Browsing: MPs

British MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion, marking the biggest step forward in reproductive rights in almost 60 years.In an amendment to the government’s crime and…

MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy.The landslide vote to decriminalise the procedure…

Government officials have admitted they made a mistake by making the financial case for cutting benefits as they steel themselves for as many as 50 Labour…

Getty ImagesA law change aimed at decriminalising abortion will be debated in the House of Commons on Tuesday.Two Labour MPs, Tonia Antoniazzi and Stella Creasy, have…

As MPs prepare for the final decisive votes this Friday on one of the most consequential laws of our generation, an act that could determine a…

Medics would not be allowed to raise assisted dying as an option with under-18s, and advertising it would be banned under changes backed by MPs before…

Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws.MPs are set to get a…

BBCJames Yeates’ son Luca was born in September 2024The UK’s statutory parental leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world” and has “fundamental…

The environment secretary has been asked if he will claw back controversial bonus payments to Thames Water senior executives after it emerged some bonuses had already…

Opposition to a bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales is growing among MPs, the BBC has found.The Assisted Dying Bill was supported…