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I have campaigned for assisted dying all my life. This once-in-a-generation chance mustn’t be wasted

This Labour government must be brave enough to stand up for the bill and ensure a legacy of empathy and personal freedom, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought.

The Independent UK

Unions call for direct talks with Government over NHS pay

Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and Unite have written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting urging him to ‘ditch’ the pay review body process.

The Independent UK

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Physician associates play an important role in modern healthcare

Letters: One physician associate says they have been doing vital work in healthcare for years, but the profession is now being framed as a problem. Plus letters by Dr Charles Heatley, Samer Nashef and Dr Giles Youngs

The Guardian - UK

Labour tempers flare over assisted dying as MP accuses peer of ‘hugely offensive’ remarks

Lord Falconer was accused of ‘offensive remarks’ over his claim that Shabana Mahmood’s opposition to the assisted dying bill is to do with her Islamic faith

The Independent UK

Ministers following own ‘moral code’ on assisted dying vote – Jess Phillips

Home Office minister Jess Phillips defended her colleague Shabana Mahmood, who made clear she would vote against the Bill in a strongly worded letter.

Evening Standard

MPs to vote on assisted dying as row over ministerial criticism deepens

Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater’s legislation will come before the Commons on Friday.

Evening Standard

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Ministers speaking out against assisted dying ‘are giving false impression’, says peer

Labour’s Charlie Falconer says vocal opponents are leading voters to think government is against change

The Guardian - UK

Kendall defends Cabinet colleagues voicing ‘strong opinions’ on assisted dying

The Work and Pensions Secretary said she would not criticise the health and justice secretaries for their interventions on the issue.

The Independent UK

Assisted dying is ‘slippery slope’ to ‘death on demand’, says justice secretary

Labour grandee Lord Falconer has hit back at Shabana Mahmood, saying she was ‘wrong’ to say the safeguards in the proposed new law were not enough

The Independent UK

Justice Secretary says assisted dying ‘slippery slope to death on demand’

Shabana Mahmood said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ by the Bill.

Evening Standard

UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

What are the key issues in the assisted dying bill debate?

Coercion, palliative care and costs are among the concerns of MPs, who are due to vote on the issue next week

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying: how to understand the increasingly angry debate between MPs over this controversial bill

One of the most talked-about and contentious pieces of legislation in Westminster is not a government manifesto pledge, but a backbench bill.

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The Independent UK

Home Secretary signals backing for assisted dying law change

Yvette Cooper said she was in favour of the ‘principle of needing change’ to the law.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on physician associates: the NHS must level with the public

Editorial: Wes Streeting’s review must lead to greater clarity if confidence is to be rebuilt

Evening Standard

Assisted dying: Mother with cancer feels ‘betrayed’ by Streeting’s comments

Clare Turner said she wanted ‘choice’ and a ‘good death’, but without assisted dying she would ‘have to be alone’.

The Guardian - UK

Survival rates in UK for two lethal cancers lower than in comparable countries, research shows

Experts say UK ‘lags behind’ as OECD finds poor outcomes for many diagnosed with colon and lung cancers

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The Independent UK

Tanni Grey-Thompson: Assisted dying bill will allow families to go ‘doctor shopping’ to end lives of relatives

Exclusive: Sporting hero and disability rights campaigner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has warned that loopholes in the assisted dying legislation mean that safeguards against abuse are non-existent

The Guardian - UK

UK’s longest-serving MPs issue joint plea for Commons to reject assisted dying bill

Diane Abbott and the Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, mother and father of the House, say law has been rushed

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting orders review of physician associates’ role in NHS

About 3,500 PAs work in England but there is growing alarm in medical profession about patient safety

The Independent UK

Government launches review of the role of physician associates in the NHS

The review, led by Professor Gillian Leng, will report in the spring.

The Guardian - UK

Breast cancer drug blocked for NHS use in England and Wales after talks collapse

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence unable to reach price agreement with manufacturers of Enhertu

The Guardian - UK

Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill

Minister says law change is ‘right thing to do’ while Keir Starmer gives strongest hint yet that he will vote for bill

Evening Standard

Breast cancer drug blocked for NHS use as price talks break down for third time

Nice said it was ‘extremely disappointed’ it will be unable to recommend trastuzumab deruxtecan, sold under the brand name Enhertu.

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