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The Latest Breaking News on Assisted dying bill: Why this momentous vote remains so uncertain

Assisted dying bill: Why this momentous vote remains so uncertain

NEWS ANALYSIS: Kim Leadbeater’s bill passed with a majority of 55 at the second reading, but David Maddox explains why there is still a chance it could be voted down

The Independent UK

Labour whip quits over Starmer’s benefits cuts

Vicky Foxcroft says she cannot back reforms to personal independence payments and the health element of Universal Credit

The Independent UK

Labour MP resigns as government whip in protest at benefit cuts

Vicky Foxcroft says she cannot support changes to disability payments ahead of key vote on welfare bill

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UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater

Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 years

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on assisted dying: a momentous bill that needs further attention

Editorial: Kim Leadbeater has led a strong campaign, but concerns about the likely impact on vulnerable people remain

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying: supporters and opponents of bill on hopes and fears ahead of crucial vote

Two cancer patients want choice to decide when to die but man re-diagnosed with non-terminal condition urges caution

The Guardian - UK

MPs switch sides to vote no to ‘drastically weakened’ assisted dying Bill

The four Labour MPs confirmed their intention on the eve of a crunch Commons vote.

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Scotland refuses to match Labour’s ‘damaging’ welfare cuts

‘There is still time for the UK government to step back,’ a Scottish minister said

The Independent UK

MP offered private ambulance to parliament amid fears assisted dying bill could come down to one vote

Sorcha Eastwood, a Northern Irish MP, has said she is unable to make it to Westminster for the landmark vote because she has Covid

The Independent UK

Independent MPs table amendment to scrap 'disgusting' welfare bill

A group of Independent MPs, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, have tabled an amendment to effectively scrap the UK Government's…

The National (Scotland)

Blue Labour leader Dan Carden switches to vote against assisted dying bill

Liverpool Walton MP, who previously abstained, says legislation would diminish values of family and community

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen and terminally ill preacher make case for assisted dying Bill

The House of Commons will vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which will see it either progress to the Lords or fall.

Evening Standard

Welfare reform legislation to be debated next month, MPs told

The Government has faced backlash from some Labour MPs over the ‘damaging disability benefit cuts’, which it said could save up to £5 billion a year.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying vote on a knife edge with just hours to go before crunch vote

New polling shows major fears about the impact of legalised assisted dying on those with learning disabilities

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Voices: ‘I feel like an expensive pet’: Independent readers open up on the human cost of disability cuts

YOUR VIEWS: Our community says disability benefit cuts will ‘break people,’ leave carers ‘destitute,’ and cause a human cost many say is being ignored

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