Life

Life: the unborn, the sick, the dying and the beginning of life.

A carer's hands gently hold the hand of an elderly patient lying in bed

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Assisted dying & end of life Hospice funding petition passes 10,000 signatures ahead of bill’s second reading

The Government must now respond to calls to fully fund specialist palliative care. A backbench bill on hospice funding has its Commons second reading on 27 November.

23 Oct 2026

Black and white close-up of a newborn baby's hand gripping an adult's finger

Photo: Rlunaro / CC BY-SA 4.0

Surrogacy & embryology Government rules out ban on Britons using overseas surrogacy

Ministers say there are no current plans to legislate, after a Labour MP called for action on the exploitation of women through international surrogacy.

22 Oct 2026