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Woman who died at Dignitas leaves message for politicians urging law change

March 21, 2024

Paola Marra died at the Swiss clinic on Wednesday, having fought breast and bowel cancer. PA Media A cancer sufferer who felt she had no choice but to travel to Dignitas left a message for politicians in the wake of her death, pleading for a change to the UK’s current “cruel law” which criminalises assisted […]

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UK signs defence and security agreement with Australia

March 21, 2024

Defence Secretart Grant Shapps, left, and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles exchange the treaty (Lukas Coch/AAP Image/AP) AP Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has signed a new Defence and Security Co-Operation Agreement with his Australian counterpart. The agreement, which the Ministry of Defence said “strengthens our partnership to meet the challenge of a more dangerous world”, […]

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Jeremy Hunt raises hope of new tax cut and lower mortgage rates as inflation falls faster than expected thumbnail

Jeremy Hunt raises hope of new tax cut and lower mortgage rates as inflation falls faster than expected

March 20, 2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (Owen Humphreys/PA) PA Wire Chancellor Jeremy Hunt raised hope of new tax cuts and lower mortgage rates on Wednesday as inflation fell faster than expected. The Office for National Statistics said that Consumer Prices Index inflation stood at 3.4 per cent in February – down from four per cent in January and […]

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Police investigating London Labour selection contest over ‘computer misuse’ claims

March 19, 2024

The selection process for a parliamentary candidate in Croydon East was paused by the party in November last year after complaints PA Wire A Labour Party selection contest in London is being investigated by the police over allegations of “computer misuse” after reports of a data breach. The selection process for a parliamentary candidate in […]

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Drone warfare is ‘priority’ to fight Putin’s huge army, says Ukraine’s defence chief

March 19, 2024

Developing drone warfare is key to gaining an advantage over Vladimir Putin’s large army, says Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. “The development of the use of unmanned systems is my priority,” Colonel-General Syrskyi said on Telegram after meeting his deputy, Vadym Sukharevskyi. “We are looking for asymmetric solutions to gain a qualitative advantage over a numerically superior […]

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Sadiq Khan launches re-election campaign with pledge of 40,000 council homes

March 18, 2024

Sadiq Khan who is launching his re-election campaign on Monday for a third term in City Hall PA Wire Sir Keir Starmer was joining Sadiq Khan on Monday as he launched his re-election campaign pledging to double his council homes target to 40,000 and trumpeting the prospect of a Labour government and mayor offering a […]

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Sadiq Khan promises 40,000 new London homes if he wins third term

March 18, 2024

Sadiq Khan will launch his campaign for a record third term as mayor of London by promising the “greatest council homebuilding drive in a generation”. Appearing at an event in London on Monday, alongside the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, with whom the mayor has had public policy clashes in recent months, Khan will promise to […]

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Britain urged to consider conscription to deter Russian threat

March 17, 2024

Latvian foreign minister says Britain should consider conscription (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Archive Britain should consider conscription and a “total defence” model to deter Russian aggression, according to the Latvian foreign minister. Latvia reintroduced the model last year, based on Finland’s conscription system, which means all able-bodied men are required to complete 11 months of military service. […]

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Councils will have to consider resident support over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

March 17, 2024

Bollards in a street in Cowley near Oxford to create a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (Steve Parsons/PA) PA Archive Councils will be obliged to consider whether residents support the implementation of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in their area before schemes can be introduced, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. LTNs are an area where […]

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UK armed forces would be in independent Scotland for decades – think tank chief thumbnail

UK armed forces would be in independent Scotland for decades – think tank chief

March 17, 2024

The Trident nuclear deterrent is based at Faslane on the Clyde (Jane Barlow/PA) PA Archive The UK’s armed forces would likely remain in Scotland for at least 20 years if the country became independent, the deputy director general of a leading defence think tank has said. Professor Malcolm Chalmers also said Trident could stay in […]

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