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Labour MP urges Government to reconsider £12m spend on Queen book for children

A Labour MP has said the £12 million to be spent on a commemorative book for primary school children about the Queen’s reign would be better spent on preventing the spread of Covid-19. All primary school children across the UK will receive a book ...

17 Feb 2022 at 21:25

Labour MP Dawn Butler diagnosed with breast cancer

Labour MP for Brent Central, Dawn Butler, has revealed her cancer diagnosis following a routine mammogram. The 52-year-old made a public statement to social media on Monday morning about her breast cancer diagnosis as well as her recent surgery. ...

28 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Labour MP Dawn Butler taking time off to recover from breast cancer

Former minister Dawn Butler said she thought she was going to die after being diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram. The 52-year-old Labour MP said the cancer was caught early and she expects to make a full recovery. “A ...

28 Mar 2022 at 09:55

Government told to send ‘strong message’ and review fire service discrimination

The Government must send a “strong message” that discrimination in the fire service is unacceptable in order to protect young people embarking on careers as firefighters, ministers have been told. Labour former minister Dawn Butler called ...

28 Nov 2022 at 19:21

Rees-Mogg’s ‘gerrymandering’ remarks need further investigation, ministers told

A Conservative former minister’s suggestion that introducing voter ID was an attempt at “gerrymandering” should face further investigation, ministers have heard. Former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg appeared to describe the ...

16 May 2023 at 14:24

MP: I suffered far-right abuse after Tory MPs peddled conspiracy and hate speech

A Labour former minister said she sought extra police support after suffering “far-right abuse” that was “unleashed in part” by “conspiracy theory, racist, Islamophobic, anti-Muslim hate peddled” by Tory MPs. Dawn Butler took ...

26 Feb 2024 at 17:10

Penny Mordaunt accuses Labour of sneering at St George’s Cross flag

Penny Mordaunt has sparked a row in the House of Commons after she accused Labour frontbenchers of sneering at the St George’s Cross flag. The Commons Leader branded members of the opposition party “plastic patriots” during ...

25 Apr 2024 at 13:09

Hilary Cass says criticism of gender care review ‘inaccurate’ and ‘unforgivable’

Hilary Cass says criticism of Cass Review ‘inaccurate’ and ‘unforgivable’

The British doctor behind a landmark study into transgender treatment in the UK has called criticism of her research “inaccurate” and “unforgivable”. Dr Hilary Cass told the Times she wished to address the “disinformation” ...

20 Apr 2024 at 07:55

Dawn Butler: AI risks automating discrimination if threat not taken seriously

Artificial intelligence risks “automating discrimination” if the threat is not taken seriously, Labour former minister Dawn Butler has said. The MP for Brent Central raised concerns over the use of facial recognition and ...

29 Jun 2023 at 17:44

Dawn Butler: Curbs on MPs calling each other liars in the Commons are ‘nonsense’

Curbs on MPs calling each other liars in the Commons are “nonsense” and need to be changed, according to the MP who was ordered to temporarily leave the House two years ago for saying Boris Johnson had lied. Labour MP ...

19 Jun 2023 at 21:27

UK must pay reparation to Caribbean countries for ‘hideous’ slavery, say MPs

The UK must pay reparation to Caribbean countries to make up for Britain’s role in slavery, ministers have heard. Labour MP Clive Lewis called for Rishi Sunak’s Government to enter “meaningful negotiations” with the ...

08 Mar 2023 at 15:31

UK must consider slavery reparations as it is ‘right thing to do’ – Labour MP

The UK should consider reparations for those who were enslaved because it is “the right thing to do”, a Labour former minister has argued, as MPs urged the Government to open up the conversation. Dawn Butler said ...

24 Oct 2024 at 15:23

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