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Daniel Gover, Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London

Why did MPs vote to reject the assisted dying bill – and what happens now?

MPs at Westminster have voted to reject the assisted dying bill, in a significant blow to those campaigning to change the law – 11 years to the day after MPs rejected a previous attempt.

Had it passed, the bill would have made it legal, in certain circumstances, for terminally ill people in England and Wales to get help to end their lives.

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