UK-based membership of the Swiss assisted dying centre Dignitas has grown by 50% in the last five years, new figures show. In 2024, there were 2,231 members of non-profit Dignitas (full name DIGNITAS – To live with dignity, die with dignity) compared to 1,430 in 2019. Membership – a prerequisite to having an assisted death… Read more »
Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The petition on the Downing Street website calling for Gordon Brown to resign was taken down last night. It had attracted 72,000 signatures in its six months on the site before being taken down. The petition was launched in April by Kalvis Jansons, a former Labour supporter, who simply proposed: ”We the… Read more »
Read the BNP leader’s comments to journalists in full, in which he accuses the BNP of bias, asks to do another Question Time, and says London is not part of Britain. Nick Griffin made the comments at a hastily convened news conference today, as the media assessment of his performance last night went from bad… Read more »
