Party grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997

Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader and author, has died at the age of 93.

Keir Starmer described Hattersley as a “giant of the Labour movement”.

MP for Rochester and Strood to use private member’s bill to put issue before MPs again after it was blocked by the Lords

The assisted dying bill is set to return to the Commons after the Labour MP Lauren Edwards agreed to use her private member’s bill to put the issue before MPs again.

Edwards said she wanted to give the legislation another chance because it had been blocked by the House of Lords after being passed by MPs. The return of the bill would give supporters a chance to use the Parliament Acts to potentially bypass the Lords if it was blocked for a second time.