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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 government has failed to sufficiently assure senior judges that judicial independence will be guaranteed under the Ministry of Justice. Eight weeks of talks between judges and ministers have broken down after judges revealed they had not been informed of plans to split the Home Office and were concerned about the implications. Lord chief justice… Read more »
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will seek to bring murder charges over the death of Alexander Litvinenko. UK prosecutors said Russian citizen Andrey Lugovoy, a former KGB officer, should be charged over the poisoning of the Russian spy. Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has demanded Russia’s full cooperation and the permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office… Read more »
