After backbench debating since 9.30 a.m. the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 has passed its second reading in the House of Commons. Through to the committee stage…
MPs say Starmer and Reeves voted for the bill. Not unexpected…
Sunak and Jeremy Hunt voted in favour. Corbo, Farage, Ed Davey, Lammy, Rayner voted against…
330 in favour 275 opposed. A majority of 55…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”
