‘I’m an ex-hospice nurse with long-term conditions. I don’t want to die in pain’
I’ve just retired after almost 45 years of nursing, much of which has been spent caring for people…
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Assisted dying bill: ‘Oregon is no assisted dying utopia’
Supporters of my colleague Kim Leadbeater’s Bill to legalise assisted dying/suicide are well-intentioned but have been unable to…
Unite calls for judicial review into government winter fuel cuts
Unite is pursuing legal action against the Labour government in a bid to overturn the means testing of…
Inside the FBU ‘civil war’ as union urges ‘civilised’ general secretary contest
The Fire Brigades Union has warned members that the campaign for its general secretary election must be fought…
‘Rosie Duffield has a replacement’: New Labour MP embroiled in trans rights row
The new Labour MP Jonathan Hinder has become embroiled in a row over trans rights, after condemning Amnesty…
Revealed: Labour rejects calls to revive two-day spring women’s conference
Labour’s national executive committee has voted against reviving a standalone two-day national women’s conference in the spring, after…
Party revives shelved plan to relaunch BAME Labour with recruitment drive
Labour’s ruling body has signed off plans to relaunch BAME Labour, reviving plans shelved before the election and…
Labour mayors to be made more accountable to party
Labour’s national executive committee is set to give mayors more say in the party, but also hold them…
Revealed: Labour to ensure ‘high standards of governance and democracy’ in socialist societies via annual check-ins
Labour party officials are planning to hold annual check-ins with its 20 affiliated socialist societies, in a bid…
‘Assisted dying is going down to the wire – with most Labour MPs still silent’
As Parliament prepares to debate assisted dying for the first time in almost a decade, it is clear…
