Assisted dying returns to parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'

Lauren Edwards says she will bring the exact same bill which was narrowly passed by the Commons but ran out of time in the Lords.

Assisted dying bill set to return to the Commons

Labour MP Lauren Edwards to use private member’s bill to put issue before MPs again The assisted dying bill is set to return to the Commons after the Labour MP Lauren Edwards agreed to use her private member’s bill to put the issue before MPs again. Edwards said she wanted to give the legislation another chance because it had been blocked by the House of Lords after being passed by MPs. The return of the bill would give supporters a chance to use the Parliament Act to potentially bypass the L...

By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Attempt to reintroduce assisted dying bill sparks new Labour civil war

Rochester and Strood MP Lauren Edwards will reintroduce Kim Leadbeater’s highly controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would allow assisted deaths in England and Wales

By David Maddox