Liverpool Walton MP, who previously abstained, says legislation would diminish values of family and community The leader of the Blue Labour group has said he will vote against the assisted dying bill – one of the most high-profile switchers – as both sides make their final pleas to MPs ahead of Friday’s crunch vote. It comes as campaigners and bereaved relatives joined the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater ahead of the third reading vote to urge parliament to back the reforms, saying it would be at least a decade before another chance to change the law. Continue reading...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.