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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

MP reigniting assisted dying debate says faith in democracy must be restored

MPs will have another chance to vote on assisted dying later this year after a Labour MP said she will bring back the Bill (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Archive)

MPs will have a chance to vote again on assisted dying later this year as a way of “restoring a bit of faith in our democratic processes”, the woman launching a new bid to change the law has said.

Labour MP Lauren Edwards insisted she is going into the debate “entirely with my eyes open” and is prepared for pushback on an issue which resulted in hours of impassioned debate and the eventual fall earlier this year of an attempt to legalise assisted dying.

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