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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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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is to call on the US government to drop its “illegal” tariffs on steel imports. As US president George W Bush visits the UK this week, CBI president John Egan will tell the pro-business campaign group’s annual conference in Birmingham that the US risks sliding further into isolationism and… Read more »
Former Tory prime minister John Major yesterday said his party could win the next general election under Michael Howard. Mr Howard offered the country a “very high quality politician” and a “genuine alternative prime minister,” he said. “I think he is a real match for Tony Blair,” Mr Major added. In an interview on BBC… Read more »
