Moves to decriminalise abortion are unsafe, ill-considered and regressive, the House of Lords has been told.

An Honorary Canon at Chelmsford Cathedral has resigned over its use of the controversial ‘Prayers of Love and Faith’ (PLF).

Lord Falconer of Thoroton has threatened to invoke the Parliament Act in an attempt to force Peers to ‘speed up’ their scrutiny of plans to legalise assisted suicide.