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A white paper outlined measures to counter economic inactivity (which had risen by September to 41.2 per cent among those aged 16 to 24): everyone aged 18 to 21 would be offered an apprenticeship, training, education or help to find a job; Jobcentres would be rebranded as the National Jobs and Careers Service. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: ‘What I haven’t heard are many alternatives’ to the tax rises imposed by October’s Budget; she was speaking to the Confederation of British Industry. A petition on the parliament website, accusing Labour of breaking promises and calling for a general election, gathered more than 2.7 million signatures; ‘There will be plenty of people who didn’t want us in the first place,’ commented Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister.
The government said it would fulfil its ‘legal obligations’ over an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court if Benjamin Netanyahu were to visit Britain; the court also issued warrants against Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, who Israel said was killed in an air strike on Gaza in July. But Lord Wolfson KC, the shadow attorney general, said that Mr Netanyahu’s immunity as a head of government remained. Drones were seen over RAF stations at Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell, all used by the US Air Force. A storm named Bert brought floods and disrupted rail travel. Bad weather prevented any migrants in small boats arriving in the seven days to 25 November.
Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, opposed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that was before parliament, writing that ‘the experience of sitting with a fatally ill baby girl did not convince me of the case for assisted dying; it convinced me of the value and imperative of good end-of-life care’.
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