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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Labour MPs criticise Kim Leadbeater over posts on assisted dying evidence

Kim Leadbeater with supporters outside parliament
Kim Leadbeater introduced the private member’s bill on assisted dying, which passed its second reading in November. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Rex/Shutterstock

Four Labour MPs have sent a mass email to colleagues with a stinging rebuke of the assisted dying bill’s sponsor, accusing her of portraying a one-sided view of expert evidence.

In a significant escalation of the “red-on-red” dispute over the legislation, the MPs emailed all their Labour colleagues with a lengthy critique of Kim Leadbeater’s social media posts in which she highlighted key moments of evidence given to the committee scrutinising the bill.

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