Mark Mardell

1 week ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Mark Mardell

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage hereIf the debate wasn’t heated enough already, MPs can expect some intense lobbying when they return to parliament after the Easter break. The report stage and third reading of the assisted dying bill will now take place much later than expected—in just under five weeks’ time, on 16th May.

2 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Mark Mardell

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage here Health Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed he’ll vote against the assisted dying bill when it returns to the Commons—but says he wants to ensure that, if it does pass, it’s workable in practice. In a wide-ranging interview on the Today programme, Nick Robinson put the question to Streeting.

2 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Mark Mardell

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage here The BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh has made two extraordinary films about assisted dying in North America—both well worth watching. Although they are as neutral and balanced as you would expect, the central person in both is someone who has chosen to die.

3 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Mark Mardell

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage hereOne of the assisted dying bill’s most vocal critics on the committee, Naz Shah, has savaged the whole process and said she hopes it fails when it returns to the House of Commons at the end of April.

3 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Mark Mardell

This is Prospect’s rolling coverage of the assisted dying debate. This page will be updated with the latest from our correspondent, Mark Mardell. Read the rest of our coverage hereAt first glance, Joseph Awuah-Darko’s Instagram account is full of pictures that spell contentment: ducks gliding gracefully over sparkling water, him cuddling up to a fluffy white dog, jumping for joy at scoring Kendrick Lamar tickets.