A bill is to be introduced to parliament soon to legalise ‘assisted dying’ in England and Wales.

The change in the law has been proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater.

She will put forward a private members’ bill and while those rarely become law, it is thought that this may be an exception.

The Labour leader, Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is personally in favour of assisted dying, but has said he would allow his MPs to have a free vote on the matter,

While he won’t publicly champion the bill, out of respect for parliamentary procedure, he also does not intend to frustrate the bill’s passage, as has sometimes happened with previous private members bills.