The Latest Breaking News from Kim Leadbeater

Major cross-party push under way to win over significant number of undecided MPs

The Health Secretary said he is worried that people could feel they have a ‘duty to die’ to relieve the burden on their loved ones.

The Cabinet minister had previously described himself as ‘uncharacteristically undecided’ on the issue.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally attended the talks.

A similar measure was overwhelmingly voted down in 2015 but recent polls show 60% to 75% of the British public supports such a law.

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

George Carey is wrong to reduce the bill to a simple question of right or wrong

Exclusive: George Carey’s position in stark contrast to that of current head of C of E and that of Islam and the Catholic church

Kim Leadbeater, who introduced her assisted dying bill in the Commons yesterday, has said it’s all about the safeguards. Well, no, it’s not. It’s about a clash of irreconcilable principles. On the one hand, there’s Kim’s contention that “too many people have been condemned to die in misery and pain”.…