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BBC News - Assisted dying bill 'no hope' of passing unless Lords change approach, warns peer
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Assisted dying bill 'no hope' of passing unless Lords change approach, warns peer
Lord Falconer said the bill has
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January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Conservative party policies
NASUWT (trade union/pressure group)

BBC News - Tories would ban under-16s from social media
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Tories would ban under-16s from social media
Kemi Badenoch has promised to follow the example of Australia, which introduced the policy in December last year.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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House of Lords
Private members' bills
Pressure groups
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Peers back calls for more time to debate assisted dying bill
Supporters are increasingly concerned the bill could run out of time to become law.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Trump vetoes first bills of his second term
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Trump vetoes first bills of his second term
Trump vetoed a bill on a Colorado water project he said wasn't economically viable, but one of his allies questioned if he had political motives.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Abandons Effort to Deploy National Guard to 3 Cities
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December 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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BBC News - US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
The Trump administration argues the deployment is essential for the safety of immigration enforcement agents.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trump's Imperial Presidency?
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Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
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December 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Party divisions, Congress, bipartisanship
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Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on Health Subsidies
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December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Evaluate the view that "The age of two-party politics is dead."

BBC News - Reform claims to now have more members than Labour
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Reform claims to now have more members than Labour
Nigel Farage's party says it has overtaken Labour to have more members than any other party in the UK.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Immigration reform:

BBC News - Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas
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Trump launches $1m 'gold card' immigration visas
The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a "substantial benefit" to the US.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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BBC News - US halts all asylum claim decisions after National Guard shooting
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US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The directive comes hours after Donald Trump said the US will pause migration from "third-world countries".
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November 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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BBC News - Budget 2025: The big-money plan that impacts all our lives - BBC News
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Budget 2025: The big-money plan that impacts all our lives
Political Editor Peter Henley explains what the Budget is and how it impacts all our lives.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Police and Crime Commissioners to be abolished...
Guessing the plan is that the metro mayors will take on these roles?
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Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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BBC News - Starmer will fight attempts to replace him, allies say
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Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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BBC News - US Senate passes funding bill as historic shutdown nears end - BBC News
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US Senate passes funding bill as historic shutdown nears end
It will need to be approved by the House and then signed into law by the president before the government can reopen.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Trump's tariffs challenged in SCOTUS

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Live Updates: Justices Cast a Skeptical Eye on Trump’s Tariffs
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November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Foreign affairs Select Committee questioning senior civil servants
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Commons select committee recommendations

BBC News - No free bus passes for under 22s, says government
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No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Caerphilly by-election:

"UK politics is moving at speed, with voter loyalties shifting and atomising in unprecedented ways. Those who cannot adapt will be crushed."
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Caerphilly result is blow to Labour and Reform – and shows parties who cannot adapt will be crushed
Plaid Cymru’s byelection victory signals a seismic shift in Welsh politics that will rattle Westminster
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October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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BBC News - After 'No Kings' protests, where does Democratic resistance go next?
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'No Kings' protests: where does Democratic resistance go next?
Millions of Americans joined anti-Trump protests, but Democrats are less popular than the president and divided over how to fight back.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Presidential power...
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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Links here to party policies, devolution, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman...

BBC News - Plaid promises free childcare if it wins Senedd election - BBC News
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Plaid promises free childcare if it wins Senedd election
Plaid will offer 20 hours of care for all families if it wins the next Senedd election, leader says.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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BBC News - Police to get broader powers to restrict repeated protests
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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BBC News - Tories pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan
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Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan
The party unveils new policies on illegal migration as its annual conference begins in Manchester.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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BBC News - White House says layoffs 'imminent' with no end to shutdown in sight
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US shutdown: White House says layoffs to begin 'imminently'
As a bitter standoff between Republicans and Democrats plays out, there is little sign that either side is willing to budge.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM