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What is the king’s speech and what is the state opening of parliament?

Ceremonial event marks start of new parliamentary year, and outlines government policies and proposed legislation

The Guardian - UK

What does the State Opening of Parliament and the King’s Speech involve?

Here’s a look at what the ceremonial event involves

The Independent UK

King Charles III will lay out UK government agenda as Starmer's job hangs in the balance

King Charles III will deliver his prime minister’s legislative program for the coming year to lawmakers with all the pomp and historic trappings that accompany the ceremonial state opening for Parliament

The Independent UK

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What does the State Opening of Parliament involve and why?

A day of pomp and ceremony awaits in Westminster, this year taking place against the backdrop of a tumultuous week for Sir Keir Starmer and his Government

Evening Standard

Can the assisted dying bill be brought back? It’s possible – but supporters face four challenges

Despite MPs backing proposals last year to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, the plan did not become law. The bill failed to complete its passage through the House of Lords – not because peers voted against it, but because a relatively small number proposed an unprecedentedly large list…

The Conversation

What is the King’s Speech and when is it?

King Charles will outline the government’s legislative agenda in a speech on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Swiss suicide clinic is 'taking five Britons every month'

Pegasos helped Wendy Duffy end her life in April despite being physically healthy, four years after the death of her only child

Evening Standard

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“I used it in the Damned, playing with Iggy… That guitar was part of me”: The Damned frontman Brian James’ ‘New Rose’ Gibson SG sells for over $95,000

The Gibson SG that put UK punk on the map smashed its pre-auction estimates – as did James’ hand-written lyrics

Guitar World

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up

Dozens handed life peerages in apparent concession, enabling their return to red benches

The Guardian - UK

Centuries-old tradition ends as hereditary peers leave House of Lords

The Lords speaker paid tribute to their distinguished service

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on assisted dying reform: now try a citizens’ assembly

Editorial: Parliament’s failure to change the law on a difficult issue should be the spur to democratic innovation

The Guardian - UK

UK Parliament Shutdown: Keir Starmer Grilled In Final PMQs Before Two-Week Recess

Keir Starmer faced a combative final Prime Minister's Questions before Parliament shut down for a two‑week recess, as Kemi Badenoch accused him of 'begging MPs to save his skin'.

International Business Times UK

‘Would impose some form of restrictions’: UK minister Olivia Bailey on under-16 social media use

The UK government has committed to introducing restrictions on social media use for children under 16, even as it stopped short of backing an outright ban proposed by the House of Lords. The move comes after a prolonged tussle between the two Houses over the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

The Times of India

UK government move to delay social media ban faces pushback in Lords

Peers and campaigners say proposal for three-year window to impose controls breaks promise of quick action

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Mother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son’s death

Wendy Duffy died at Pegasos clinic in Basel as assisted dying bill in England and Wales fails to pass

Euronews

UK House of Lords accused of 'obstructionism' as time runs out on assisted dying bill

MPs in the House of Commons had backed legalising euthanasia for adults who have been given less than six months to live and can clearly express a wish to die, in a historic vote last June.

The Guardian - UK

MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater tells of plan to table identical bill that peers would be unable to stop

The Guardian - UK

My assisted dying bill has a democratic mandate – the Lords who blocked it today do not

There is a way to bring this back to parliament. We owe it to the brave terminally ill people who have been so let down to try, says Labour MP Kim Leadbeater

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The Independent UK

Assisted dying bill fails to become law after running out of time in House of Lords

Kim Leadbeater, the bill’s sponsor, insisted there will ‘absolutely be appetite within the Commons to bring the legislation back’, saying there is a ‘real sense of sadness and sorrow today’

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill runs out of time but supporters vow fight is not over

The Bill had proposed allowing adults in England and Wales to apply for an assisted death.

Evening Standard

Terminally ill ‘bewildered’ at failure of assisted dying Bill, says chief backer

The Bill will fall at the end of Friday’s session.

The Independent UK

The assisted dying Bill has run out of time – but could still become law. Here’s how

More than 1,200 suggested changes were tabled in the Lords to the Bill

The Guardian - UK

‘Not democratic’: opponents and backers of assisted dying bill remain divided

Recriminations continue over failure to bring in new laws allowing assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill to fall but issue not going away, say campaigners

A letter from some peers warned the ‘vital issue, which has wide public support, will not go away until it is resolved’.

Evening Standard

Rantzen: Some peers condemning generations of terminally ill to die in agony

The assisted dying Bill will fall on Friday, having run out of time to complete its passage through this session of Parliament.

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