4 h. ago Assisted dying law faces crunch Commons vote as MPs switch sides

The relatively narrow majority of 55 from the historic yes vote in November means every vote will count on Friday.

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5 h. ago Assisted dying latest: Landmark bill hangs in balance ahead of crucial MPs vote

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for final reading in Commons

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7 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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9 h. ago Terminally ill gran's heartbreaking message to MPs ahead of assisted dying vote

Jane Popplewell, 63, has been diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, and fears she could die in pain.

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9 h. ago The Guardian view on assisted dying: a momentous bill that needs further attention | Editorial

Kim Leadbeater has led a strong campaign, but concerns about the likely impact on vulnerable people remainThe central issue before MPs, as they decide how to vote on the latest version of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, is how to value individual autonomy relative to collective responsibility for vulnerable members of society when making regulations around the end of life. Should terminally ill people be allowed to end their lives with medical help? If so, under what safeguards? The question remains ethically, medically and legally complex.Technological and social changes enabling people to live much longer have created challenges around the resourcing of care and experiences of ageing and dying. There are profound questions about how we manage the final stages of life – and what we owe to those living through them. Continue reading...

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10 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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10 h. ago MP offered private ambulance to parliament amid fears assisted dying bill could come down to one vote

Sorcha Eastwood, a Northern Irish MP, has said she is unable to make it to Westminster for the landmark vote because she has Covid

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12 h. ago Assisted dying vote on a knife edge with just hours to go before crunch vote

New polling shows major fears about the impact of legalised assisted dying on those with learning disabilities

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17 h. ago Back my assisted dying bill or face another decade of death without dignity, Kim Leadbeater warns MPs

Kim Leadbeater said she is confident the assisted dying bill will pass on Friday

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28 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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38 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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38 h. ago Keir Starmer hints he will back assisted dying bill ahead of crunch vote

The result of Friday's expected vote could see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either progress to the House of Lords or fall completely

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38 h. ago Starmer hints he will back assisted dying Bill ahead of crunch vote

The result of Friday’s expected vote could see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either progress to the House of Lords or fall completely.

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38 h. ago Keir Starmer signals support for assisted dying as MPs prepare for crunch vote

Keir Starmer said his position on the highly sensitive issue of assisted dying 'is long-standing and well-known' after he voted in favour of changing the law last year

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42 h. ago Esther Rantzen’s daughter makes urgent 'scaremongering' plea before assisted dying vote

Rebecca Wilcox, the daughter of the terminally ill broadcaster and Childline founder Dame Esther, said England and Wales must “catch up with the rest of the world” in changing the law.

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42 h. ago Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter ‘hopeful’ assisted dying Bill can pass major vote

MPs will gather for the next major vote on the Bill on Friday, which could see it either fall or progress to the Lords.

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3 d. ago Assisted dying: Medical students voice opposition as some MPs urge vote delay

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to have its third reading vote on Friday.

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3 d. ago Weather tracker: France reels from deadly thunderstorms and lightning

Cold drop, upper-air trough and heat dome combine to create severe weather and 85mm hailstoneSevere thunderstorms swept across France last Friday, killing one person and injuring another. Two systems were involved, prompting orange weather warnings: the first came from the west via Brittany and hit the north of the country, and the second arrived via Spain and affected south-west France.More than 30,000 lightning strikes were recorded between midnight on Friday and early Saturday. Eure, north of Paris, was worst hit with 4,326 strikes. Strong winds lashed Normandy – Rouen recorded a 76mph (123km)/h) gust that broke the 64mph record set in 2019. Hail affected several areas, leading to infrastructure and crop damage. Continue reading...

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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 Fears assisted dying bill could be defeated as MPs warn ‘tide is turning’

Labour MP Paul Waugh said today’s voting shows the bill has ‘rapidly lost the confidence of MPs’

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