After years of campaigning, a debate on assisted dying is finally set to take place in the UK parliament this month. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fulfill a promise made to Dame Esther Rantzen, who has terminal lung cancer and supports legalizing assisted dying.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's promise to Dame Esther Rantzen of an assisted dying debate in parliament will finally be fulfilled this month. Keir Starmer said that he is "very pleased to be able to make good" on the promise he made to the TV presenter and Childline founder.The promised debate on the assisted-dying bill is expected to begin on October 16 and will lead to a free vote that Starmer says the government will be "neutral" on.
Conservative leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat told LBC that he was concerned assisted dying could be used as a "cost-saving measure" by the NHS. He said: "We've seen in Canada, in Belgium, in the Netherlands that these assisted dying laws have sometimes led people, who, frankly, should be being cared for, to be seen as somehow a burden on society."And I will absolutely never say that anyone is a burden on society.
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