2 h. ago Doctors told my Nana she had a short while left. They were wrong. She defied the odds and lived for almost a decade. That's why I'll be voting AGAINST the assisted dying bill: ROBERT JENRICK

Robert Jenrick has made an emotional appeal against assisted dying, as MPs prepare for a momentous vote on whether to let the terminally ill end their own lives.

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4 h. ago UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater

Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 yearsThe UK is “behind the curve” on assisted dying among progressive nations, the bill’s sponsor Kim Leadbeater has said on the eve of one of the most consequential votes for social change in England and Wales.The Labour MP told the Guardian that the circumstances may never be right again to pass such a bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for those terminally ill with less than six months to live, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel of experts. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago MPs switch sides to vote no to ‘drastically weakened’ assisted dying Bill

The four Labour MPs confirmed their intention on the eve of a crunch Commons vote.

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11 h. ago Esther Rantzen and terminally ill preacher make case for assisted dying Bill

The House of Commons will vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which will see it either progress to the Lords or fall.

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22 h. ago Keir Starmer insists assisted dying Bill has not been rushed as dozens of MPs say it should receive more scrutiny

The Prime Minister insisted that plenty of time had been devoted to the controversial plan despite dozens of his MPs pleading for it to receive more scrutiny.

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23 h. ago Assisted dying: All you need to know ahead of the next crunch parliamentary vote

The Bill is back in the Commons for a debate and major vote which would see it either pass to the House of Lords or fall.

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23 h. ago Campaigners make case for assisted dying Bill ahead of crucial Commons vote

Friday will be the first time the Bill has been debated and voted on in its entirety since last year’s historic yes vote.

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33 h. ago Starmer refuses to step in to delay final Commons vote on assisted dying

Prime minister risks angering MPs after more than 50 Labour backbenchers had called for more time to scrutinise Kim Leadbeater’s bill

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55 h. ago Fears legalising assisted dying may 'break the NHS' and lead to cuts in care as minister confirms there is no extra money for helping people die

Dame Siobhain McDonagh warned that an assisted dying service could 'rob our stretched NHS of much needed resources' after Wes Streeting spoke in the Commons.

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4 d. ago Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

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6 d. ago MPs pile extra safeguards into assisted dying laws as Labour's Kim Leadbeater suffers first Commons defeat on her Bill

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill underwent a second day of report stage in the House of Commons as they debated various amendments.

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7 d. ago Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’

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9 d. ago Labour rebel forces Commons vote amid fears of housebuilding reforms ‘wreckage’

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the ‘status quo’ for the environment and development was not working.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer's muddled politics are reaching their limit. It's time for him to make a choice | Andy Beckett

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorateAfter less than a year in power, Labour has reached a familiar place. Keir Starmer’s troubled government is at a fork in the road, wondering which direction to follow. With the delivery of its spending review next week after several acrimonious delays, and a Commons vote on its divisive welfare cuts expected later this month, the government’s unity and morale are fragile. The public finances are severely strained, with ever more competing demands, such as for extra defence spending. Though much more energetic than its Tory predecessor, this government often seems opaque, unable to explain its purpose in a compelling way.Many voters and journalists – even more impatient than usual after years of manic politics – are already considering what might replace Starmer’s administration. At barely 20% in the polls, Labour is as unpopular as in its most disliked days und...

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2 w. ago Paedophile teaching assistant, 33,  sent nude pictures to schoolboy on Snapchat after calling him a 'good lad'

Chelsey Knox, 33, shared videos of herself in the shower as well as two topless pictures and a picture of herself using a sex toy with the 16-year-old.

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2 w. ago My mother died of assisted suicide and now I'm doing the same for a heartbreaking reason

Price Carter, 68, from Kelowna, British Columbia, has chosen to die on his own terms, utlizing Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program.

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2 w. ago Tragic descent into darkness of the man who watched first Sarco pod suicide: Euthanasia advocate was 'broken' after ten weeks in a police cell then 'fell' from third

Assisted dying campaigner Dr Florian Willet was the only person to witness the first Sarco pod death - watching as a gravely ill woman entered the machine.

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2 w. ago Suicide pod activist takes his own life after being arrested for murder of woman who used the Sarco pod he promoted

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was arrested last year following the death of a 64-year-old woman using a Sarco suicide pod after she was allegedly found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.

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2 w. ago Suicide pod activist takes his own life after being arrested for murder of women who used the Sarco pod he promoted

Dr Florian Willet, 47, was arrested last year following the death of a 64-year-old woman using a Sarco suicide pod after she was allegedly found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.

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2 w. ago Inside the moment Kate Middleton was hilariously mistaken for Prince William's ASSISTANT by a care home resident

In a recent YouGov poll Kate Middleton was ranked the second most popular member of the Royal Family, just behind her husband, Prince William.

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