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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 information commissioner is to be given stronger powers to regulate the Data Protection Act (DPA) following a proposal from justice secretary Jack Straw. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will now have the power to enforce a fine on the controllers of data who recklessly or deliberately lose personal data. The ICO will be able… Read more »
The House of Commons has launched a last minute attempt to prevent full details of MPs’ expenses being published. A freedom of information tribunal ruled last month that the Commons must release details of the second home allowance of 14 MPs’, including Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and David Cameron. The Commons had until this Thursday… Read more »
