Sam Francis Political reporter Harry Farley Political correspondent Getty Images MPs will debate a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for the first time since significant changes were made to it. The bill passed the first stage of the Commons last November – but since then the details have been pored over … Read more
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent BBC News Family pictures MPs looked at the cases of Philippa Day (L) and Errol Graham (R) who both died after DWP errors in managing their benefits MPs are calling for a change in the law to prevent benefit claimants from suffering harm at the hands of the government … Read more
A failure to fix England’s social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have warned. Doing nothing to reform social care for older and disabled adults is an “active” and “untenable” decision, according to a report from Health and Social Care Select Committee. It says successive governments have put … Read more
Congress MP and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has sparked a political row by questioning the Indian armed forces’ 2019 surgical strikes across the border following the Pulwama terror attack, saying “no one saw them”. “Till date, I could not find where the (surgical) strike took place, where men were killed at that … Read more
File picture of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale. | Photo Credit: PTI TMC MP Saket Gokhale on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) expressed his willingness before the Delhi High Court to settle issues with former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, to whom he has been asked to apologise and pay ₹50 lakh as damages in a defamation … Read more
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has outlined the rise of disruptive factional forces in Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI NEW DELHI Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in an interaction with the Standing Committee on External Affairs of the Parliament on Wednesday (March 26, 2025), highlighted the role of the Army Chief of Bangladesh in maintaining stability … Read more
Molly Stazicker and Sean Dilley BBC News Getty Images Accessibility on public transport for disabled people is a “national embarrassment”, a senior group of MPs has warned. A report by parliament’s cross-party transport select committee found “systematic” failings across all public transport and says “too great a burden is placed on individual disabled people” to … Read more
Anna Collinson and Lorna Acquah BBC News Investigations BBC Olimata felt like “a shell of a human”, when she had anorexia, as a teenager Lives are being lost and families torn apart because of “woefully inadequate care” for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs. The “alarming” rise in disorders such as … Read more
Rachel Morgan Urgent action is needed to stop a “lost generation” of children leaving school without ever getting the support they need for their special educational needs and disabilities (Send), MPs have warned. In a highly critical report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found a Send system “in disarray”, “mired in red tape, lacking funding, … Read more
Getty Images Women experiencing painful health conditions, including heavy periods, endometriosis and adenomyosis, are being dismissed when they ask for help, an MPs’ report has warned. Diagnosis and treatment for these common issues can take years, leaving women and girls in so much pain that it disrupts all aspects of daily life, members of Westminster’s … Read more