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‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law | Pfas

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The volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school uniforms should be restricted, experts have said, as they urge peers to back two amendments to a crucial bill. The children’s wellbeing and schools bill, which applies mainly to England and Wales and is at committee stage in the House of Lords, is poised […]

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Ex-army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for millions to support commercial deal | Richard Dannatt

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A member of the House of Lords lobbied the government to get financial support worth millions of pounds for a commercial deal he was steering, documents reveal. It is the second time that Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, has potentially broken parliamentary rules that forbid lobbying. He is under investigation by

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Esther Rantzen hails Commons passage of ‘rigorous and safe’ assisted dying bill | Assisted dying

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The assisted dying bill, if it becomes law, will remove the burden of seeing a loved one die in pain, the campaigner Esther Rantzen has said, insisting its backers have got right the balance between helping those who ask for it and protecting vulnerable people. The terminally ill adults (end of life) bill cleared the

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