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Safeguards against coercion in assisted suicide bill are ‘incredibly weak’, disabled academic tells MPs
MPs pushing for the legalisation of assisted suicide have been warned by a disabled academic that protections in the proposed ...
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Government finally orders research into why disability benefit numbers are rising, as concerns grow over cuts
The government has finally ordered research into the reasons behind what it claims is a “spiralling” increase in the number ...
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Labour’s ‘watered-down’ response to Grenfell evacuation proposal ‘was a betrayal’
The government must abandon its “watered-down” proposals for emergency evacuation of disabled people who live in high-rise ...
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Assisted suicide bill will have ‘serious and profound’ negative impact on disabled people, MPs are told
A bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide will have a “serious and profound” negative impact on how disabled people’s lives are valued by society, MPs have been warned. Fazilet Hadi, head of ...