Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups

Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers

Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has found.

The grassroots" campaigns have been central to the debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales before a landmark vote by MPs this month.