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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Labour’s neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

The draft legislation is back before peers in the House of Lords on Friday (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Labour has been accused by one of its own MPs of not being neutral on assisted dying after a report suggested the party planned before coming to power how to introduce such a legal change through a private member’s bill.

The draft legislation is back before peers in the House of Lords on Friday, with more debate sessions confirmed for next year amid a record number of amendments and fears among supporters that it will run out of time to become law.

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