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In a passionate debate in the House of Commons, MPs discussed whether the assisted dying bill should move forward to the next ...

Legal aid rates, which fund solicitors to help asylum seekers through their cases, have not increased since 1996, a ...

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New BBC doc, The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? offers a fascinating window on musical history but avoids big issues ...

Labour pledges £3bn housebuilding boost as new statistics show fewer than 200,000 homes built last year amid housing crisis.

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Labour has been urged to tackle surging homelessness after official statistics show 160,000 children are living in temporary ...

Though Lucy Lawless was the star of one of the biggest TV hits of its time, she grew up with aspirations of treading the ...