Assisted dying bill faces crunch vote in House of Commons – UK politics live

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will either clear the House of Commons and move to the Lords, or fail completely

The Guardian’s social affairs correspondent, Jessica Murray, spoke to supporters and opponents of the assisted dying bill on their hopes and fears ahead of Friday’s crucial vote. You can read the piece here:

The UK is “behind the curve” among progressive nations, the assisted dying bill’s sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, has said on the eve of one of the most consequential votes for social change in England and Wales.

Other countries are looking at us and saying, goodness me, why are you not doing what is essentially the right thing to do? And if we don’t do it now, we could be looking at another 10 years. We cannot put families through another 10 years of that.