Tag Archives: State-assisted suicide

Walking dead: Keir Starmer, Lauren Edwards and the new but identically flawed NHS-assisted suicide PMB

Posted on June 15, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

So, Labour MP Lauren Edwards – who, as noted on this blog last month, came second in the recent Private Members’ Bill (PMB) ballot – has opted to re-introduce Kim Leadbeater’s deeply flawed and defeated NHS-assisted suicide Bill in the … Continue reading →

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Better off dead: the NHS-assisted suicide PMB

Posted on May 22, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

As noted on this blog in April, supporters of NHS-assisted suicide reacted to the long, slow death of Kim Leadbeater’s inadequately scrutinised Private Members’ Bill (PMB) in the House of Lords by revealing a somewhat undemocratic plan to “table an … Continue reading →

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