This afternoon the House of Commons voted to support assisted dying for the first time. By a majority of 55, MPs decided to back Kim Leadbeater’s Private Members’ Bill, with 330 recorded ‘Aye’ votes against 275 ‘Nays.’ More than a third of the cabinet were against the move which the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Home Secretary all decided to support.
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