A survey shows strong backing for a change in the law to allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives.
The Populus survey for The Times found three-quarters of those questioned (74 per cent) in favour of allowing the medical profession to supervise assisted suicides.
Support was said to be particularly strong among those aged 55 to 64.
According to the poll, six out of 10 people said they wanted friends and relatives to be able to help their dying loved ones to commit suicide, without fear of prosecution.
The findings came as the Royal College of Nursing dropped its five-year opposition to the issue.
In July, doctors stuck by their opposition to assisted suicide following several high profile cases involving Britons going to the Swiss Dignitas clinic.
The latest saw renowned conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Lady Joan die together at the Dignitas Clinic in Zurich on July 10.
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