Labour has been accused by one of its own MPs of not being neutral on assisted dying after a report suggested the party planned before coming to power how to introduce such a legal change through a private member’s bill.

The draft legislation is back before peers in the House of Lords on Friday, with more debate sessions confirmed for next year amid a record number of amendments and fears among supporters that it will run out of time to become law.

The Government has maintained it is neutral on the Bill and MPs in the Commons voted on it earlier this year according to their conscience rather than along party lines.

But Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, a strong opponent of the Bill, branded the emergence of a leaked policy document from November 2023 around plans on assisted dying “hugely dis

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