Ministers will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basis

Departments ready to work on assessment of its workability as critics say it is proceeding the ‘wrong way round’

Reform UK leader says it would be ‘worthy’ discussion and parliament should get more time ‘to debate things people talk about at home’

SNP says heating payment will go to ‘every single Scottish pensioner’ from next year

Louise Haigh plans to focus on poorer areas, healthy methods and ability to ‘tap in and tap out seamlessly’

 

As MPs prepare to vote on a bill that would – for the first time – pass assisted dying into UK law, what are the are the arguments on either side?

Deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains how the assisted dying bill came to the House of Commons this week, and how MPs are feeling about their vote. Dr Lucy Thomas speaks about her experience in palliative care and her fears if MPs vote the b ...

Exclusive: absence of good transport links now an emblem of areas that feel ‘left behind’ and failed by major parties, report claims

Editorial: Labour has restored some decency and pragmatism to asylum policy. The next step is courage in changing the terms of debate

Tory leader’s aim is as wild as her temper as she sets up Starmer’s rejoinders before madly demanding he resign

Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assited dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts

Instead of bolstering support for those out of work, the government is looking to further erode it, says Iain Porter of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Leadbeater, the Labour MP who proposed the private member’s bill, has been defending the proposed new law

We’ve cared for our farm through war, pandemic and money worries. The inheritance tax row shows how little the government respects that, says Clare Wise, a farmer based in County Durham

Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss express opposition to change in law as MPs prepare to vote

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

National Audit Office finds ‘significant uncertainty’ as to whether pledge for extra 1.5m treatments will be fulfilled

 

Most claims from 400 men on vessel moored in Portland, Dorset have been processed, with majority accepted