Former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to the assisted dying bill soon to be debated by Parliament.

(Bloomberg) — A few days after Labour’s landslide election victory in July, politicians gathered with aides and journalists at one of British politics’ glitzy annual summer parties. But amid the celebrating and free-flowing champagne, some senior ministers and staff were already worrying about a looming political headache — the promise Prime Minister Keir Starmer had made to allow a vote on legalizing assisted dying “early” in his administration. 

The bill, proposed by backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, is set to be debated in parliament on Friday.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has a "principles first, details later" approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed

The Home Secretary said she was in favour of the 'principle of needing change' to the law and pointed to her previous support for a similar change that was defeated several years ago.

On Friday 29th November, my fellow colleagues and I will debate and vote on the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill) Bill. This decision is weighing heavy on all my colleagues in the House.

Education Secretary Bridget Philipson says she'll be voting against the assisted dying legislation, but stresses first to MPs they can vote how they choose.