5 hours ago Assisted Dying Bill is 'dangerous' and 'slippery slope' and may end in dystopia

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the assisted dying bill being officially introduced to Parliament could set a 'dangerous' precedent and below he explains why

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11 hours ago Politics LIVE: Starmer clashes with Sunak over national security at PMQs as assisted dying bill introduced

Labour government will allow free vote by MPs on controversial assisted dying bill

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12 hours ago What is the Assisted Dying Bill? Divisive new law to be debated in the Commons

The Private Member’s Bill calls for terminally ill people in England and Wales to be given the right to choose to end their life

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14 hours ago Esther Rantzen says 'it's cruel' as she demands change amid cancer battle

he Childline founder said she is writing to her own representative in Parliament to make her case for a change in the law, telling her story of terminal illness and a wish to have a choice over the end of her life

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15 hours ago New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill

A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain is set to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed

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15 hours ago Assisted dying should be 'carefully legalised', says Esther Rantzen as Bill to be unveiled in Parliament

The Childline founder, who is terminally ill, said the current law on assisted dying is ‘cruel’.

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16 hours ago UK politics live: Assisted dying ‘dangerous’ says Archbishop of Canterbury as bill to be introduced today

Labour government will allow free vote by MPs on controversial bill

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17 hours ago Assisted dying should be 'carefully legalised', says Esther Rantzen as MPs to debate Bill

The Childline founder, who is terminally ill, said the current law on assisted dying is ‘cruel’.

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24 hours ago Dame Esther Rantzen says assisted dying can be 'carefully legalised' as bill brought to Parliament

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is trying to change the law to allow terminally ill people to end their own lives, which is expected to go to an MPs vote in late November

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