MPs have started to debate the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons, as the politician who brought forward the ...

Palliative care expert Nancy Preston said interest increased during the pandemic, when people witnessed the sorts of deaths ...

British lawmakers have started a historic debate on a proposal to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and ...

Bill leads to impassioned arguments from both sides, with Kim Leadbeater arguing MPs have chance to ‘reduce human suffering’, ...

A free vote on whether assisted dying has been labelled as an opportunity to ‘correct injustice and reduce human suffering’ ...

Supporters of the bill say terminally ill people should be allowed to choose when they die, while critics say people will be ...

The private members bill is being sponsored by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater who has described it as the most "robust" in the ...

Watch live as MPs vote whether or not to legalise assisted dying on Friday (29 November). If passed, it could lead to the ...

MPs will on Friday have to make one of the biggest decisions of their careers - whether or not to back assisted dying. The proposed law would make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to ...

While it’s something that remains illegal in most countries, more than 300 million people now live in countries which have legalised assisted dying. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and ...

Doctors helped more than 30,000 people to die last year, with a record high for cases of assisted dying and euthanasia in countries where it is legal. Ahead of a UK vote on legalising assisted ...