‘Increasingly unbearable’: Jonathan Dimbleby criticises UK’s law against assisted dying

Exclusive: Broadcaster urges politicians to commit to free vote to change law after younger brother died from motor neurone disease

Jonathan Dimbleby has described the criminalisation of assisted dying in the UK as “increasingly unbearable” after his younger brother Nicholas passed away this month with debilitating motor neurone disease (MND).

The broadcaster, who has long advocated for a right to assisted dying, urged all political parties to commit to a free vote in the next parliament to change the law. He spoke as MPs prepare to publish a major report into assisted dying on Thursday amid polling showing three-quarters of the public support legalisation within strict guidelines.