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Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

The ChildLine founder revealed she had joined assisted dying organisation Dignitas

The Independent UK

Parties, cabinet and families split – and assisted dying bill still has a long way to go

The granular detail of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for England and Wales is yet to be agreed, and some MPs want reassurances before finally backing it

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen hails ‘extraordinary’ Kim Leadbeater for leading assisted dying bill

Esther Rantzen hailed Kim Leadbeater, who sponsored the assisted dying bill, as "extraordinary" after MPs voted in favour of a law that would support terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of six months or less to end their lives.

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Families who take loved ones to die in Switzerland no longer breaking law, Esther Rantzen says

Broadcaster says MPs vote means police may no longer prosecute people for helping those who go to Dignitas clinic to die

The Independent UK

Assisted dying supporters hail ‘historic step’ after MPs back bill

Esther Rantzen says she is ‘thrilled’ but opponents says it is ‘a very black Friday’ for vulnerable people

The Guardian - UK

Dame Esther Rantzen ‘absolutely thrilled’ at assisted dying vote result

The 84-year-old broadcaster had been at the forefront of the debate in the run-up to Friday’s vote.

Evening Standard

Esther Rantzen’s message to public on day of historic assisted dying vote

Dame Esther Rantzen has issued a message to the public and MPs on the day of the historic assisted dying vote.

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Bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales faces heated parliamentary debate

British lawmakers are expected to vote on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen’s daughter urges MPs voting religiously on Assisted Dying Bill to rethink choice

Dame Esther Rantzen's daughter has urged MPs who may vote on the assisted dying bill on religious lines to rethink their choice.

The Independent UK

David Cameron says he has changed mind on assisted dying and now supports bill

Ex-PM, who previously feared vulnerable people may be pressured to end lives, says legislation has ‘extremely strong’ safeguards

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen defends Starmer’s silence on assisted dying debate

PM has faced criticism for refusing to reveal his stance ahead of the crunch vote

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Starmer says Tories used Brexit to run ‘open borders experiment’ in migration speech

Net migration drops 20 per cent this year after record high of 906,000 last year, official figures show

The Independent UK

Rantzen urges MPs ‘to be honest’ about religious opposition to assisted dying

The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives.

Evening Standard

Ex-supreme court president backs assisted dying law change

Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assisted dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts

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Dame Esther Rantzen tells MPs every vote is crucial in assisted dying debate

The broadcaster said as many MPs as possible should listen to the arguments for and against changing the law and make their own decision.

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen urges MPs to vote on ‘vital issue’ of assisted dying

TV presenter says subject may not be debated in parliament for another decade if legislation does not pass

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting faces pushback from senior Labour figures over assisted dying

The Health Secretary has said he is against a change in the law to allow terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their lives

The Independent UK

Hodge: It is a bit daft of Streeting to suggest assisted dying will cost NHS

The Health Secretary said he had asked his department to analyse the costs of implementing any change in the law on assisted dying.

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Evening Standard

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

The Health Secretary said the Government would need to work through ‘a very new way of working’ if the Bill was passed.

The Independent UK

Ed Davey opens up about caring for his sick mother as he says he’ll vote against assisted dying bill

Cabinet split on proposed legal change, which is opposed by health secretary Wes Streeting and justice secretary Shabana Mahmood but backed by Ed Miliband and celebrities like Esther Rantzen

Evening Standard

Starmer to study assisted dying Bill and vows no pressure on MPs over vote

Opposition campaigners have raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation taking in more people.

Evening Standard

Health Secretary says assisted dying would come at ‘expense’ of other NHS services

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live will have right to end their own life under new legislation

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen: Assisted dying Bill wonderful but law would be too late for me

The ChildLine founder commended Kim Leadbeater for taking on the often divisive issue.

Evening Standard

New assisted dying law would probably be too late for Esther Rantzen, says MP

The first assisted death under any new law was likely to be two to three years away, Kim Leadbeater has said.

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