A win is a win, even if you have to drag your entire team across the goal line to get it. Or in this case, drag them to the one-yard line while Hakeem Jeffries takes several more hours in the replay booth. Late last night, Speaker Mike Johnson finally got the result he wanted after...
MPs have voted in favour of legislation to proscribe group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, passing by 385 votes to 26. The order, which amends the Terrorism Act 2000, is now expected to be signed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and come into effect later this week. Once in effect, supporting Palestine Action will...
MPs have voted for changes to the welfare system which alters the criteria for some benefits. After weeks of deliberation, and significant climbdowns by ministers to avoid defeat in the Commons, 49 Labour MPs voted against their own government. But this was not enough to defeat the bill as it was backed by 335 votes...
MPs will vote on the government’s planned reforms to welfare later – with dozens of Labour MPs still planning to vote against them, despite concessions from ministers. The Conservatives have said they will oppose the plans as they are not “serious reforms”. The rebellion’s scale has ebbed and flowed. Last week, more than 120 Labour...
BBC Ahead of the “knife-edge vote” on the proposed welfare bill today, The Guardian reports that Labour’s “bid to woo rebels” is in “chaos”. One vocal rebel MP, Rachel Maskell, told the paper “it was falling apart in the Commons today because MPs were exposing so many holes in the government’s plans”. Police opening an...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Conservative Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) complained on Monday about having to be present for the Senate’s vote on Republicans’ marquee budget bill, which is projected to lead to thousands of deaths and strip millions...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter EPA The government is to release more details about the concessions it has made over proposed welfare changes, as ministers attempt to quell a rebellion of Labour MPs. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the government is aiming to deliver a “fairer, more compassionate” benefits system, ahead of a vote...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This is a developing story… Please check back for possible updates… After an hourslong delay from the initial goal of noon, U.S. Senate Republicans on Saturday night kicked off the process of passing their 940-page budget reconciliation package...
It is easy to argue for the Fortress America vision of foreign policy. It has the virtue of simplicity. But the world is not quite as simple as we would all hope. “Fortress America” is the argument that America’s conflicts with other countries are the result of America’s willingness to intervene in other countries. Hence,...
Fergus Walsh Medical editor PA Campaigners hold placards outside parliament in London Today’s vote is hugely significant. It now looks highly likely that assisted dying will be introduced in England and Wales. The vote by MPs to approve Kim Leadbeater’s bill is arguably the biggest vote regarding bodily autonomy since the legalisation of abortion in...
MPs have voted to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales after their final debate on the change in the law. After months of deliberation and scrutiny, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was backed by 314 votes to 291, a majority of 23. MPs were given a free vote on the issue,...
MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy. The Labour MP for Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi, led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks, saying these were “desperate women” who need “compassion not criminalisation”. As an issue of...
Getty Images A law change aimed at decriminalising abortion will be debated in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Two Labour MPs, Tonia Antoniazzi and Stella Creasy, have tabled rival amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle could pick one or both amendments to be debated by MPs, but is likely...
Sir Keir Starmer has hit back at potential rebels in the Labour Party over his plans to cut the benefits bill, insisting “we have got to get the reforms through.” MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030. The Welfare Reform...
Adam Easton Warsaw correspondent Getty Images Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has called for a vote of confidence in his pro-EU government after his political camp narrowly lost the recent presidential election. Wednesday’s vote should be a formality because Tusk’s coalition has a 12-seat majority in the lower house, the Sejm, and only a simple...