The bill passes the first stage in the Commons but will be followed by months of parliamentary activity before it becomes a ...

Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called for assisted dying to be legalised in Cyprus. Reacting to the bill ...

Labour MP for Rother Valley, and co-sponsor of the Bill – said the proceedings showed “Parliament at its best”. This is an ...

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Friday evoked for me the end of life of my mother, my brother and my best friend, all of whom died of terminal cancer: would ...

The UK parliament voted to advance the assisted dying bill on Friday, after hours of parliamentary debate. The bill proposes ...

The assisted dying bill has passed with 330 MPs voting for the bill to progress, while 275 MPs voted against it. It has been ...

On Friday, MPs voted 330 to 275, majority 55, to approve Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ...

MPs have voted in favour of the assisted dying bill. Louise Haigh has quit as transport secretary after Sky News revealed she ...

The assisted dying debate has been seemingly dominated by supporters of the Bill, which passed its second reading with a ...

Legalising assisted dying would change society and its views towards the elderly, sick and disabled, an Islamic leader has ...

LONDON - Britain’s Parliament voted in favour of a new Bill to legalise assisted dying on Nov 29, opening the way for months ...