The Health, Sport and Social Care Committee of the Scottish Parliament has called for evidence on Liam McArthur MSP’s ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill’. In the meantime, in the House of Lords, Lord Falconer has drawn second place in
New UK Finance Minister, Rachel Reeves, has vowed to immediately "fix the foundations" of Britain's economy, fueled by onshore wind power and house building, after her Labour party won power.
An area of policy conspicuously missing from the campaigns of the major parties in this General Election is marriage. So far, Nigel Farage, while happily admitting failures in his own private life, seems to have grasped just how important marriage is, telling
The UK's Labour opposition launched its flagship clean energy policy on Friday, aiming to address the country's cost-of-living crisis and distinguish itself from the ruling Conservatives as the general election approaches.
Bank branch closures – RBS should take a leaf from their own book and remember the people they serve
I have lost count of the debates on bank closures, with politicians valiantly fighting for the survival of their local community branch. The impact on older people, on disabled people, on small businesses is raised, correctly. The need for choice, for access
The UK's energy sector regulator, Ofgem, announced on Friday that a reduction in the price cap for household energy bills will commence in July.
Dementia is a monumental health and social care challenge and will be the defining test of our system in the decades to come— but it is simply unacceptable that there are such inequalities in both diagnosis rates and in post-diagnostic care across
How did we get to a situation where a child pretends to eat out of an empty lunchbox because they did not qualify for free school meals and did not want their friends to know there was no food at home? Where
Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that UK services export volumes have risen nine times faster than goods since 2010. The UK is already the second largest exporter of services in the world, after the USA, and has world
There is no doubt about the importance of the role that the under-10-metre fishing fleet plays nationally and locally. According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the fleet represents around 80% of the UK’s total fishing vessels and lands