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MPs vote to allow health staff to opt out of assisted dying process

The move is among several tweaks to the assisted dying bill which were debated by MPs.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about “asymptomatic transmission” between staff and patients.

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In 2013 a new tax was approved in one of the world’s biggest consumers of fizzy drinks

Overhaul needed to prevent benefit claimants suffering harm, MPs say

MPs say new laws and “deep-rooted cultural change” are needed at the Department for Work and Pensions.