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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Assisted dying Bill MP confident Parliament will vote yes

MP Kim Leadbeater holds a copy of the assisted dying Bill during a press conference in Parliament (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kim Leadbeater said she is confident MPs will back her assisted dying Bill in Friday’s crucial vote, as she warned it could be a decade before the issue is put to Parliament again should it fail to pass.

The Labour MP was joined by bereaved and terminally ill people on the eve of the vote, as they recounted the emotional toll the current law has had on them and their loved ones and pleaded for change.

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