The MP behind the assisted dying bill has proposed replacing the need for High Court judge approval with an expert panel in a ...

Diane Abbott hit out at a new proposal by the ... Our latest voting intention poll (9-10 Feb) has Reform UK on their highest figure to date Reform: 26% (+1 from 2-3 Feb) Lab: 25% (+1) Con: 21% ...

Assisted dying safeguards are being “watered down”, MPs have warned, after the Labour MP behind the landmark legislation ...

Campaigners opposed to the legalisation of assisted suicide have strongly criticised the removal of a High Court safeguard ...

Kim Leadbeater suggestion of allowing psychiatrists and social workers to approve applications instead of a high court judge ...

A group of 23 MPs is preparing to undertake line-by-line scrutiny of the proposed legislation from Tuesday, with the process ...

Ms Leadbeater was reacting to a furious backlash to her plans after veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott led calls ... has been described as a senior legal figure. Ms Leadbeater said the panel would ...

But now she has proposed a so-called "judge plus" system, where a three-member panel reviewing each application would be chaired by a "senior legal figure", but not necessarily ... work and pensions ...

Labour MP Diane Abbott posted on X saying ... Conservative shadow work and pensions minister Danny Kruger posted on X saying: “Approval by the High Court – the key safeguard used to ...