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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 Ian Dunt Anger over the policing of last Saturday’s Palestinian solidarity demonstration in London continued today, with activists saying the police were “asking for another Hillsborough disaster”. The weekend march – part of a coordinated international protest – drew large crowds, although police and organisers disagreed on the exact number. Problems occurred when a… Read more »
Home secretary Jacqui Smith has dropped plans for elected police chiefs, after fears of the politicisation of the police made them untenable. Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, Ms Smith said opposition to the plans by senior police officers had influenced her decision and blamed the Conservatives for fuelling the “politicisation” of policing in recent months…. Read more »
