The government should investigate decriminalising the possession of all illegal drugs in a bid to prevent the rising number of related deaths, a group of MPs has said.

The health and social care committee said the level of such deaths in the UK had become a public health “emergency”.

It found the UK’s position on drugs was “clearly failing” and called for a “radical new approach” in policy.

The government said it had no plans to decriminalise drug possession.

There were 2,670 deaths directly attributed to drug misuse in England last year – an increase of 16% from 2017, according to the committee’s report.

However, if other causes of premature death among people who used drugs were included, it is likely the number of deaths would be roughly double this,

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