Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal. File | Photo Credit: ANI The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has sought details from various State governments about the veracity and updated details of Waqf properties which, according to the Sachar committee, they had occupied in an unauthorised manner, … Read more

Assisted dying bill: Terminally ill people react after MPs vote

Assisted dying bill: Terminally ill people react after MPs vote

BBC Nik Ward is disappointed the bill has passed and worries about its implications for vulnerable people Terminally ill people are a step closer to being able to choose when they die after MPs voted to support a proposed change to the law. The right to an assisted death will be granted to people with … Read more

Esther Rantzen did not expect to live to see assisted dying bill

Esther Rantzen did not expect to live to see assisted dying bill

Getty Images Childline founder Esther Rantzen wants assisted dying to be legalised Dame Esther Rantzen has said she thought she would be “long gone” by the time MPs debated assisted dying. The broadcaster previously revealed she had joined Dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland, after a terminal lung cancer diagnosis. The Terminally Ill Adults … Read more

Ex-prime minister David Cameron backs assisted dying bill

Ex-prime minister David Cameron backs assisted dying bill

Former Prime Minister Lord David Cameron has backed moves to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. In an article in The Times, Lord Cameron said that while he had opposed moves to legalise assisted dying in the past, he believed the current proposal was “not about ending life, it is about shortening death“. Previously … Read more

Assisted dying bill ‘about right to choose,’ says minister Liz Kendall

Assisted dying bill ‘about right to choose,’ says minister Liz Kendall

Liz Kendall defends assisted dying bill safeguards The assisted dying bill has been defended by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall who told the BBC it was about the “right to choose”. She refused to criticise Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who wrote to her constituents this weekend saying the proposed changes would create a “slippery … Read more

Assisted dying could stop harrowing deaths, says MP behind bill

Assisted dying could stop harrowing deaths, says MP behind bill

Reuters Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says the UK’s current law is not fit for purpose The MP behind a bid to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has argued it would help stop people experiencing “very harrowing” deaths, as she unveiled details of her proposals. Under a bill published on Monday, terminally ill adults … Read more