As we await the release of the National Cancer Plan, Liver Cancer Awareness Month is a stark reminder of the urgent need to ...

Last week, the Home Office published its annual statistics detailing the number of scientific experiments involving animals ...

Last week I attended the UK government’s first ever regional investment summit in Birmingham. Led by West Midlands mayor ...

A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine ...

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are ...

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will hold two oral evidence sessions this week. It has been reported that the committee is weighted against assisted ...

It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual conference suggested the shadow justice secretary would continue to strut ...

“Now, the Tories – do you remember them?” Keir Starmer had spoken for a full 50 minutes before acknowledging the existence of Labour’s historic rival. The line was met with laughter – a fleeting ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. A Labour MP has described animal health as “fundamental” to a wider attempt to rebuild trust with rural communities. Speaking ...

A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Immigrants will be required to meet stricter conditions in order to earn the right to stay in the UK permanently, under a new ...