MPs to vote again on assisted dying as bill returns to parliament – UK politics live
03.47 EDTAssisted dying bill returns to the CommonsMorning, and welcome to our UK politics blog. Prime minister Andy Burnham has confirmed he will not vote, saying he does not want to “unduly influence the debate”.Supporters of assisted dying demonstrate outside parliament in April 2026. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty ImagesThe bill has been revived by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, who said there was “a real human cost to the delay in passing this legislation and correcting the injustices and cruelty of the current law”.
- ▪03.47 EDTAssisted dying bill returns to the CommonsMorning, and welcome to our UK politics blog.
- ▪Prime minister Andy Burnham has confirmed he will not vote, saying he does not want to “unduly influence the debate”.Supporters of assisted dying demonstrate outside parliament in April 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty ImagesThe bill has been revived by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, who said there was “a real human cost to the delay in passing this legislation and correcting the injustices and cruelty of
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- ▪ MPs urged not to take ‘extraordinary risk’ of forcing through assisted dying bill as vote looms — World news | The Guardian
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03.47 EDTAssisted dying bill returns to the CommonsMorning, and welcome to our UK politics blog. The assisted dying bill is back in the Commons today, where MPs will vote on a proposal that would allow adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to seek medical assistance to end their lives.MPs had previously voted through the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, brought forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, in June 2025, but it foundered in the House of Lords earlier this year after opponents tabled more than 1,280 amendments. Prime minister Andy Burnham has confirmed he will not vote, saying he does not want to “unduly influence the debate”.Supporters of assisted dying demonstrate outside parliament in April 2026.
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