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· collected 2026-09-07 · by Y. Áine Fox
A poll of 1,133 people found that six in 10 (61%) support the return of an assisted dying bill to Parliament, while three in 10 (30%) agree with making it legal without additional investment in end-of-life care. The polling also showed that a third (34%) of respondents think assisting dying should be made legal only if accompanied by extra funding for state-funded end-of-life care. Older people aged 55-75 were most likely to support the bill's return, with 67% backing it, while support varied across age groups. Support for assisted dying has remained relatively stable at around two-thirds (66-68%) since the bill was first introduced in late 2024.
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A new poll has found that 61% of people support the reintroduction of the assisted dying Bill to Parliament, with 13% opposed and 14% undecided. The bill, being brought by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, has been met with relatively stable support since its introduction in late 2024. However, a third of respondents (34%) said they only support the law if it is accompanied by additional investment in state-funded end-of-life care. Older people aged 55-75 were most likely to support the bill's return at 67%, followed by those aged 35-54 at 63%. The poll was conducted by Ipsos for the Press Association and surveyed 1,133 people aged 16-75 in late August.
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Six in 10 people support the return of the assisted dying Bill to Parliament, but a third of the public feel the law should only be changed if there is more funding for end-of-life care alongside it, according to new polling.
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Support for assisted dying being legalised has remained relatively stable since the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was first introduced to Parliament in late 2024, the Ipsos polling for the Press Association found.
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Of 1,133 people aged 16-75 surveyed at the end of August, 61% said they supported the reintroduction of the Bill, which is being brought by Labour MP Lauren Edwards who has taken it over from her party colleague Kim Leadbeater.
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Fourteen per cent said they opposed the return of the Bill while the same proportion said they did not support or oppose it.
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The rest said they did not know or preferred not to say.
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Older people – aged 55-75 – were most likely to support the Bill’s return (67%).
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This compared with 63% of 35-54 year-olds and just over half (52%) of people aged 16 to 34.
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However, giving some insight into his view on the issue shortly after becoming PM in July, he said he believed the funding of palliative care needs to be fixed before consideration can be given to legalising assisted dying.
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Palliative care is described by the NHS as the management of pain and other distressing symptoms which should be available as soon as someone first learns they have a life-limiting or terminal illness, while end-of-life care is a form of palliative care given when someone is close to death.
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The new polling found 34% of people said assisting dying should be made legal but only if it is accompanied by additional investment in state-funded end-of-life care.
Meanwhile, three in 10 (30%) said they agreed with the statement that assisted dying should be made legal, even without extra investment in this kind of care.
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One in 10 people said they opposed legalising assisted dying and said there should be more funding for end-of-life care, while 7% said assisted dying should not be legalised even if it was accompanied by further investment in such care.
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Support for the principle of assisted dying, where it is legal for a doctor to prescribe life-ending medication to a consenting terminally ill adult was at 68% when the latest polling was done, up slightly from 66% in October 2024.
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Opposition remained at 16% across that two-year period.
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The Government has a neutral position on the Bill and MPs will vote according to their consciences, rather than along party lines.
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