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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

MPs in historic vote for assisted dying in England and Wales

Proponents and opponents of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill demonstrate outside Westminster (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament.

A majority of MPs, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, supported a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.

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