Getty ImagesFixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, now that MPs have backed changing the law to allow assisted dying, senior doctors ...

EPAOn Friday, after weeks of fierce and passionate debate, MPs began their formal scrutiny of the bill that would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months ...

Liz Kendall defends assisted dying bill safeguardsThe assisted dying bill has been defended by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall who told the BBC it was about the "right ...

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has gone public with his opposition to assisted dying. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would allow some terminally-ill people ...

The UK's two longest-serving MPs have united to oppose the assisted dying bill, which is due to be debated in Parliament next week.In a joint article for the Guardian, ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is facing pushback from senior Labour figures over his repeated strident interventions against a move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.MPs will have ...

ReutersLabour MP Kim Leadbeater says the UK's current law is not fit for purposeTerminally ill adults who are expected to die within six months would be able to request ...

Getty ImagesMPs are due to vote on a bill next month that could make the process legal in England and WalesThe health secretary has said he is worried that ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed.Backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has put forward a bill proposing that terminally ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying "dangerous" and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have ...

The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to some form of assisted dying, external. Switzerland has allowed assisted ...

BBCSir Keir Starmer has said he is "very pleased" MPs will get the chance to debate and vote on the issue of assisted dying. The prime minister confirmed his ...