Starmer Pledges to Push Through Law for Assisted Suicide

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said in a phone call with broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen that he will try to push through a law to allow for assisted suicide if he becomes prime minister, despite fierce opposition from much of the medical profession. Sir Keir, who has previously spoken in favour of assisted dying, said he will allow time for a debate and a free vote in Parliament if Labour wins the next general election, which is widely predicted to be in May. In the call filmed by ITV News, Sir Keir told Ms. Rantzen, who is suffering from lung cancer and has expressed a wish for an assisted suicide, that he is “personally committed” to a change in the law....