The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

Sir Keir has previously supported assisted dying, but said that the Government will remain neutral on the issue.

ON a crisp but bright Sunday morning, the Stroud community stopped to remember those who have given their lives for their ...

We desperately need more homes that people can afford to rent and buy. I think that as an issue every family in the ...

Michael Florek, 64, sexually assaulted young women - who were aged between 17 and 19 - by brushing his arm and hand against ...

Stroud’s MP, Dr Simon Opher, may have been misled by the new Labour ... Labour MP Dr Opher voted in September for the cuts, which Age UK warned risked harming up to 2 million pensioners who are just ...

Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher writes for Stroud Times . There has been a lot of talk about farming since the budget, but I was struck by what one farmer said this week: “There is a m ...

A cross-party group of seven MPs who have worked in the NHS have urged their colleagues to support a bill which would ...

Image caption, Dr Simon Opher, who also works as a GP, was elected as the Labour MP for Stroud in July MPs are ... Throughout the UK, laws prevent people from asking for medical help to die.

Elizabeth Stanley, co-ordinator of Stroud District Women Against State Pension Injustice (WASPI), said: "It was great be at the drop-in and see our local MP among the 130 plus who attended the ...

Streeting warns NHS faces real problems as ‘working people’ at risk of tax rise loophole - Rachel Reeves is expected to ...

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 - with pay for those aged 18 to 20 set to go up ...