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Text of UK assisted suicide bill publishedLabour MP Lauren Edwards has published the text of her bill to introduce assisted suicide in the UK. The legislation is largely the same as the bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater in…
Assisted Suicide
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France approves assisted suicide lawThe National Assembly in France has voted to approve assisted suicide legislation, despite being rejected three times by the French Senate.
Assisted Suicide
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Finnish MP accused of hate speech barred from entering the UK
Freedom of Speech
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Gambling played a significant part in man's deathA coroner has ruled that a gambling disorder played a significant part in the death of Gareth Evans, who took his own life in 2021.
Gambling
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No 'carve-outs' for parents in conversion practices bill
Freedom of Speech
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The BMA recommends safeguards for Assisted SuicideThe British Medical Association (BMA) has said that there needs to be more safeguards on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, if passed.
Assisted Suicide
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Children using AI more for homework according to parentsA new report by the Parent Voice Project has found a significant increase in the number of parents suspecting that their children are using AI tools to complete their homework.
Artificial Intelligence
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Instagram running ads for child sexual abuse material in IndiaAn investigation by the BBC has found that Meta has been running paid advertisements for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in India on their Instagram platform.
Pornography
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AI could reduce demand for office spaceA new report from workplace consultancy AWA suggests that artificial intelligence could cause a 54 million square foot reduction in UK office demand over the next five years.
Artificial Intelligence
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Two-fifths of people support increasing slot machine taxesResearch by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) shows that 43% of UK adults think that the government should increase taxes on slot machines in betting shops.
Gambling
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One in three pregnancies end in abortion in England and WalesThe latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales now result in an abortion.
Abortion
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Govt publishes draft conversion practices BillThis morning, the Cabinet Office published the Draft Conversion Practices Bill. This legislation was first promised by Theresa May in 2018. But successive governments have grappled with the complexity of legislating over…
Freedom of Speech