Mr Jackson said he would continue to campaign to legalise assisted dying, even if it is not backed by MPs in Friday's vote. The issue is a complex and dividing one - campaigners for assisted dying ...

But the campaign group Care Not Killing uses the terms “assisted suicide” and “euthanasia”, and argues that the focus should be on “promoting more and better palliative care” rather ...

A former senior cabinet minister has become the latest political grandee to oppose the assisted dying bill, warning that it could turn the National Health Service into “a national death service”.

Assisted dying has been advertised on the London Underground ahead of a vote this week on its legalisation, while junk food promotions are banned. Posters on display at Euston station include the ...

The assisted dying bill, which will get its second reading this Friday, is already provoking a bitter back-and-forth between its backers and those who oppose it. A key sticking point is the religious ...

The assisted dying bill has been defended by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall who told the BBC it was about the "right to choose". She refused to criticise Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood ...

Editor’s note: On November 29th a majority of MPs voted in favour of a bill that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales. The reform will face further ...

She did not want to die alone," Turcott said. Instead, Meadows had been seeking a medically assisted death — something Canada legalized in 2016. It had been set to expand last year to patients ...

Not since 2015 has parliament considered whether to legalise assisted dying, when they voted emphatically against any change in the law. Politics Live: Jeremy Clarkson issues bleak message as he ...

Whatever way you look at it, there's a feeling there's been a miscalculation over their handling of the assisted dying issue ... improving people's living standards and securing the borders.

The assisted dying bill risks opening the door to “non-voluntary euthanasia”, the former chief coroner has warned. Ahead of a free vote on assisted dying at the end of the month, Thomas Teague ...

Angela Rayner is set to become the most senior Cabinet minister to vote against legalising assisted dying this month. At least five Cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Prime Minister ...