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Peers have agreed to undertake more expert scrutiny of the assisted dying bill, as the legislation passed its first stage in the House of Lords.The house…

The House of Lords has a rare opportunity to prove its worth to the country today, as it begins to debate the assisted dying bill. Personally,…

The bill to legalise assisted dying is a “licence to kill” that puts vulnerable people at risk, Theresa May has said, as the legislation was debated…

Hospices are “on the brink” and two in five are making cuts this year despite the importance of end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes legal, the…

Tanni Grey-Thompson, the cross-bench peer and former Paralympic athlete, has said she received “abusive” emails accusing her of being “responsible for people dying in pain” because…

‘Knowing there might be an alternative brings relief and hope’When she was only 18, a few months into an undergraduate degree in classics at Warwick University,…

MPs have voted to pass a bill at third reading allowing some terminally ill people in England and Wales to get medical help in ending their…

Assisted dying is poised to become law after a historic vote in parliament, as MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 to 291 votes, a majority…

Wes Streeting has voiced doubts over whether the NHS can afford to establish an assisted dying service, after MPs passed a bill to legalise the procedure…

MPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care:…