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  • 5 days ago | news.sky.com | Ashish Joshi

    This was a powerful speech from the health secretary who is clearly troubled by the scandalous state of maternity services in this country. Wes Streeting has spent the past year meeting bereaved families who have been failed by the NHS. He said he "was kept up at night" after listening to their harrowing testimonies.

  • 1 week ago | news.sky.com | Ashish Joshi

    MPs have voted to approve a historic bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was approved by 314 votes to 291 at its third reading in the House of Commons - a majority of 23. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the legislation, was seen crying in the chamber as it went through. Campaign group Dignity in Dying hailed the result as "a landmark moment for choice, compassion and dignity at the end of life".

  • 1 week ago | news.sky.com | Ashish Joshi

    On Friday, the social fabric of England and Wales might be changed forever. MPs are set to vote on the assisted dying bill and supporters are confident that they have the numbers to win. But the hugely controversial legislation polarises opinion. Communities remain divided, and medical colleagues can't agree. Three royal colleges have withdrawn support for the bill in its current form. They want more time to be given for further scrutiny of the legislation.

  • 1 week ago | news.sky.com | Ashish Joshi

    The Royal College of Psychiatrists' lead on assisted dying has told Sky News she is approaching Friday's vote by MPs "with professional trepidation". The medical organisation said the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in its current form did "not meet the needs of patients".

  • 2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Ashish Joshi

    Finger jabbing, the frenetic shaking of heads and the competitively loud chanting to drown out the opposition are all symptoms of rising tensions. The two sides of the assisted dying debate clashed on Parliament Square Garden as parliament worked through amendments on Kim Leadbeater's controversial bill. The sides have not shared the same space before, not intellectually, nor emotionally, nor physically.

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13 Mar 25

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