Guido reported the growing Labour pressure on the hopeful new assisted suicide Bill sponsor to change her mind before she has to present her Private Members’ Bill tomorrow. There’s still time…
Could Team Burnham now force her to make a U-turn at the 11th hour? Labour sources suggest the legislative plans of the likely incoming PM would be derailed by the PMB coming back to Parliament. It eats up a lot of time and effort, and Labour backbenchers are divided…
In an article published this morning, The New Statesman even suggested Starmer’s likely successor, Andy Burnham, may oppose the assisted suicide Bill if it returns and would NOT welcome its return. Many such briefings are flying around Labour land right now…
Burnham had previously set a precondition that hospices must be “properly funded and sorted out” before any law change. No one thinks that condition has been met…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”