News & press releases

• Press release
• 13th June 2025

Assisted Dying Bill heads towards historic Third Reading in Commons, with solid and sustained MP support for law change

MPs back amendments to create new regulations and strengthened protections around assisted dying, and reject attempt to gag doctors from discussing choice with eligible patients

• Press release
• 13th June 2025

Key clauses strengthening Assisted Dying Bill accepted, as historic Commons debate resumes

Kim Leadbeater MP’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill resumes its Report Stage in the House of Commons

• Press release
• 27th May 2025

‘A movement whose time has come’: French assisted dying bill passes first stage in historic vote 

French National Assembly passes assisted dying Bill 305-199 alongside Bill to deliver €1.1billion investment in palliative care 

• Press release
• 16th May 2025

Assisted dying reform makes historic progress, as MPs back amendment extending protections for healthcare professionals in landmark debate 

MPs vote to strengthen key aspects of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, marking a historic first

• Press release
• 16th May 2025

Assisted dying Bill: Dying people and bereaved loved ones urge MPs to grant their dying wishes

Photos available of terminally ill people and affected families gathered for Parliament Square stunt as Bill reaches key Report Stage debate

• News
• 16th May 2025

Commons makes history as Assisted Dying Bill reaches Report Stage

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill becomes the first assisted dying bill in history to reach Report Stage in the House of Commons

• News
• 13th May 2025

“This is a historic step towards greater choice and protection for dying Scots”

Dignity in Dying Scotland hails “breakthrough” result as majority of MSPs vote to pass Liam McArthur MSPs Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill General Principles

• Press release
• 9th May 2025

Dying people and bereaved loved ones urge MPs: ‘When we cannot stay, let us choose how we go’

Terminally ill people and affected families gather for Parliament Square stunt, as Assisted Dying Bill reaches key Report Stage debate Friday 16 May

• News
• 2nd May 2025

“Parliament can deliver safe, fair and compassionate assisted dying law”, as official analysis confirms Leadbeater Bill includes stronger protections than any other jurisdiction and is compatible with ECHR

The UK Government has today (Friday 2 May) published its financial and equality impact assessments for Kim Leadbeater MP’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, giving MPs new detail on how the Bill will deliver the world’s safest assisted dying law, end the harms caused by the current ban and provide choice to those who want and need it as they die.

• News
• 10th April 2025

Calling out for Choice: British membership of Dignitas rises by 50% in last five years as MPs face historic vote

British membership of Switzerland assisted dying organisation Dignitas has risen more than 50% in the last five years.