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Assisted dying

Catherine Neilan

Filibustering Lords seek to slow-talk bill to its doom

But a rarely used act could force a way through for legislation that has divided both houses

Sun 1 Feb 2026

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Esther Rantzen
It’s too late to help me, but please, lords, spare others this needless pain

Sun 1 Feb 2026

It’s too late to help me, but please, lords, spare others this needless pain
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The Lords are defying democracy

Sun 1 Feb 2026

The Lords are defying democracy
James Tapper
The peers whose long debates could kill the assisted dying bill

Sun 1 Feb 2026

The peers whose long debates could kill the assisted dying bill
Melanie Reid
I am trapped, paralysed and fighting chronic pain – let me decide when it ends

Mon 26 Jan 2026

I am trapped, paralysed and fighting chronic pain – let me decide when it ends

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