All the updated news related to lord falconer

All the news related to lord falconer updated in real time

Found 12

forlord falconer

Order by:

Assisted Dying Bill gives ‘glimpse of hope’, says Esther Rantzen

TV star Dame Esther Rantzen said she has “caught a glimpse of hope” with a fresh bid to legalise assisted dying being laid before Parliament on Friday. Former Labour justice secretary Lord Falconer of Thoroton will introduce a private members’ Bill ...

26 Jul 2024 at 10:02

Peers urged to be ‘very careful’ before any bids to thwart assisted dying Bill

Peers must be “very careful” before trying to thwart efforts to pass an assisted dying law, a Labour lord has warned. Lord Dubs said blocking the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would be a “regrettable step”, and Lord Falconer of Thoroton ...

12 Sept 2025 at 17:53

Lords to be seen as ‘irrelevant’ if no progress on assisted dying law – Falconer

The House of Lords is in danger of being seen as an “irrelevant talking shop” if it does not make progress on the assisted dying Bill, a Labour former minister has said. As deliberations began on Friday, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, who is ...

27 Feb 2026 at 17:02

Streeting: Time for assisted dying debate has come, as Bill introduced in Lords

An Assisted Dying Bill has officially been introduced in the House of Lords as the Health Secretary said it is “a debate whose time has come”. The prospect of legalising assisted death has increasingly been in the spotlight in the past ...

26 Jul 2024 at 14:22

Government seeks to overturn sentencing guidelines with law change

The Government will introduce a law change in Parliament this week to override guidance on how offenders from minorities should be sentenced. The Sentencing Council refused a request from Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to ...

30 Mar 2025 at 20:47

Khan visits US cannabis farms as group to consider drug’s decriminalisation

The Mayor of London has praised the “high standards” of legalised cannabis farms in the US, as he announced the formation of a new group to consider the decriminalisation of the drug in Britain. Sadiq Khan said former ...

12 May 2022 at 08:55

Decriminalisation queried as Khan praises ‘high standards’ of legal US cannabis

12 May 2022 at 02:55

Scotland

‘Not too late’ to save gender recognition Bill – Lord Falconer

It is “not too late” to save Scotland’s gender recognition legislation if an agreement can be reached on the way forward, former Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer has said. The Labour peer said the use of ...

31 Jan 2023 at 19:16

Khan visits US cannabis farms as group considers drug’s decriminalisation

12 May 2022 at 09:25

Assisted dying: What is likely to happen now the Bill is in the House of Lords?

The assisted dying Bill will be debated in the House of Lords for the first time on Friday. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at how things might progress. – What is happening on Friday? The ...

11 Sept 2025 at 13:54

Assisted dying Bill contains ‘Trojan horse’ for upending NHS, says former chief

A former chief executive of the NHS has warned the assisted dying Bill contains a “Trojan horse clause” for fundamental change to the UK’s health service “by the back door”. The Terminally Ill ...

13 Mar 2026 at 15:06

Dozens of MPs call on Starmer to prevent Lords from blocking assisted dying Bill

More than 100 Labour MPs have written to the Prime Minister asking him to stop peers from purposefully blocking the passage of the assisted dying Bill. In total, over 150 MPs have signed the ...

16 Mar 2026 at 12:51

Years
2026

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.