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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Ed Davey opens up about caring for his sick mother as he says he’ll vote against assisted dying bill

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has revealed that caring for his dying mother as a teenager convinced him against assisted suicide, as MPs prepare for a historic vote on the issue.

In a moving interview, the former minister spoke of his fears that the terminally ill, those with disabilities and others “could feel under a real pressure psychologically to end their lives”.

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