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Leadbeater Bill
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The unusually blunt language has raised eyebrows across Westminster, not least because the APM has historically been careful and restrained when engaging on assisted suicide.
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More than 250 doctors and senior healthcare professionals in Wales have issued a stark warning to politicians
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Major takeaways from last week’s House of Lords debate on assisted suicide.
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The Health Secretary was left speechless after being asked to consider whether the introduction of assisted suicide in England and Wales would be safe.
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The leaked policy note has raised serious questions about the Government’s claimed neutrality on assisted suicide.
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In a dramatic turn of events, the battle over the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales is now on course to continue until late April 2026.
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Kit Malthouse has raised concerns that technical or procedural manoeuvres are being used in the House of Lords to block the assisted suicide Bill.
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She warned that it could put people with eating disorders at grave risk.
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Oral evidence to the Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill concluded last week. Again, the expert witnesses voiced a range of concerns they have with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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The Select Committee hearing evidence about the Terminally Ill Adults Bill met again last week. Again, the expert witnesses drew out multiple problems with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Venturing down ‘enemy territory lane’ and attending the Dignity in Dying (DiD) panel fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference.
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Over the last two days, a special select committee in the House of Lords has been hearing oral evidence from expert witnesses on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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The absence of disabled peers has sparked strong criticism from disability rights groups and opponents of the bill, who argue that those most affected by assisted dying laws are being side-lined from the decision-making process.
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After two days of intense debate with roughly 160 speakers, the consensus in the House of Lords is that the Leadbeater Bill cannot be passed in its current state.
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Following the tragic vote on the assisted suicide bill, many questions are still left unanswered. Questions which strike at the very heart of why Kim Leadbeater’s bill is so dangerous.