He hopes the programme, which was researched with various hospice organisations and in co-operation with the man and his family at every stage, will help break the 'last taboo' and make it easier for people face the 'final journey'.

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Lord Turner, in what will be his last speech to the City at the Mansion House in his current role, also broke something of a taboo among prominent British ministers and officials by speaking openly about how if the eurozone cannot save itself through making bold reforms, it should attempt to dissolve itself in what he called a "controlled rather than chaotic fashion".

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