Two Government ministers in favour of assisted dying will sit on the 23-member committee set to scrutinise a Bill to legalise ...

Both voted in favour of the bill. The bill was proposed by backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, rather than from the government as law changes normally are. However, in order for such a bill to ...

Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the bill, put forward the names of those who could be nominated to be on the committee. | ITV ...

To people living with cancer, motor-neurone disease, dementia and chronic heart failure. I am so sad to think that this safety net may have to ...

The bill's committee is made up of 14 supporters, nine opponents and senior voices from both sides of the debate.

Following the second reading (and parliamentary support) of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter's terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on November 29, much ...

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The assisted dying bill is going through the House of Commons at the moment and could mean it would be legal in the UK for ...

Gordon Brown has hailed the start of an independent commission on palliative and end-of-life care as “crucial” amid the ...

Families will be part of the picture when a patient weighs end of life options. This is where financial considerations may kick in, says lawyer James Ward.

The Chancellor voted with hundreds of MPs to pass the first stage of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Readers discuss the British vote on the issue and urge actions in the U.S. Also: Safeguarding our food; taxing cow burps in ...