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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

At least five more MPs decide to vote against England and Wales assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater’s bill would allow an assisted death for those with a terminal illness with less than six months to live. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

At least five MPs who previously abstained on the assisted dying bill have decided to vote against it at its next stage in the commons, the Guardian understands.

The shift by a number of previously absent or undecided MPs towards voting against it has led to some concern among proponents of Kim Leadbeater’s bill, which would allow an assisted death for those with a terminal illness with less than six months to live.

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