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Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 years

The four Labour MPs confirmed their intention on the eve of a crunch Commons vote.

Liverpool Walton MP, who previously abstained, says legislation would diminish values of family and community

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No stranger to oversight errors, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has now been revealed to have allowed hundreds of underqualified or fraudulently qualified nurses to work in Britain. Wes Streeting should now draft in his predecessor to assist in rooting them out

Fraudulent applications from centres in India, Nigeria and Pakistan were approved by the watchdog in error

Exclusive: Campaigners have warned that shutting Barking Birth Centre puts women at risk

The result of Friday’s expected vote could see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either progress to the House of Lords or fall completely.

MPs will gather for the next major vote on the Bill on Friday, which could see it either fall or progress to the Lords.

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths

MPs will likely 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.

Kraamzorg system, where care assistants visit new mothers at home, is threatened by labour shortage and competition