Sir Keir Starmer urged to keep assisted dying promise as new Bill introduced to Lords
Lord Falconer’s assisted dying Bill will face a First Reading next week. Daily Express :: Health Feed
‘Dam is bursting’ as Brits demand assisted dying law change, says top campaigner
EXCLUSIVE: Dignity in Dying’s chief executive paid tribute to all campaigners who have bravely shared their stories to expose the cruelty of the current ban. Daily Express :: News Feed
Legalising assisted dying would be safer, say majority of Brits in landmark poll
EXCLUSIVE: A survey thought to be the largest ever of UK opinion on assisted dying found many people had seen loved ones suffer at the end of life. Daily Express :: News Feed
‘My wife endured 15 hours of hell after overdose – law must change on assisted dying’
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Got Talent star Tina died after taking a cocktail of drugs to hasten her inevitable death from terminal cancer. Daily Express :: News Feed
‘I considered smothering my suffocating wife. Law must change on assisted dying’
EXCLUSIVE: Widower Warwick Jackson has urged MPs to listen to horrific stories like his wife’s and urgently change the law on assisted dying. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dame Jenni Murray advocates assisted dying reform after personal tragedies
The difference in the deaths of each of her beloved parents convinced Dame Jenni Murray to back the right to choose how and when to die. Daily Express :: News Feed
Prue Leith will brief Scots as they ‘show way’ on assisted dying
Dame Prue Leith is to address members of the Scottish Parliament on assisted dying – insisting those north of the border are “showing England the way to go”. Daily Express :: Health Feed
‘Turning point’ reached in fight for assisted dying after landmark Isle of Man vote
A private members’ bill passed its second reading after hours of passionate debate over whether people nearing the end of their lives should be allowed to access assisted dying. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Law will change on assisted dying if majority of MPs support it, says minister
A health minister said the Government would not block law change on assisted dying if MPs were in favour, and palliative medicine experts called for better funded end of life care. Daily Express :: Health Feed
‘Assisted dying ban denied my husband and mother the right to a good death’
EXCLUSIVE: Zoe Hyatt-Marley urged the Commons Health and Social Care Committee to listen to stories like hers as the assisted dying inquiry begins. Daily Express :: Health Feed