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MPs back legalising assisted dying after historic Commons vote

Sky News Friday, 20 June 2025
MPs back legalising assisted dying after historic Commons voteMPs have voted to approve a historic bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.
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MPs will cast their final vote on the assisted dying bill when it returns to the House of Commons on Friday. Protestors take to the streets of Westminster as the crucial vote - which will see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either clear the House of Commons and move to the Lords, or fall...

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