Assisted dying Bill MP says new law and better end-of-life care both possible

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to Parliament for debate in September.

David Lynch, Press Association Political Correspondent Palliative care and social care needs to be fixed before assisted dying is considered in the UK, Andy Burnham has said. The Prime Minister was asked to outline his position on assisted dying, as MPs are set to again debate a Bill designed to legalise it when Parlia

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to Parliament for debate in September.

Introducing legislation would be ‘very challenging’ before improvement of care system, says prime minister UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said the assisted dying debate needs to wait until palliative care and social care are fixed, as he delivered a speech to set out his path to resolving one of t

Andy Burnham said that palliative and social care needs to be properly funded before the UK can decide whether to legalise assisted dying - an issue set to return to Parliament later this year

Andy Burnham's comments suggest he will not personally back a fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

For Andy Burnham, tackling the crisis in social care is personal.

Andy Burnham has announced education reforms that will allow pupils to combine technical training linked to local jobs with academic studies from age 14

Maskot/Getty Images The law preventing telehealth in voluntary assisted dying is in the spotlight again after the Labor national conference resolved to repeal it, via a conscience vote. The Commonwealth Criminal Code criminalises promoting, inciting or providing instructions on “suicide” over a “carriage service”. This