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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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By Alex Stevenson David Cameron experienced few perils in his first prime minister’s questions, after five years on the other side of the Commons chamber. The new PM’s first half-hour session was dominated by questions about Afghanistan, the economy and developments in Israel and Cumbria. New leader of the opposition Harriet Harman, after asking a… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Campaigner from a range of different charities and pressure groups have united to defend the UK’s leading asylum legal charity from closure. Amnesty International, Liberty and Barnardos were among the groups writing to the justice and home secretaries today, seeking assurances about the future of Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), which provides… Read more »
