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Why did MPs vote to reject the assisted dying bill – and what happens now?

MPs at Westminster have voted to reject the assisted dying bill, in a significant blow to those campaigning to change the law – 11 years to the day after MPs rejected a previous attempt.

The Conversation

MPs vote in favour of legalising assisted dying in England and Wales

Bill to allow adults with late-stage terminal illnesses to end their lives will face third reading before it can go to Lords

The Guardian - UK

MP with terminal cancer makes impassioned plea against assisted dying as she warns not to ‘rush through bad law’

‘My days may be numbered, but that doesn't mean that I want this chamber to rush through bad law just so I might have a chance to see it or use it’, Ashley Dalton told the Commons

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MPs urged to ‘grasp opportunity’ as assisted dying Bill back in Parliament

Ahead of the debate around 70 MPs had put their names forward to speak on the Bill and a vote is expected to take place by 2.30pm.

Evening Standard

Watch live: MPs vote on assisted dying as Bill returns to parliament

Watch live as MPs vote again on the UK’s assisted dying bill as it returns to parliament on Friday (11 September).

The Independent UK

Assisted dying bill: What happens now?

The bill was voted down by a majority of 16 on Friday

The Independent UK

MPs reject assisted dying bill after tense debate – as it happened

The bill would have allowed terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of experts

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MPs to vote again on assisted dying as Bill returns to Parliament

MPs will have another chance to vote for or against assisted dying legislation on Friday.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law faces crunch Parliament vote amid fierce debate on end-of-life choice

Opposition to the Bill has been voiced by Archbishop Richard Moth called the Bill ‘wrong in principle’ and ‘deeply flawed’

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen says she is ‘too fragile’ to travel to Dignitas to end her life

The prominent campaigner for the legalisation of assisted dying insisted the law must ‘change quickly’

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham to skip crucial assisted dying vote as legislation remains on knife edge

Just 12 MPs switching sides could block the bill, which is set to be voted on this afternoon

The Independent UK

My plea to MPs: this is the final chance to save the assisted dying bill. Make your mark on history

Any MP not voting for it on Friday will condemn thousands of us to die in agony. The public is hugely in favour too, so do the right thing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

MPs urged not to take ‘extraordinary risk’ of forcing through assisted dying bill as vote looms

Labour MPs Gareth Snell and Meg Hillier say Lords must be allowed to fulfil duty in scrutinising bill on serious public issue

The Guardian - UK

Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs

Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last year

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As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’

Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the baton

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill MP ‘confident’ Commons will vote yes despite PM abstaining

The legislation is back in Parliament after running out of time earlier this year.

The National (Scotland)

SNP MP blasts 'Unionist cronies and aristocrats' plotting Peter Murrell probe

CALLS for a Lords probe into the SNP over the Peter Murrell scandal have been dismissed by an MP.

Evening Standard

Scottish Labour facing leadership fight ‘it could have done without’, MP says

Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.

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The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar insists Lords should still be abolished despite taking seat

ANAS Sarwar has maintained that he believes the House of Lords should be abolished, despite now holding a seat in the chamber

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar's reputation 'in bits' after 'self-serving' Lords move, union boss warns

Anas Sarwar’s reputation is now 'in bits' after his 'self-serving decision to cut and run to London', a trade union leader has…

The National (Scotland)

Lord Sarwar and Scottish Labour spin machine think voters won’t spot the con

SCOTTISH Labour politicians have gone to outrageous lengths trying to spin the fallout from Anas Sarwar swanning off to the House of Lords.

Evening Standard

Scottish Labour to reflect on ‘deeper questions’ following election defeat

The contest to elect a new Scottish Labour leader is yet to get under way.

The National (Scotland)

Jackie Baillie claims Anas Sarwar's Lords appointment is 'about rewarding talent'

SCOTTISH Labour's acting leader has described Anas Sarwar's appointment in the House of Lords as an "offer you can't…

The National (Scotland)

Read Anas Sarwar's statement on quitting Holyrood to join the Lords in full

ANAS Sarwar’s journey to the House of Lords has been confirmed, with the UK Government announcing on Wednesday evening that he would become a…

The National (Scotland)

Monica Lennon speaks on Scottish Labour leadership bid after Anas Sarwar's exit

FORMER Scottish Labour leadership contender Monica Lennon has not ruled out a second bid for the position after Anas Sarwar quits Holyrood to join…

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