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India has begun framing guidelines on so-called “passive” euthanasia that would lay out conditions for shutting off life support for terminally ill patients. But medical and religious organisations have expressed concerns that the norms would place too much responsibility on doctors to make decisions between life or death.

Is the way to address big issues, such as assisted dying, the model used in Ireland, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness

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Kim Leadbeater wrote to Justin Welby after he described a change in the law as dangerous and ‘a slippery slope’UK politics live – latest updates

Review called after revelation that thousands of unpaid carers have been forced to repay accidental overpayments

An overhaul of the aged care sector should remove large financial penalties for individual staff who breach the code of conduct, advocates say

The deputy prime minister says there are no plans to bring back the baby bonus after a record low for the nation's fertility rate.

Labour backbench MP Kim Leadbeater has introduced a bill in the House of Commons that aims to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.