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No10 announces new transport secretary after Haigh resigns

Number 10 has announced the new transport secretary after Louise Haigh stepped down from the position earlier this morning.

Heidi Alexander - who is the Labour MP for Swindon South - will take over the role, Downing Street has confirmed.

Previously, the incoming minister served as the Deputy Mayor of London For Transport for three years, between 2018 and 2021.

Alexander was elected to Parliament in the UK's latest General Election but was first the MP for the constituents of Lewisham East for eight years until 2018.

Majority of Britons 'very much in favour' of assisted dying, Kim Leadbeater insists

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has claimed that most Britons want to allow assisted dying.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Leadbeater, who launched the Private Members' Bill, said: "It is clear that public opinion is very much in favour of a change in the law."

She added: "It may not be that surprising that most people believe as I do that we should all have the right to make the choices and decisions we want about our own bodies.

"Let’s be clear, we are not talking about a choice between life or death, we are talking about giving dying people a choice of how to die."

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would permit terminally ill patients with under six months left to live to end their life.

Assisted dying Bill has 'essential flaw', according to one Tory MP

A Tory MP has raised his head above the parapet to give a warning about the "essential flaw" of the assisted dying Bill this morning.

The shadow minister said: "This Bill is too comprehensive and there is too much in it to address in the process of a Private Members’ Bill."

Kruger added that "the definition of terminal illness is, in essence, the essential flaw in this Bill".

He claimed that it was "impossible for doctors to predict with any accuracy that somebody will die within six months, it is a purely subjective judgement".

Additionally, he claimed that the Bill suggests that the initial conversation about assisted death would not have to be started by the terminally ill patient, but the doctor could "plant" the idea throughout treatment.

As Kruger was making his statement, health secretary Wes Streeting was nodding in the chamber, appearing to agree with the Conservative MP.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns: 'My sister almost died from the Covid vaccine'

Andrea Jenkyns has claimed that her sister had to be resuscitated after receiving the Covid vaccine.

Speaking to GB News Andrea Jenkyns said: “I mean, look, my sister had the vaccine. She died and had to be resuscitated and she woke up paralysed from the neck down, she had a reaction.

“It was the Covid vaccine and so they said she'd ever walk again, and she took nine months to learn to walk again and she's amazing. And so I've seen what that's done.

“So people need to know what's in their foods, what's in their vaccinations and actually the impacts on the human body. It's so important."

Future of assisted dying Bill up in the air as MPs remain split

Members of Parliament will debate and vote on the much-anticipated assisted dying Bill today - for the first time since 2015.

Lawmakers originally voted against the legislation but, now, they have become more divided over the issue.

As a result, it has made a resounding return to the parliamentary chamber in what could be considered a landmark policy for Britain.

The parliamentary timetable has portioned out approximately five hours for MPs to take part in a debate ahead of the vote before 2.30pm.

Elected representatives have remained unsure on the polarising issue, although Labour MP Kim Leadbeater - who introduced the Bill - has remained hopeful that the "major social reform" will progress onto the second stage.

Most MPs are yet to announce how they will be voting.

As a matter of conscience, MPs are not tied to vote according to party lines.

​'Champagne moment!' Nigel Farage brands 'bitter' Ben Habib's Reform departure a 'relief' in scathing attack

Nigel Farage has described Ben Habib's departure from Reform UK as a "champagne moment" and "absolute icing on the cake" in a frank interview on GB News.

The Reform UK leader expressed his satisfaction at Habib's decision to sever contact with the populist party.

Farage claimed that his ex-colleague had become increasingly critical, stating that Habib had "attacked me more in public than the Labour Party have".

He explained that the tensions arose following post-election leadership changes within Reform UK.

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Reform UK support reaches record high, according to new poll

A new poll has revealed that Reform UK has received its biggest boost in support since the General Election.

The data - published by pollster Find Out Now - has indicated that support for Reform UK has reached a record high of 22 per cent, according to a new poll tracking Westminster voting intention.

Meanwhile, Starmer's Labour has suffered a significant loss of nine per cent, according to the same figures, and is the only main UK political party that lost support at all.

As it stands, Reform UK is a mere three points away from overtaking the levels of support for the governing party - while the Conservatives have taken the top spot with 27 per cent.

Louise Haigh RESIGNS after admitting to fraud conviction as Starmer Cabinet suffers first casualty

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has quit her role just hours after it emerged she had previously been convicted of fraud.

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, the Sheffield Heeley MP said that the issue would "inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this Government and the policies to which we are committed".

Haigh came under pressure last night after it was revealed she pleaded guilty to fraud after incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in a mugging incident in 2013.

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