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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

MP claims assisted dying could be ‘trojan horse that breaks the NHS’

MPs look set to vote on the assisted dying Bill again on Friday (Alamy/PA) -

An opponent of the assisted dying Bill has claimed such a service “could become the trojan horse that breaks the NHS” after Health Secretary Wes Streeting was questioned about the availability of money to fund it.

It is expected MPs will have a vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which could see it either progress to the House of Lords or fall.

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