The Assisted Dying Bill returns to the House of Commons, with campaigners now hoping to push it into law even without the House of Lords' backing, using the rarely-used Parliament Act. The renewed push comes after a previous version of the Bill, led by Kim Leadbeater, ran out of parliamentary time and fell in April; Labour MP Lauren Edwards has now reintroduced it. Support appears to have softened since then, with some MPs who backed the Bill previously now warning that forcing it through unchanged would be constitutionally reckless, and a change of prime minister — from supporter Sir Keir Starmer to the more sceptical Andy Burnham — has further clouded its prospects.

Critics, including Labour MPs Gareth Snell, Meg Hillier and Adam Jogee, argue that reintroducing an identical bill without previously agreed amendments risks a constitutional clash with the Lords and diverts attention from fixing palliative and social care first. A new Whitestone Insight poll, commissioned by opposition group Right to Life, found 82% of respondents believe Parliament should ensure adequate end-of-life care exists before legislating on assisted dying, while 74% feared NHS and social care funding pressures could push people towards assisted suicide prematurely, and nearly two-thirds said NHS funds should not be diverted to assisted suicide services. Right to Life's chief executive, Alisdair Hungerford-Morgan, described the vote as a "this is it moment", warning that any flaws in the Bill could become permanent law since the Lords may be unable to block it this time.