Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the assisted dying bill, pays tribute to fellow campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, who has died at the age of 86.
The broadcaster and campaigned was a prominent support of the campaign to legalise assisted dying after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
Leadbeater tells Cathy Newman that Rantzen "used her voice to try and do good things" and that she "represented so many terminally ill who just wanted dignity".
Also on the show, Prime Minister Andy Burnham tells Sky’s Beth Rigby that there’s a "strong indication" that Iran is involved in the RAF Fairford ‘plot’.
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00:00 Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
01:42 Panel reflect on Rantzen’s life
08:09 Statement from Rantzen’s children
09:39 ‘A life well lived’
13:16 Rantzen’s assisted dying campaign
21:18 Obituary: Dame Esther Rantzen
29:04 Kim Leadbeater’s tribute to Rantzen
43:35 All the times politicians failed to reform social care
49:02 Burnham speaks to Beth Rigby
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