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UK politics live: Esther Rantzen pens heartfelt letter on assisted dying - urging MPs to vote on ‘vital’ issue

Dame Esther, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives in limited circumstances, without fear of their families being prosecuted for helping them

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

Assisted dying is a slippery slope turning NHS into the ‘national death service’, warns Tory grandee

Exclusive: Dr Liam Fox has warned that the safeguards included in the bill are ‘completely false’ – his intervention follows opposition from Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss and polling that reveals public concern over whether the NHS is fit to deliver assisted dying

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

Way assisted dying plans set to go through Parliament ‘inadequate’, MP says

Lib Dem Munira Wilson is concerned about the process over what could be a ‘monumental change in legislation’.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024

Sarco ‘suicide pods’ to be introduced in UK if assisted dying law passes, says creator

Private Member’s Bill is due for second reading in the Commons on Friday – the first debate and vote of its kind since 2015

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

Assisted dying bill would create the worst thought-out legal framework anywhere in the world – legal expert

The terminally ill adults (end of life) bill will allow adults in England and Wales who are terminally ill to be provided with assistance to end their own life. The current law on assisted dying needs to be reformed, but this bill is not the solution. It proposes a morally…

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024

Ministers following own ‘moral code’ on assisted dying vote – Jess Phillips

Home Office minister Jess Phillips defended her colleague Shabana Mahmood, who made clear she would vote against the Bill in a strongly worded letter.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

MPs to vote on assisted dying as row over ministerial criticism deepens

Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater’s legislation will come before the Commons on Friday.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Health and legal experts among 73 academics to sign letter opposing ‘inadequate’ assisted dying bill

Exclusive: The letter says that a private members bill to legalise assisted dying is ‘inadequate’ adding that it ‘lacks prudence...at a time of crisis for the NHS’

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2024

Ministers speaking out against assisted dying ‘are giving false impression’, says peer

Labour’s Charlie Falconer says vocal opponents are leading voters to think government is against change

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024

Religious leaders come together to oppose assisted dying Bill

The 29 signatories include the Bishop of London and the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2024