Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

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May 20, 2026 - 17:41
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Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Ashley Dalton says rejected amendments could have made bill stronger but it became a ‘pretty dangerous set of affairs’

A former public health minister facing terminal cancer has urged MPs not to bring back the assisted dying bill in England and Wales.

The Labour MP Ashley Dalton revealed she would be on lifelong treatment for metastatic breast cancer, which has spread throughout her body – but said her parliamentary colleagues should not revive the bill, which would legalise an assisted death to those with a terminal illness. Continue reading...

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