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More protections have been added to assisted dying bill, says Kim Leadbeater

MP behind bill for England and Wales says changes being debated in parliament on Friday will make it stronger

The Guardian - UK

MPs must act to legalise assisted dying, Leadbeater urges as debate begins

High-profile supporters include Dame Esther Rantzen while Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is among those opposed.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: The deepening turmoil over the assisted dying bill

In today’s newsletter: As MPs return to the Commons today to debate the amended bill, emotions are running high and some are switching sides

The Guardian - UK

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All you need to know as the assisted dying Bill returned to Parliament

The Bill will come back for further report stage on June 13.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill returns to Commons amid divided opinion among MPs

Various amendments will be debated and voted on by MPs on Friday.

Evening Standard

MP behind assisted dying Bill defends it as medical body adds voice of concern

The Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday for the first time since a historic yes vote in November.

Evening Standard

Esther Rantzen urges MPs to back ‘strong, safe’ assisted dying bill in vote

Letters sent by broadcaster and MPs with medical backgrounds call for action to change law

The Guardian - UK

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MPs are voting on the next stage of the assisted dying bill. This is their chance to create a legacy

What governments do is mostly forgotten, but freeing people from the threat of a painful death would be a great liberalising moment in British history, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

All you need to know as the assisted dying Bill returns to Parliament

The Bill is heading back to the Commons for its report stage where MPs will debate and vote on amendments.

Evening Standard

‘Misleading’ to claim psychiatrists do not back assisted dying bill, says Kim Leadbeater

MP hits back after Royal College of Psychiatrists refuses to support bill in its current form before Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

MPs with medical backgrounds urge assisted dying support after Bill criticism

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is back in the Commons for debate on Friday.

Evening Standard

Doctors raise concerns over assisted dying Bill ahead of return to Parliament

The Bill, which relates to England and Wales, will come before MPs in the House of Commons on Friday for its report stage.

Evening Standard

At least five more MPs decide to vote against England and Wales assisted dying bill

With two other MPs moving to vote in favour, and a previous majority of 55, the bill seems likely to pass next stage

The Guardian - UK

Leadbeater praises MSPs’ assisted dying vote amid warning Bill is ‘inadequate’

Kim Leadbeater said she is ‘pleased’ that MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised ‘serious concerns’ over Bill.

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The Conversation

Could the assisted dying bill fall at the next hurdle?

Almost six months after MPs backed the principle of assisted dying, the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill – sponsored by Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater – is set to return to the House of Commons chamber on May 16 to undergo further debate.

The Guardian - UK

Kim Leadbeater urges MPs to back palliative care amendment to assisted dying bill

MP sponsoring bill in England and Wales says she agrees with Marie Curie that end of life care must be improved

Evening Standard

Advertising assisted dying would be inappropriate, says MP behind Bill

May 16 will see MPs debate and likely vote on various amendments as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’s report stage.

Evening Standard

Children’s voices must be heard in assisted dying Bill debate, says commissioner

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to return to the House of Commons for further debate on May 16.

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The Independent UK

Allowing staff to refuse to take part in assisted dying ‘positive development’

But Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the amendment ‘does not change’ his view on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as a whole.

The Independent UK

NHS staff can refuse to take part in assisted dying under amendment

Changes will also be made to employment law so that nobody who refuses to take part can be dismissed or face disciplinary action.

Evening Standard

NHS staff to be allowed to refuse to take part in assisted dying under amendment

Changes will also be made to employment law so that nobody who refuses to take part can be dismissed or face disciplinary action.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying bill to include protection for NHS staff not wishing to take part

Employees including doctors, nurses and pharmacists will not have to give reason for refusal, Kim Leadbeater says

The Independent UK

Assisted dying bill ‘will put pressure on vulnerable’ to end lives early, campaigners warn

A row has broken out over the £59.6m of healthcare cost savings identified in the government impact assessment for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation

Evening Standard

Assisted dying about ‘human cost’ not pounds and pence, MP behind Bill says

Kim Leadbeater said the Bill was ‘the most robust piece of legislation in this area in the world’.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying: up to 12 people a day in England and Wales may use service after 10 years

Up to 4,559 people would use the service in the 10th year after its introduction, official impact assessment finds

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