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Layla Moran and Diane Abbott say end-of-life care needs more funding after bill passed for England and Wales

Mother of the House issues warning after MPs voted to back assisted dying bill on Friday

Making dying easier is not the solution when NHS, social and palliative care are simply not there for patients

Of London’s 75 MPs, just 28 voted in favour of the assisted dying bill

Many powerful voices spoke for and against the bill, but those of constituents had the greatest sway over MPs

A free vote on whether assisted dying has been labelled as an opportunity to ‘correct injustice and reduce human suffering’ by the MP behind the bill

In today’s newsletter: Today, MPs debate one of the most significant laws ever to go before parliament. Here’s how the vote came about and what the result might mean

A number of organisations representing pharmacists have joined forces to urge Health Secretary Wes Streeting to intervene.

MPs are weighing up how to vote on a bill that would bring about the biggest social change in Britain in decades

Unlikely alliances and concerns over vulnerable people’s rights have led to fierce debate and ethical uncertainty

‘I would like to dispel all the myths around assisted dying, that people could be coerced. That it’s against God. I would just like people to know it is a dignified choice.’ These were the words of assisted dying campaigner Dawn Voice-Cooper, who chose to share her death with the…