- Health minister Ashley Dalton has resigned from her post to manage advanced breast cancer and focus on her constituency duties while undergoing chemotherapy.
- In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Ms Dalton stated she needed to take “reasonable adjustments” to manage her condition.
- She confirmed her intention to return to the backbenches, continuing to advocate for improved health outcomes for cancer patients.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting praised Ms Dalton as an “outstanding minister” who achieved a great deal despite “extraordinary adversity”.
- Ms Dalton, MP for West Lancashire, was appointed public health minister in February 2025, having been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer the month before.
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