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People with certain health conditions ‘2.4 times more likely to end their life’

People with chronic lung conditions and cancers which are likely to be fatal are around two-and-a-half times more likely to end their lives than those without such conditions, figures suggest. One year after being diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive ...

20 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Terminally ill benefits claimants to be exempt from work search requirements

Terminally ill benefits claimants in Britain will not have to demonstrate that they are taking measures such as looking for work in order to receive support, the Government has said. Chloe Smith, minister for disabled people, health and work, said ...

24 Jan 2022 at 18:55

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Foyle MLA Durkan welcomes overdue support for terminally ill

SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed the final stage of a bill to support the terminally ill. The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill passed its final stage in the Assembly on Monday. Foyle MLA, Mr Durkan, said his ...

24 Jan 2022 at 20:33

Retired miner killed wife to ‘liberate’ her from suffering, Cypriot court hears

A retired British miner killed his terminally-ill wife to “liberate” her from her suffering, a court in Cyprus has heard. David Hunter is due to be sentenced next week for the manslaughter of Janice, 74, his spouse of 52 years, who died ...

27 Jul 2023 at 09:56

Health Secretary Wes Streeting to vote against assisted dying amid coercion fear

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to vote against an assisted dying Bill amid fears around coercion and people feeling a “duty to die”. The Cabinet minister had previously said he was “uncharacteristically undecided” on the issue. MPs ...

23 Oct 2024 at 09:52

Starmer says MPs must make own minds up on assisted dying Bill

Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour MPs must “make their own mind up” on whether to vote in favour of legalising assisted dying. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, from Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, was published late on Monday ...

12 Nov 2024 at 07:49

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

The Health Secretary has ordered the Department of Health to analyse the costs of implementing any change in the law on assisted dying. The Cabinet minister – who plans to vote against the assisted dying Bill when it is debated ...

13 Nov 2024 at 17:00

Champion paralympic medallist urges MPs to reconsider assisted dying support

A Paralympic champion has pleaded with MPs to reject proposed legislation on assisted dying, backing a report that calls the move a slippery slope. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time gold medallist, warned changing the ...

17 Nov 2024 at 12:08

PM reiterates no pressure on assisted dying vote after Streeting criticised

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “not going to say or do anything that will put pressure on other people in relation to their vote” on assisted dying, after his Health Secretary was criticised for a series of interventions ...

18 Nov 2024 at 13:00

Home Secretary signals backing for assisted dying law change

The Home Secretary has signalled her backing for proposals to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people ahead of a Commons vote next week. Yvette Cooper said she was in favour of the “principle of needing change” ...

22 Nov 2024 at 10:48

Starmer declines to say which way he will vote on assisted dying

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say which way he will vote on the assisted dying debate next week. He said he does not want to put pressure on other MPs by “indicating and adding to the conversation”. ...

19 Nov 2024 at 14:31

Justice Secretary says assisted dying ‘slippery slope to death on demand’

The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week. In a letter to ...

24 Nov 2024 at 08:48

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