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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

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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

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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

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Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds

Today Westminster begins its scrutiny of a bill that could for ever change the way we live or die in England and Wales, say Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster and others

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Improving disabled access to UK’s public transport ‘almost impossible’

Experts say ‘sprawling’ system, negative attitudes and lack of staff support makes equal access hard to ensure

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Thursday briefing: Why athletes and activists want to tell a new story about the Paralympics

In today’s newsletter: Viewing Paralympians only as ‘inspiring’ rankles disability advocates – so how should we talk about their success?

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There should be over 100 disabled MPs, but there are barely any. UK politics has a huge accessibility problem

The 16m disabled people in the UK deserve better, but this government has made any improvements less likely, says journalist and author Lucy Webster

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‘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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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