MPs in the UK have voted in favour of The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill best known as the assisted suicide bill

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who leads what has now been dubbed the ‘death cult’, voted in favor of the bill alongside former Conservative PM Rishi Sunak.

Before the vote, MPs spent almost three hours debating concerns with the bill that critics have argued the risks people being coerced into seeking an assisted death.

BBC reports: n a historic vote, MPs have approved a bill which would pave the way for huge social change by giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to end their own lives.

The Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which was backed by 314 votes to 291, will now go to the House of Lords for further scrutiny.

The bill was approved with a majority of 23 MPs, representing a drop from the first time it was debated in November, when it passed by a margin of 55.

The vote came after an emotionally charged debate which saw MPs recount personal stories of seeing friends and relatives die.

It is likely, although not guaranteed, that the House of Lords will approve the bill later this year.

If that happens, ministers would have a maximum of four years to implement the measures, meaning it could be 2029 before assisted dying becomes available.

MPs were allowed a free vote on the bill, meaning they did not have to follow a party policy.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer backed the measure, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch andHealth Secretary Wes Streetingvoted against.

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has shepherded the bill through the Commons and speaking to the BBC after the vote she said she was “over the moon”.

“I know what this means for terminally ill people and their loved ones.”

She added it had been a “particularly emotional week” because it marked nine years since the murder of her sister Jo Cox, who had been a Labour MP at the time.

“Jo used to say if good people don’t step forward and come into politics then what do we end up with?

“And even though some of us feel quite out of place in this place at times we are here to make a difference and we’re here to make positive change that society has asked us to do.”