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- 1Calls grow for UK MPs to fix broken end-of-life care●MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care in the UK is broken. So now we need you to fix it | Jane Turner By Jane T
Writing in the Guardian, Jane Turner urges MPs to act on end-of-life care, arguing that during the assisted dying debate politicians broadly agreed palliative care in the UK is in urgent need of reform. She says patients and their carers now expect Parliament to follow up its words with concrete fixes to a system she describes as broken.
- 2Peers say Parliament at mercy of UK finance regulators●Parliament at the ‘mercy’ of UK finance regulators, say peers
Members of the House of Lords warn that Parliament has been left at the 'mercy' of UK finance regulators, arguing that lawmakers lack sufficient oversight over bodies that set and enforce financial rules. The criticism, reported by The Banker, highlights concerns about democratic accountability in the regulation of Britain's financial services sector following the UK's post-Brexit repatriation of regulatory powers.