Category: Liz Kendall

How are are cabinet ministers likely to vote on assisted dying?

Cabinet ministers have been asked to stay neutral before the free vote but this is what we know about their positionsThe private member’s bill introduced by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater that would legalise assisted suicide...

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Revealed: Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator

English football’s top league and clubs handed Keir Starmer and nine cabinet ministers tickets worth thousands of pounds as it ramped up campaign against watchdogKeir Starmer faces a new row in the freebies scandal as it...

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What have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?

The government is remaining neutral in the vote, meaning ministers will be allowed to follow their consciencesMPs are to debate and vote on whether to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people who have six months or less...

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Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

Exclusive: groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance of bank accountsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been warned not to resurrect Conservative plans to tackle welfare...

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Scrapping two-child benefit limit ‘would still leave 100,000 young Britons in poverty’

Impact of abolishing policy would be dented unless overall cap is reformed, figures showTens of thousands of children affected by the two-child benefit limit may not be lifted out of poverty unless the overall benefit cap is...

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Pressure grows on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap

One backbench Labour MP calls policy ‘heinous’ as more than dozen thought to support king’s speech amendmentKeir Starmer has come under further pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit after another of his...

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