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Medical bodies tell peers assisted dying should be separate service

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is being subjected to further scrutiny by a select committee.

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

New poll suggests public back peers in voting down assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill is coming to the final stages in the House of Lords before becoming law but a group of peers believe they can block it

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025

MP behind assisted dying Bill rejects Theresa May’s ‘cover-up’ claim

The Lords was debating the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for the first time on Friday.

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025

Tanni Grey-Thompson hits out at abuse as Starmer comes under pressure over assisted dying bill

With Kim Leadbeater’s bill set to be debated in the Lords on Friday, the former Paralympian star athlete who opposes the bill has revealed the abuse she has received from its supporters as allies in the Lords warn Starmer that it needs more time for scrutiny

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025

More than 100 cyclists set off on ride to remember murdered MP Jo Cox

Cheered on by Mrs Cox’s parents and sister, MP Kim Leadbeater, the group gathered at Princess Mary Athletics Stadium, in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Trump administration slaps down UK after MPs pass assisted dying bill

The Trump administration claimed Britain was legalising ‘state-subsidised suicide’

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Starmer pushes back at Streeting doubts over budget for assisted dying

PM says aim is to deliver legislation ‘in all its aspects’, after health secretary argues end of life care should be priority

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025

Starmer slaps down Wes Streeting after he claims there is ‘no budget’ for assisted dying

Prime minister pushes back at the health secretary’s suggestion that MPs made the wrong choice by backing historic assisted dying legislation

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

Assisted dying: what happens now the House of Lords has the bill?

MPs have voted to introduce assisted dying, almost seven months after this bill was first debated in the House of Commons. The proposal – a backbench private member’s bill promoted by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater – would allow terminally ill people in England and Wales to receive assistance to end…

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2025

Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

‘There isn’t a budget for this,’ health secretary says after MPs vote to legalise procedure in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025