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Labour MP Naz Shah turns on Kim Leadbeater’s ‘fundamentally flawed’ assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Naz Shah explains why, after previously supporting the bill, she now believes it is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen’s life-preserving cancer drugs no longer working, says daughter

Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to Dignitas

The Guardian - UK

‘It became very fraught’: how assisted dying bill has changed on its way back to Commons

After nine weeks of scrutiny and 150 amendments, there are still huge unknowns over legislation for England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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Assisted dying law would be implemented in ‘safe and practicable’ way, says PM

A committee of MPs has finished scrutinising the Bill, which will return to the Commons next month.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill is ‘flawed and dangerous’ after changes, says group of Labour MPs

Bill, which passed committee scrutiny on Tuesday, has ‘insufficient protections’ for most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Terminally ill criticise longer four-year timeframe for assisted dying service

The new implementation period is double what was originally proposed when the Bill was published last year.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill safer, says MP but ‘chaotic’ scrutiny process criticised

Changes to the Bill include a provision for assisted dying to be provided on the NHS and expert panels replacing High Court judge approval.

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Leadbeater acknowledges ‘upset’ as assisted dying delayed by two years

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she was disappointed to propose the extension but said it was “more important to do this properly than to do it quickly”

The Independent UK

NHS will become national health and assisted suicide service, says MP

Danny Kruger said the NHS would, if the Bill being considered passes into law, become the ‘national health and assisted suicide service’.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law thrown into doubt as rollout likely delayed until at least 2029

Timeline for implementation in England and Wales likely to be pushed back a further two years, meaning it may coincide with general election

The Guardian - UK

Terminally ill say four-year timeframe for assisted dying service is too long

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny.

Evening Standard

Proposed four-year wait for assisted dying service ‘too long,’ say campaigners

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny

The Independent UK

Fury as Labour MP forced to leave assisted dying committee because her hearing aids needed recharging

Bradford West MP Naz Shah had warned fellow MPs that she would have to leave the bill committee session because if it extended to 10pm because her hearing aids’ batteries would need recharging

The Independent UK

High court judge approval for assisted dying cases scrapped by MPs

Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the terminal ill adults bill, has proposed that a panel of experts decide on assisted deaths instead of courts

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

MPs’ committee votes to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying Bill

Proposals have been made to instead establish expert panels of senior legal figures, psychiatrists and social workers to decide on applications.

The Independent UK

Change would see ‘gold-plated’ stage of assisted dying Bill dropped, says MP

Conservative Danny Kruger said the judicial element of the proposed legislation has been stripped away.

The Guardian - UK

The world must learn to take Donald Trump literally

In his reckoning, there are not so much as sovereign states, but properties with tenants that can purchased

The Independent UK

Jo Cox’s sister shares safety fears after abuse over assisted dying bill

Jo Cox’s sister, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, has told Times Radio the abuse she has received over the assisted dying bill "doesn't leave you feeling necessarily safe as you might want."

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Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill committee to consider domestic abuse amendment

Kim Leadbeater said she will support changes to her Bill suggested by two MPs who voted against it in Parliament last year.

The Independent UK

Tory MP attempts to gag criticism of assisted dying committee after Down Syndrome vote

Tory MP Kit Malthouse made a dramatic point of order after a majority voted down an amendment to protect people with Down Syndrome by 13 to 8

The Guardian - UK

Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say

Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bills aim to ‘fix problem’, says ex-MP whose father took own life

Paul Blomfield said his elderly father died alone after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The Guardian - UK

Legalising assisted dying in England and Wales ‘may hamper suicide prevention work’

Government adviser says changing law would challenge long-held consensus of trying to prevent all suicides

Evening Standard

Questions over psychiatrist shortages amid assisted dying legislation changes

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled changes last week involving the scrapping of a High Court judge in favour of a three-person expert panel.

Evening Standard

Kim Leadbeater appeals to critics over amendments to assisted dying Bill

The Labour MP said she understood she had ‘weeks and weeks’ of work ahead.

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