Tag: Dying
Assisted dying bill has strict safeguards, MP Kim Leadbeater says
ReutersLabour MP Kim Leadbeater says the UK's current law is not fit for purposeTerminally ill adults who are expected to die within six months would [...]
Ed Davey ‘minded’ to vote against assisted dying bill
PA MediaLib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said he is "minded" to vote against an upcoming bill to legalise assisted dying.MPs are due to debate proposal [...]
Medic MPs urge colleagues to support assisted dying bill
Getty ImagesA cross-party group of seven MPs who have worked in the NHS have urged their colleagues to support a bill which would legalise assisted dy [...]
Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting
Getty ImagesMPs are due to vote on a bill next month that could make the process legal in England and WalesThe health secretary has said he is worried [...]
What do assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia mean and what is the law?
The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to some form of assisted dying, external. Swi [...]
Assisted Dying Legislation is ‘Dangerous’ says Archbishop Welby
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying "dangerous" and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people wou [...]
Keir Starmer ‘very pleased’ assisted dying vote will take place
BBCSir Keir Starmer has said he is "very pleased" MPs will get the chance to debate and vote on the issue of assisted dying. The prime minister confir [...]
MPs to get first vote on assisted dying for nine years
'Time is right’ for assisted dying debate, MP Kim Leadbeater saysProposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to e [...]
Assisted dying bill introduced in House of Lords
A bill which would allow terminally ill adults with six months or fewer to live to get medical help to end their own lives has been introduced in the [...]
Starmer sticks by promise of assisted dying free vote
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he remains committed to giving MPs a free vote on assisted dying laws at some point.The prime minister said he would pro [...]
Starmer left-wing purge row is not dying down
2 hours agoChris Mason,Political editor, @ChrisMasonBBCReutersSir Keir Starmer has been accused of carrying out a purge of left-wing candidates ahead [...]
Assisted dying: Harold Shipman damaged end-of-life care – David Davis
Assisted suicide - intentionally helping another person to end their life - is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison se [...]
Rantzen begs MPs to attend assisted dying debate
Parliament will debate the subject after more than 200,000 signed a petition backing a law change.
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Could assisted dying be coming to Scotland?
MSPs will get the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to let people legally end their lives.
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Dame Esther Rantzen renews call for assisted dying vote after report
Despite concern a change in the law would lead to poorer support at the end of life, the committee's report said, if anything, it was linked to improv [...]