78 m. ago MPs voting to legalise assisted dying is a momentous day for choice

The House of Commons decision to pass Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill marks a historic step towards giving people the right to make fundamental decisions about their own lives – as well as how to end them

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2 h. ago Assisted dying House of Commons vote: Key numbers and trends

A majority of female MPs backed the Bill, while slightly more male MPs opposed the legislation than voted in favour.

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2 h. ago Tears and prayers as MPs reflect on the journey to a historic assisted dying vote

At the end there was high tension on both sides of a debate that for some was deeply personalAssisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after bill passed by MPsWhen Kim Leadbeater walked out of the chamber of the House of Commons into parliament’s central lobby, she was embraced by some campaigners who did not even know if they would be alive when the vote came.“Overwhelmingly the sense is relief,” she said. Her close colleague the Labour MP Lizzi Collinge was near to tears. For the Conservative Kit Malthouse, standing nearby, it was the culmination of a decade of campaigning within his own party. More than 20 of his colleagues – more than he expected – backed the bill. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Assisted dying law closer but MPs’ support narrows in historic vote

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has cleared the Commons and will now move to the Lords.

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2 h. ago Can anything stop plans for 'death on the NHS'? After MPs vote to LEGALISE assisted dying peers are urged to block or alter 'unsafe' suicide law

The Commons backed allowing medics to help terminally ill people to die this afternoon despite warnings that the legislation is unsafe.

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3 h. ago Assisted dying: All you need to know following the crunch Commons vote

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the Bill and what will happen after a significant moment in its journey through Parliament.

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3 h. ago Britain is one step closer to compassionate, kind death for all | Kim Leadbeater

This historic day comes too late for many who supported my bill, but I will never forget their courage and selflessnessKim Leadbeater is Labour MP for Spen ValleyI am relieved and overjoyed by the historic vote on assisted dying in the House of Commons today. The road has been long and hard, and I am very aware that many others have been on that journey since long before I even became an MP. The question of whether to offer choice to people at the end of their lives was first raised in parliament in 1936 – almost a century ago.Since then, terminally ill people have pleaded repeatedly with MPs to heed their simple wish to have control and autonomy at the end of their lives. A courageous few have taken their cases to the courts, even while they confronted the prospect of their own imminent and inevitable deaths. The judges said it was for parliament to decide. Now, at last, the House of Commons has responded, and responded decisively to recognise the justice of their cause.Kim Leadbea...

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3 h. ago Assisted dying bill passes the Commons by just 23 votes as Starmer backs historic change – latest

314 MPs voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday afternoon

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4 h. ago MPs led by Keir Starmer vote to LEGALISE assisted dying in the most seismic change to suicide law in decades despite warnings law is unsafe

Medics will be allowed to help the terminally ill end their own lives after a bitterly contested vote in the Commons this afternoon.

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4 h. ago Assisted dying set to be legalised as MPs back Kim Leadbeater’s bill in historic vote

Kim Leadbeater’s Bill has now passed all its stages in the Commons and will go to the Lords where it is likely to meet more scrutiny

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4 h. ago Kim Leadbeater in tears as MPs vote in favour of assisted dying bill

Watch the moment MPs voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance.

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4 h. ago How did your MP vote on assisted dying? Use our search tool to find out

MPs voted 314 to 291, majority 23, to approve Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading.

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4 h. ago Assisted dying latest: MPs vote for historic End of Life bill with majority of just 23

314 MPs voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday afternoon

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4 h. ago Voices: My husband wanted to go to Dignitas: the new assisted dying bill wouldn’t have helped him

As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease

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4 h. ago Historic vote brings assisted dying closer to becoming law in England and Wales

Opponents insist vote in favour of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is not ‘now or never’ moment

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4 h. ago MPs vote for the Assisted Dying Bill after impassioned Commons debate

The bill was passed in the House of Commons with a majority of 23

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5 h. ago MPs vote on 'matter of life and death' after heated debate on Assisted Dying Bill

MPs have voted for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will now go to the House of Lords after hours of heated debate in Parliament today

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5 h. ago Assisted dying Bill passed by MPs after landmark House of Commons vote

The law proposes that terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live would be able to apply for an assisted death

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5 h. ago MPs back assisted dying for England and Wales in crunch Westminster vote

MPs voted by 314 to 291 - a majority of 23 - in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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5 h. ago Assisted dying latest: MPs casting final votes on historic bill after emotional debate that left some in tears

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for vote in Commons

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