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Dignity in Dying

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We believe in choice at the end of life. Including the option of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 18/09/2026
As long as dying people are denied the choice and protection they need, we will be here to fight for them.
Photo of assisted dying demonstrators outside Parliament, holding a banner saying "give me choice over my death". Text on the image says "As long as dying people are denied the choice and protection they need, we will be here to fight for them." 
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Sarah Wootton @sarahwootton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for your courage @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social It has been a privilege to campaign alongside you over the last two years. @dignityindying.org.uk
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Kim Leadbeater MBE MP @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have reflected at length about what happened in Parliament on Friday. Thank you to everyone who has contacted me with their heartbreaking personal stories and campaigned on this issue for far too long. I am so sorry. Please see my statement below. Many thanks, Kim
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My statement following the defeat of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons. This is hugely disappointing for thousands of terminally ill people and their loved ones. The law as it stands is simply too cruel and unjust.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 11/09/2026
Moments ago MPs voted against Lauren Edwards MP’s assisted dying bill, by 286 to 270.
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today is deja vu. The elected House of Commons has passed this bill already. A small number of unelected peers have no right to block legislation which commands support of the Commons. For many, no amount of safeguards will be enough. @dignityindying.org.uk
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 11/09/2026
Lauren Edwards MP kicks off today’s debate on the assisted dying bill.
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National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
.#BritishSocialAttitudes has tracked views on assisted dying for three decades. As parliamentarians return to this debate, see what the BSA has been showing for the past three decades ⬇️
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great to speak to Politics.co.uk ahead of today’s Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. In the interview, I set out why this legislation matters, the issues we need to address, and why getting it right is so important. Read more👇 buff.ly/VlK6SXd
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Lauren Edwards on assisted dying, the Parliament Act – and disappointment with Keir Starmer - Politics.co.uk
Lauren Edwards didn’t expect to be in this position. The Labour MP tasked with hauling the assisted dying bill back through the House of Commons was on a conference call about local government…
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 10/09/2026
"MPs: turn up tomorrow and use your vote. Refuse to allow a handful of unelected Lords to block a bill passed by the Commons and supported for years by 75% of the public." @pollytoynbee.bsky.social makes an impassioned plea to MPs - do the right thing and vote for compassionate choice.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 10/09/2026
"My plea to MPs is to finish what they started and support the bill. Although this is about death, the ending of a life, the comfort of knowing assisted dying was an option would allow me to live, whatever time I have left, in peace."
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 10/09/2026
If we want to make choice at the end of life safe, we need to take assisted dying out of the shadows.  Tag your MP below 👇👇
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My mum wanted the details of her death heard. She strongly believed in the right to die & had a living will. We need to be honest about what death often looks like & that there is often *no* palliative care that can make someone like my mum's death any easier. TW: This thread is a difficult read.
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TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
. Yes Brian and Den are right - and the majority of Brits support the right for terminally ill adults to choose assisted dying if they wish to. We hope MPs are listening! #PoliticsLive #Wato #assisteddying .
76% of Brits say assisted dying should be legal!
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
MPs supported Assisted Dying (Leadbeater Bill) only to have Peers wreck the Bill by tabling vexatious amendments. Most people in the country, including disabled people, support it. About time it passed, not least for the sake of democracy.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 10/09/2026
Brian has incurable cancer. As a young man, he watched a relative suffer at the end of life despite pain relief. All he wants is the choice to avoid the same situation for himself.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Today we launch our new report - Out of the Shadows: Why legalising assisted dying is safer than the status quo.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Malcolm and Val had been married for 52 years. Val had been following the progress of the assisted dying bill closely as she had advanced MS. Six days after Val expressed her dismay that the assisted dying Bill had fallen in April, Malcolm woke to find his wife deeply unconscious.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
“No family should have to endure what ours did”: grieving husband urges MPs to back assisted dying bill as new report exposes hidden toll of terminal illness suicides.
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My article in today's Guardian on why I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords and why the will of the elected chamber – and a popular, compassionate piece of legislation – must not be frustrated again by a small minority of peers: buff.ly/RTe24vy
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I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords – and this time, peers must do the right thing | Lauren Edwards
The will of the elected chamber – and a popular, compassionate piece of legislation – must not be frustrated again by a small minority of peers, says Labour MP for Rochester and Strood Lauren Edwards
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Catherine Fookes MP makes it clear - she believes that people who are terminally ill should be able to decide when they die - not forced to suffer until the inevitable end. She will be voting for the assisted dying bill, and implores fellow MPs that voted for it the first time to do the same.
Screenshot of an article on LabourList by Catherine Fookes MP titled 'assisted dying: why the choice to die with dignity matters'
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
"Support for giving terminally ill people this choice is deep, durable and shared across age groups, social classes, regions and political beliefs." Baroness Mattinson sets the record straight - the public are overwhelmingly in favour of giving terminally ill adults choice at the end of life.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 08/09/2026
"We owe it to [terminally ill people], and to the vast majority of voters who support them, not to sit back and allow a minority of unelected peers to stand in their way."
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An excellent article from my Labour colleague Catherine Fookes in Labourlist today, explaining why she will be backing my assisted dying bill on Friday: buff.ly/B8BYZai
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‘Assisted dying: why the choice to die with dignity matters’ – LabourList
This Friday MPs will once again be voting on the assisted dying bill. I know many of my colleagues are feeling déjà vu from the…
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My Labour colleague Baroness Mattinson on the enduring public support for assisted dying and the democratic case for sending my Private Members Bill back to the House of Lords: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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The fresh vote on assisted dying is not only about life and death – it is about democracy
I have spent much of my working life listening to the public, watching opinions change, loyalties shift and issues once considered settled become f...
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 07/09/2026
More than 100 members of the House of Lords have urged MPs to send the new assisted dying bill back “as quickly as possible” when they vote on it, on 11 September.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 07/09/2026
"Please carry on this fight for me... We can try and make a difference." Gaynor Griffiths was 'disappointed' the House of Lords blocked the assisted dying bill, and made her family promise to speak out on her behalf before her trip to Switzerland.
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two brave and dedicated campaigners who were denied the right to "go out on their own terms" as they wished but who never stopped fighting so that others could have that choice in future:
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As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’
Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the baton
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Elise Burns and Keith Williams spent the final months of their lives campaigning for choice, so they could go out on their own terms. Both were denied their wishes.  Now their loved ones have picked up the baton, ahead of the assisted dying bill's Second Reading on 11 September.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Parliament Square, 11 September, 9am. We'll be the ones in pink. Click the link below to register 👇👇
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Over 100 members of the House of Lords are urging MPs to send my assisted dying bill back “as quickly as possible” we consider it this Friday. The cross-party list of signatories includes Neil Kinnock, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, David Blunkett, Alf Dubs and David Willetts: buff.ly/HnPVRXT
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We failed but will do better, say Lords requesting speedy...
More than 100 peers are urging MPs to send the bill back to them, citing a ‘filibuster’ by a minority in the Lords that ‘undermined trust’
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A powerful read. Gaynor's dying wish was that her family carry on the fight to change the law and end the suffering created by the status quo: buff.ly/8kxrasF
mirror.co.uk
Gran, 63, flew to Swiss clinic to die after MND torture – leaving one last wish
EXCLUSIVE: Gaynor Griffiths was 'disappointed' the House of Lords blocked the assisted dying bill, and made her family promise to speak out on her behalf before her trip to Switzerland
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Kim Leadbeater MBE MP @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Excellent piece from my colleague GP & MP @simonforstroud.bsky.social ‘Assisted dying is not something people receive instead of palliative care. It provides patients with choice at the end of life - it is not a choice between life & death, it’s about how you die, not if.’ #Choice #Dignity
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've delivered palliative care as a doctor – we must give patients choice at the end of life ✍️ Dr Simon Opher MP www.politicshome.com/opinion/articl…
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I've delivered palliative care as a doctor – we must give patients choice at the end of life
Doctors, like all medical professionals, experience death and dying on a regular basis. Each and every one of us wants to do the best for our patie...
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 01/09/2026
"If this Bill is passed, then in 30 years' time people will look back thinking 'they just used to let these people suffer - why?' ... I think people will just look back at it as absolutely barbaric."
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 30/08/2026
There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to travel abroad for an assisted death. Catie is setting the record straight.  Three years ago, Catie's mum Alison died at Dignitas - when she should have been able to access a safe, compassionate assisted dying law here, at home.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 28/08/2026
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Parliament Square, 11 September, 9am. We'll be the ones in pink. Click the link below to register 👇👇
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 01/09/2026
"If this Bill is passed, then in 30 years' time people will look back thinking 'they just used to let these people suffer - why?' ... I think people will just look back at it as absolutely barbaric."
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 30/08/2026
There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to travel abroad for an assisted death. Catie is setting the record straight.  Three years ago, Catie's mum Alison died at Dignitas - when she should have been able to access a safe, compassionate assisted dying law here, at home.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 28/08/2026
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 21/08/2026
We may have a new Government, but the fundamentals of the assisted dying debate haven't changed. Dying people and families are still suffering. Public support remains overwhelming. MPs have already scrutinised this Bill at length, strengthening and approving it at every stage.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 24/08/2026
Dr Andrew Green, Chair of the BMA Medical Ethics Committee reaffirmed “Neutrality means the BMA neither supports nor opposes attempts to change the law on physician assisted dying. We are therefore neutral both on the principle of assisted dying and on any particular bills or legislative proposals”.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 24/08/2026
“[The] status quo is not neutral. It is not benign... It is a situation where, if we don’t make this legislative change, unfortunately, we will be allowing that pain, fear and isolation.” Lauren Edwards MP is unequivocal - the status quo is failing dying people.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 19/08/2026
Legislation introducing assisted dying has been formally adopted in France. Jurisdictions around the world are legalising choice at the end of life, responding to the will of their citizens and the harms of a blanket ban.  It's time for a safe, fair and compassionate assisted dying law in the UK.
Photo of a headline from The Guardian stating that "France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval" .
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 21/08/2026
Four weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership, here’s what a new PM and a new cabinet mean for the assisted dying bill:
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 21/08/2026
The assisted dying bill is "a beacon of hope for the terminally ill in this country".
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 22/08/2026
Content warning: contains discussion of suicide. "He could have had a death that wasn't lonely, that wasn't dangerous." Anil's Father was let down by the status quo. He was terminally ill and denied choice - and ended up taking his own life.
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 24/08/2026
"Thinking about palliative care and assisted dying together hits the nail on the head. Both urgently need fixing and neither are good enough without the other." Terminally ill dad Phil Newby has invited the Prime Minister to meet him to talk about assisted dying - while the MND sufferer still can.
Screenshot of The Daily Express article - 'Terminally ill campaigner's message to PM: 'Sit down with me while I can still speak'
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I recently spoke to Politico about bringing back the assisted dying bill and how I’ve been influenced by similar legislation in Australia where I was born. Read more at the link below: www.politico.eu/article/uk-a...
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The UK assisted dying bill is coming back. Its Labour champion is looking to Australia for inspiration.
Lauren Edwards’ campaign is trying to restart a stalled process to legalized assisted dying in England and Wales — and she’s taking cues from her native Australia.
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