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Daily Mirror
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Assisted dying law passes Commons in historic moment
MPs today voted to back a landmark bill to change the law on assisted dying in England and Wales in historic moment in the Commons. They voted by 314 to 291 in favour of the legislation. It means the controversial legislation - spearheaded by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater - will now pass to the House of Lords where it will be debated by peers. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill aims to give terminally ill people over the age 18 with just six months left to live the option to end their life early. Their decision must be "clear, settled and informed" at every stage - and free from coercion. It must also be subject to approval by two doctors and an expert panel featuring a social worker, senior legal figure and psychiatrist. Assisted dying is current banned and carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. In the first Commons vote for almost a decade on the issue back in November, MPs voted by a majority of 55 to support the principle of changing the law. Supporters and opponents of a change in the law gathered at Westminster early on Friday, holding placards saying "Let us choose" and "Don't make doctors killers". Ahead of the vote, Ms Leadbeater said it will "offer a compassionate and safe choice to terminally ill people who want to make it". Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here. And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan, Mikey Smith, Kevin Maguire, Sophie Huskisson, Dave Burke and Ashley Cowburn. Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell, hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. But the Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft, who quit the government on Thursday evening over cuts to disability benefits, had urged MPs with doubts to reject the legislation. Ms Foxcroft said: "I don't claim that every disabled person opposes assisted dying, but I do claim that the vast majority of disabled people and their organisations oppose need the health and social care system fixing first. They want us as parliamentarians to assist them to live, not to die. "Disabled people's voices matter in this debate, and yet, as I've watched the Bill progress, the absence of disabled people's voices has been astonishing. They have wanted to engage. Indeed, they have been crying out to be included, yet the engagement has been negligible." We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you by following The Mirror every time you see our name. You can sign up for Twitter alerts for breaking news here @MirrorBreaking_ and follow us for all the latest updates. Keep up-to-date with your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day by following us on Facebook at . See all our social accounts you can follow here:
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
'Working people paid for Tory failure - we're putting more money in pockets'
This Labour government was elected on the promise of change. Mirror readers know all too well that we've faced difficult times as a country over the last few years. People up and down the country were failed by a Conservative government who crashed the economy and sent prices soaring. It was working people who paid the price. But this government is working day and night to deliver on our promise of change, and on our number one mission to put more money in people's pockets. Today we're announcing how we're protecting low-income families and pensioners by extending the Warm Homes Discount. This will mean nearly 3 million extra households across the UK will receive £150 off their energy bills from this winter. That means a total of over 6 million households will now be eligible for the discount. This is just part of our wider mission to keep the cost of heating people's homes as low as possible. But that's not all we're doing. In just the last week we extended the £3 bus fare cap, funded free school meals for over half a million more children, and we're delivering our plans for free breakfast clubs for every child in the country. Since we entered government less than a year ago, we've acted to stabilise the economy through making difficult decisions on tax and spend – and it's working. Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here. And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan, Mikey Smith, Kevin Maguire, Sophie Huskisson, Dave Burke and Ashley Cowburn. Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell, hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. Interest rates have come down four times, mortgages are cheaper, and pensions are protected. We have shielded working people's payslips from higher taxes, frozen fuel duty and boosted the minimum wage to give pay rises of up to £1,400 a year to millions of low-income workers. These are the choices we are making. Through our Plan for Change we're investing in Britain's renewal, to make you and your family better off.
Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
Keir Starmer seals major deal with Donald Trump at G7 summit
The UK-US trade has been signed and is "done", US President Donald Trump has announced. It came as the US President stood alongside Mr Starmer on the sidelines of the G7 summit. The deal, which was announced in May, will see tariffs on steel and car exports to the US slashed in exchange for greater access to the UK for beef and ethanol producers. But the agreement - expected to save thousands of British manufacturing jobs - has not been implemented amid delays from Washington. President Trump imposed a raft of tariffs on trade in April on what he branded "Liberation Day". Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here. And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan, Mikey Smith, Kevin Maguire, Sophie Huskisson, Dave Burke and Ashley Cowburn. Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell, hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. It included 10% levies on all British goods, and 25% on cars, steel and aluminium. He later increased the tariff on steel to 50%, but the UK was handed a reprieve, keeping its 25% rate until at least July 9. Under the deal, signed by Keir Starmer and Mr Trump, the US will cut aluminium and steel tariffs to zero and slash levies on the first 100,000 British cars a year to 10%. Ahead of the meeting on Monday, Mr Starmer said the deal was in the "final stages" and expected to be it to be completed "very soon".
Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Starmer to meet Trump today as fears escalate over Middle East conflict
Keir Starmer will meet with Donald Trump today for a one-to-one as fears escalate over an all-out war in the Middle East. The PM will hold talks with the US President on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada - as he said the conflict between Israel and Iran would be the "number one issue". It comes after Mr Trump warned Tehran's regime that the US would 'come down on you at levels never seen before' if it comes under attack. But he said a deal could be done between Iran and Israel to 'end this bloody conflict'. "I do think there's a consensus for de-escalation," the PM said. Obviously, what we need to do today is to bring that together and to be clear about how it is to be brought about. 'But the risk of the conflict escalating is obvious, I think, and the implications, not just for the region but globally are really immense, so the focus has to be on de-escalation.' Mr Starmer is also urging Brits in Israel to register their presence in the country so that the government can build a clearer picture of who may need assistance. Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here. And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan, Mikey Smith, Kevin Maguire, Sophie Huskisson, Dave Burke and Ashley Cowburn. Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell, hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. It comes after the Foreign Office issued new advice urging UK nationals not to travel to the region with missiles hitting both the Iranian capital Tehran and Israel's Tel Aviv. Speaking on Monday, the PM said: "All of us are giving advice to our citizens. "For British nationals in Israel, we're giving advice today to register their presence, so there will be a portal for that. So I think all countries also taking the necessary measures on a protected basis." The Prime Minister urged both the Iranian regime and Benjamin Netanyahu's government to de-escalate and said there would be an "intense discussion" on the issue today. Mr Starmer said he will also talk about implementing the UK's trade deal with the US during a one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump at the G7. The Prime Minister said the deal was in the "final stages" and he expects it to be completed "very soon". "But yes, I'll be discussing that with President Trump, along with another number of other things. I'll be having a one-on-one with him. I think I'm seeing him on a number of occasions today, because we're in all of the sessions together. "So I'll be having a lot of conversations with President Trump, but we will be talking about our trade deal, because the trade deal, because that really matters for the vital sectors that are safeguarded under our deal, and so we've got to implement that now."
Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
'In Rochdale we know all too well the trauma girls suffered from grooming gangs'
In Rochdale, we know all too well the terrible trauma suffered by our local girls at the hands of evil grooming gangs. That's why I strongly welcome Keir Starmer's decision to order a national inquiry into this sick crime, with tough powers to force witnesses to give evidence. On Friday, we had the latest convictions of a child rape gang, made up of men from Rochdale of Pakistani heritage who preyed on girls in the early 2000s. The contrast between the bravery of the women who gave evidence in court and the cowardice of their abusers was stark. The way these paedophiles treated the teenage girls as slaves for their sexual perversion was disgusting enough. But what will also anger many people was the prosecution lawyer's statement in court that the abuse had taken place "under the noses of social workers and others who should have done far more to protect them". That's why we need this statutory inquiry - to hold accountable anyone in any position of authority who knew what was going on and failed to act. The inquiry should now follow the evidence, wherever it leads. No political party, no councillor, no police officer, no social worker, no racial group should be spared the spotlight of transparency. There can be no cover ups. Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here. And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan, Mikey Smith, Kevin Maguire, Sophie Huskisson, Dave Burke and Ashley Cowburn. Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell, hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. The Prime Minister has a strong record in taking action to lock up the child rapists in our town. It was his decision as Director of Public Prosecutions to change the way cases are built for court, allowing these working class girls the day in court they deserved, that paved the way for a string of prosecutions. And when Home Secretary Yvette Cooper asked in January for Louise Casey to conduct a national audit into grooming, it was clear that she wanted a fiercely independent expert to dig into it. It sounds like Baroness Casey's findings will be as no-nonsense as all her previous work. I hope the new inquiry will now deliver the justice our girls have been denied for far too long.
