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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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Former Green party co-leader Siân Berry has said that Keir Starmer’s U-turns over issues like the two-child benefit cap show the Labour leader “isn’t very good at politics”. Ms Berry, who was recently selected as the Green party candidate in Brighton Pavilion for the next general election, told Times Radio that Sir Keir is “really… Read more »
Keir Starmer committed on Sunday to upholding the two-child benefit cap in a move that has triggered cross-factional consternation in Labour ranks. The Labour leader said on Sunday that he was “not changing [the] policy”, which prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April… Read more »
