Disability rights campaigners urge MPs and peers to back assisted dying bill | Assisted dying
A group of disability rights campaigners and academics has urged MPs and MPs to support legalizing assisted dying, saying everyone deserves the chance to have a good death. The group, led by Tom Shakespeare, author, broadcaster and professor of disability studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, called on MPs to “stand […]
Born to rule? The hereditary peers about to lose their seats – podcast | News
“My family first became Earls of Devon many years ago, during the reign of Empress Matilda in 1142.” Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon,tell Helen Pidd“They were the first barons to raise their flag in support of Matilda, our first female monarch, who was usurped by King Stephen. “They were given earldoms as a reward […]
Ministers introduce plans to remove all hereditary peers from Lords | House of Lords
The government is proposing to expel all remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords in the biggest parliamentary shakeup in a quarter of a century. Britain's remaining 92 hereditary peers would lose their seats and voting rights in the House of Lords under proposals put forward by ministers on Thursday. The move completes reforms […]
Poorer high-ability UK children fall behind peers at school from age of 11 | Schools
A new study finds that the crucial three years between the ages of 11 and 14 are when talented children from low-income families fall behind their more affluent classmates at school. The study followed high-achieving children from the lowest and highest income families from age 5 and found that they progressed at similar rates through […]
Vermont high school students gossiped about sex lives of peers, faculty
A Vermont high school student is under fire for using a social media app targeted at Gen Z students to anonymously mock a classmate with a disability and make speculations about others’ sexual orientation, according to reports. FizzSocial, a private message board founded by two Stanford University students that billed it as “an uplifting digital […]
Trump enlists prominent Black Republicans to appeal to their peers: ‘Fishing where the fish are’
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MPs and peers call for UK funding of UN relief agency in Palestine to be restored | Foreign policy
Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure from a cross-party group of more than 50 MPs and colleagues to restore funding to the United Nations humanitarian agency in Palestine. Britain was among the countries that cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) following Israeli claims that some of its staff were […]
Biden says he prefers his segregationist peers of yesteryear to House Republicans: ‘These guys are worse’
President Joe Biden took a trip down memory lane this week to find a group of people he prefers over House Republicans. He settled on being a racist. Biden has long demonized Republicans who have sought to hold his administration accountable for border security failures and censorship of Americans. During his infamous red light speech […]
Make used electric cars cheaper and tackle battery fears, peers tell ministers | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
A House of Lords committee said ministers needed to intervene to boost the used electric vehicle market and ease “uncertainty and concern” about battery health. Members of the Environment and Climate Change Committee called on the government to step up efforts to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles, amid consumer concerns about car prices, battery […]
Sunak’s Rwanda plan faces more hurdles as Tory peers condemn policy | House of Lords
Rishi Sunak’s troubled plan to expel Rwanda has been condemned by Tory MPs, historians and bishops, with the House of Lords potentially requesting changes that could delay its implementation. ing. Ken Clarke, the Conservative Party’s former Lord Chancellor, joined the Archbishop of Canterbury and historian Peter Hennessy on Monday night to overturn the UK Supreme […]