The proposed law would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their own life - but MP warns it could be a risk to the vulnerable.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had said he was ‘committed’ to allowing a vote on legalising assisted dying should his party win the general election, and now Kim Leadbeater is bringing forward the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

This bill would allow him to avoid the worst-case scenario of a bad death. He is not afraid of dying, he says. He says his loved ones will have to live with the manner of his death for the rest of their lives.

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Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central, has said she will vote against the assisted dying bill because "there is nothing safe” about it.

The Labour lawmaker Kim Leadbeater has described the Assisted Dying Bill as "very robust", saying the legislation offers layers of safeguards to protect vulnerable people, who some critics fear might feel pressured to end their lives if assisted dying becomes legal.

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live will have right to end their own life under new legislation