INSANE: Lucy webster - The Real Truth

Tuesday briefing: Can a deeply divided UK agree on an assisted dying bill?

In today’s newsletter: As campaigners and critics reckon with the bill’s failure, the debate reveals a country struggling​ to support ​vulnerable people ​and those living with terminal illness

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28

It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill

MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we need, says political journalist and author Lucy Webster

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025

The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – disabled people are at risk from this bill

Proponents say the measures being debated in parliament will apply only to people who are on their deathbeds. That isn’t true, says journalist and author Lucy Webster

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025

‘It’s soul destroying to find nests have failed’: inside the battle against Scotland’s falcon thieves

George Smith helped secure the conviction of two men for trading in wild raptors. Now, his work is helping to unveil an illegal multimillion-pound international industry

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024

Will Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement revive the Tories’ election chances? Our panel responds

National Insurance cut; pensions and benefits increased. But is that enough to distract from sluggish growth and the rising cost of living?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023

The UK government is about to make some disabled benefits claimants even poorer

Cost of living payments for those receiving Pip have been quietly axed, says writer and disability advocate Lucy Webster

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2023

Who should succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader? Our panel’s verdict

With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

The stark choice between a life with care or no life at all

Letters: It’s difficult to feel positive about needing assistance when coming to terms with a disability, says Fiona Weir. Plus a letter from Louise Hardwick and Molly Hardwick

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022