UK MPs vote to legalise assisted dying bill - what happens next?

The effort to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has cleared its first hurdle in parliament. [Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe] After an impassioned debate - MPs voted to pass Kim Leadbeater's bill by 330 to 275 - a majority of 55. Among those supporting it was Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his predecessor Rishi Sunak. The bill proposes that assisted dying is available to terminally ill adults with 6 months left to live but that it must be approved by two doctors and have judicial oversight. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Follow us: TikTok -   / c4news   Instagram -   / channel4news   Twitter -   / channel4news   Facebook -   / channel4news