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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

‘Increasingly unbearable’: Jonathan Dimbleby criticises UK’s law against assisted dying

Jonathan and Nicholas sit at a kitchen table
Jonathan Dimbleby, left, and his late brother Nicholas. Jonathan has long advocated for a right to assisted dying. Photograph: Jonathan Birch/Loftus Media

Jonathan Dimbleby has described the criminalisation of assisted dying in the UK as “increasingly unbearable” after his younger brother, Nicholas, died this month with debilitating motor neurone disease (MND).

The broadcaster, who has long advocated for a right to assisted dying, urged all political parties to commit to a free vote in the next parliament to change the law. He spoke as MPs prepare to publish a report into assisted dying on Thursday amid polling showing three-quarters of the public support legalisation within strict guidelines.

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