Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives in limited circumstances - (PA Media)

Dame Esther Rantzen has hailed a change in position from GP leaders who are no longer formally opposed to a change in legal assisted dying laws.

The veteran journalist, who is living with stage 4 lung cancer and has become an advocate for people to be given more choice on how they die, called the change “very good news.”