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Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has said she is likely to vote against the bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, as Keir Starmer issued a veiled warning to cabinet ministers, such as Wes Streeting, to stay neutral on the issue.Starmer, speaking to reporters en route to the G20 summit in Brazil, confirmed for the first time that he would vote on the assisted dying bill later this month, but indicated he would not reveal his position in advance.Phillipson said her views on the issue had not changed since she voted against assisted dying when it was last debated, and urged ministerial colleagues to keep their discussions about the policy behind the scenes .Under a policy o stanley cup becher f government neutrality towards the private members bill from the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, which will get its first Commons vote this month, ministers are permitted to talk about a previously known stance if asked but are otherwise asked to stay out of the debate.A number of cabinet ministers including Streeting, the health secretary, are said to have been warned over the weekend about their interventions. Streeting has faced criticism for being more vocally opposed to the bill, and for warning stanley cup that it could create costs that may restrict other NHS services.Others cabinet ministers have come out in fav stanley mugs our, including the work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, and the transport secretary, Louise Haigh.The assisted dying bill: what it means for patients in England and WalesRead mo Cens Why are vulnerable women still being jailed
It was the call Lyndsay Chapple had dreaded.The call that left him racked with nerves. The call hed been crossing stanley quencher his fingers would never come.The federal agent on the other end of the line was investigating serious allegations of foreign bribery against multinational consulting giant Sinclair Knight Merz, one of the Australian governments biggest foreign aid contractors.His call wasnt entirely unanticipated, Chapple told a preliminary hearing in the NSW local court this week.Chapple, an experienced engineer, had spent 23 years with the company, which consulted on major overseas development projects across south-east Asia and the world.Police were investigating allegations that SKM paid and covered up bribes in the Philippines and Vietnam for a decade, the court heard, using a complex system of secret payments and third parties to move money to foreign officials for work on aid projects funded by the World Bank.Chapple told the court he was in a tightly held circle of knowledge within SKM. A select few who could read the companys invoices and internal spreadsheets and understand what terms such as marketing fees might be hiding from prying eyes.When Sgt Ray Holder called in 2013, it was too much for Chapple to process. I said: I dont believe you. I believe this is a practical joke. Give me your number and Ill call you back, Chapple told the stanley ca court.Many within the company thought SKM would escape prosecution, the court heard.Clean coal institute chairman accused of br stanley thermosflasche ib |
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