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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Trump administration slaps down UK after MPs pass assisted dying bill

The Trump administration has lashed out at the UK after MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill - accusing Britain of “standing for surrender and death”.

The president’s State Department said the US “reaffirms the sanctity of life” in an attack on the Labour MP’s Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

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