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Article thumbnail: BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - FEBRUARY 10: British civil servant Sue Gray seen on February 10, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Michael Cooper/Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media on September 16, 2024 in Rome. (Photo by Phil Noble / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Assisted dying vote 'in months' as Starmer says there is a case for legalisation

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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/10/14 of staff on a NHS hospital ward. The UK is falling behind other high-income countries due to long waits for hospital care, a new from the Health Foundation suggests - saying that the UK is among the "poorest performing countries" when it comes to hospital-based care. Issue date: Thursday August 22, 2024. PA Photo. Analysis of the data by the Health Foundation found that the UK has some of the longest reported waiting times to see a specialist and, alongside Canada, has the largest proportion of people waiting one year or more for an appointment. See PA story HEALTH Hospitals. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 03/10/14 of staff on a NHS hospital ward. The UK is falling behind other high-income countries due to long waits for hospital care, a new from the Health Foundation suggests - saying that the UK is among the "poorest performing countries" when it comes to hospital-based care. Issue date: Thursday August 22, 2024. PA Photo. Analysis of the data by the Health Foundation found that the UK has some of the longest reported waiting times to see a specialist and, alongside Canada, has the largest proportion of people waiting one year or more for an appointment. See PA story HEALTH Hospitals. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Security cameras at HMP Wandsworth prison on July 12, 2024 in London, England. The country's new justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced today that the government will release thousands of prisoners early to alleviate overcrowding. Under the new policy, prisoners on "standard determinate sentences" will be released after serving 40% of their sentences, rather than 50%. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Security cameras at HMP Wandsworth prison on July 12, 2024 in London, England. The country's new justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced today that the government will release thousands of prisoners early to alleviate overcrowding. Under the new policy, prisoners on "standard determinate sentences" will be released after serving 40% of their sentences, rather than 50%. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 File photo dated 17/07/24 of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) with Taoiseach Simon Harris during his visit to Chequers, the country house of the serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Sir Keir Starmer is to visit Ireland as he seeks to reset the UK's relationship with its nearest neighbour. The Prime Minister will travel to Dublin on Saturday to meet with the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in his first official visit to Ireland. Issue date: Saturday September 7, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story Politics Starmer. Photo credit should read: Carl Court/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 File photo dated 17/07/24 of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) with Taoiseach Simon Harris during his visit to Chequers, the country house of the serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Sir Keir Starmer is to visit Ireland as he seeks to reset the UK's relationship with its nearest neighbour. The Prime Minister will travel to Dublin on Saturday to meet with the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, in his first official visit to Ireland. Issue date: Saturday September 7, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story Politics Starmer. Photo credit should read: Carl Court/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivering a statement to members of Parliament during which he offers state apology for Grenfell Tower tragedy following the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, in the House of Commons, in London, on September 4, 2024. "The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty: to protect you and your loved ones... And I am deeply sorry," Keir Starmer said during the statement to parliament. The UK's Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by government and construction industry bodies and the "systematic dishonesty" of building material firms, a final report said on September 4, 2024. (Photo by House of Commons / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / House of Commons /UK Parliament" (Photo by HOUSE OF COMMONS/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivering a statement to members of Parliament during which he offers state apology for Grenfell Tower tragedy following the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, in the House of Commons, in London, on September 4, 2024. "The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty: to protect you and your loved ones... And I am deeply sorry," Keir Starmer said during the statement to parliament. The UK's Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by government and construction industry bodies and the "systematic dishonesty" of building material firms, a final report said on September 4, 2024. (Photo by House of Commons / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / House of Commons /UK Parliament" (Photo by HOUSE OF COMMONS/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images)