Labour planned in opposition how to introduce assisted dying via private member’s bill
Leaked document raises questions over amount of government control behind MP Kim Leadbeater’s billUK politics live – latest updatesLabour planned while in opposition how to introduce assisted dying via a private member’s bill, suggesting that would still allow “heavy influence” for the...
<p>Leaked document raises questions over amount of government control behind MP Kim Leadbeater’s bill</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/03/nigel-farage-deal-tories-conservatives-pact-kemi-badenoch-labour-keir-starmer-pmqs-uk-politics-news-live">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Labour planned while in opposition how to introduce assisted dying via a private member’s bill, suggesting that would still allow “heavy influence” for the government in the process, a leaked document has revealed.</p><p>The document, seen by the Guardian, proposed a change strikingly similar to the private member’s bill eventually put forward by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater – to limit the change in the law to those who are “mentally competent, terminally ill and have a prognosis of less than six months left to live”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/03/labour-planned-in-opposition-introduce-assisted-dying-via-private-members-bill">Continue reading...</a>
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