It doesn’t seem to have dawned on Labour that the spiralling health and disability benefits bill is set to hit £100billion a year by 2030. That’s one and a half times the defence budget –...
Assisted dying campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen has urged members of the House of Lords not to block landmark legislation on the issue.The Terminally Ill Adults (End Of Life) Bill cleared the Commons...
Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block assisted dying30 minutes agoMaia DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesDame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill...
Police ban Budapest Pride march, but mayor vows it will go ahead1 day agoNick ThorpeBBC Budapest correspondentGetty ImagesPolice have banned Hungary's annual Budapest Pride march later this month,...
More than 400 migrants have landed on a small Greek island as the country continues to struggle to control illegal entries. Gavdos near Crete saw the huge influx at a new entry point...
A far-right group’s plan to hold a protest on Dover beach has been blocked over environmental concerns. The Great British National Protest group, led by Richard Donaldson, had announced a rally in...
MPs back assisted dying bill in historic Commons vote34 minutes agoKate WhannelPolitical reporterJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter•@_JennyMcKiernanIn a historic vote, MPs have approved a bill...
How did my MP vote on assisted dying?21 minutes agoData journalism teamBBC VerifyMPs have voted to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales after their final debate on the change in the law.After...
Emmanuel Macron is facing a furious public backlash after his government refused to amend incest laws. Recent polling shows that there is high public support for a change to current legislation on...
Armenia's PM accuses head of Church of fathering child in febrile political row19 hours agoGrigor AtanesianBBC News RussianPress office of the Government of ArmeniaArmenia's liberal government has...
Police ban Budapest Pride march, but mayor vows it will go aheadJust nowNick ThorpeBBC Budapest correspondentGetty ImagesPolice have banned Hungary's annual Budapest Pride march later this month,...
Armenia's PM accuses head of Church of fathering child in febrile political row28 minutes agoGrigor AtanesianBBC News RussianPress office of the Government of ArmeniaArmenia's liberal government has...
Every council official “complicit” in the grooming gangs scandal must be prosecuted, Robert Jenrick has declared.The Shadow Justice Secretary said “not one” public servant who turned a blind...
Breakthrough Alzheimer's drugs too pricey for NHS1 hour agoJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent•@JamesTGallagherGetty ImagesTwo breakthrough Alzheimer's drugs have been deemed far too...
Kemi Badenoch declared Britain cannot be a safe haven for murderers and rapists as she slammed how European human rights laws are being exploited by criminals.The Conservative leader said “we are...