Kim Leadbeater MP, Dame Esther Rantzen, and campaigners for Dignity in Dying have marked a major breakthrough in their three-year effort, highlighting a renewed call for increased choice in assisted dying.

MPs are approaching a landmark vote on assisted dying, as a 52-year-old living with incurable breast cancer pleads for the legal option of a “good death.”

Dame Esther’s daughter is urging MPs to pass an assisted dying law that would grant terminally ill people greater autonomy over their final choices, describing it as a deeply meaningful birthday present for her mother.

A senior cabinet minister has called for a comprehensive inquiry into alleged grooming gangs, labelling the reported cover-up a severe scandal that requires urgent action and full accountability.