called out what she said was the Conservatives’ “rubbish” and demanded an apology, with the speaker soon having to call for order during the heated exchange.Philp then accused Labour of priorisiting “housing illegal immigrants over young people”, to which Rayner replied by slamming the Tories for “spiffing £1million up the wall” on asylum hotels. More

Sir Keir Starmer has said he could “go on all morning” about Labour’s achievements in government – in his Prime Minister’s Questions speech, which started at 12 noon.The prime minister made the gaffe in his address to the Commons before Rachel Reeves delivered her much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June).The chancellor told the ministers the spending review “would invest in economic growth, creating jobs and backing British industry in all parts of the country”.She promised “investments in defence, protection of our borders, and energy security; and public services including health and education”. More

New Reform UK chairman David Bull was shown a previous tweet he posted calling Nigel Farage an “idiot” during a live breakfast TV interview.Dr Bull appeared on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday morning (11 June), where host Susanna Reid showed him a tweet he made from 2014, calling Mr Farage an “idiot”, stating comments made by him were “dangerous”.The tweet was over comments Mr Farage made about migrants with HIV.Dr Bull replaces Zia Yusuf, who resigned as Reform’s chairman last week. More