‘Why I didn’t give up my job as an MP when I was diagnosed with cancer' | BBC News
March 26, 2026
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as posted by the channelLabour MP Ashley Dalton, who left her job as a health minister earlier this month to manage living with cancer, has told the BBC she "did not consider" stepping down as an MP.
She was diagnosed with cancer more than a decade ago, and told Radio 4's World At One her work as the MP for West Lancashire is a “strong sense" of her identity.
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