UK Chancellor avoids stating if NHS will fund assisted dying if it becomes legal.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves avoided specifying if the NHS would fund assisted dying if legalized. Reeves stated she is "not convinced" it would increase public spending but declined to answer if it would be taxpayer-funded. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, recently passed in the House of Commons, will face further scrutiny in parliament before becoming law.

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