* general election 2010
Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
On 22 October, for the first time in years, the UK Parliament will debate legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, fully supports the Assisted Dying Bill as a landmark step towards much-needed reform. It will be… Read more »
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By Shuhel Ahmed and Aled Thomas The Liberal Democrat candidate for The Wrekin today dropped out of the election campaign after accusations of sexual abuse. Candidate David Murray from Ash Grove in Albrigton, West Midlands, was advised by senior party officials to withdraw from the campaign just six days after it officially started. Mr Murray,… Read more »
See all the political responses to Labour’s 2010 election manifesto. Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary “It is absolutely typical of the Labour party to abuse the NHS for political advantage. This is a hospital paid for by the taxpayer, which Gordon Brown described as an NHS hospital and will serve NHS patients in a matter… Read more »
