We can hit UK’s big carbon cut without disruption to people’s lives, says Starmer – UK politics live

PM confirms target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit but says ‘I’m not going to tell people how to live their lives’Leadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference.He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people.Imagine I am dying and palliative care hasn’t improved. Well, I have no choice whatsoever: I die in pain or I die in pain.I see this as a chance just to act with kindness and a choice for people at their darkest hour. Continue reading...

We can hit UK’s big carbon cut without disruption to people’s lives, says Starmer – UK politics live

PM confirms target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit but says ‘I’m not going to tell people how to live their lives’

Leadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference.

He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people.

Imagine I am dying and palliative care hasn’t improved. Well, I have no choice whatsoever: I die in pain or I die in pain.

I see this as a chance just to act with kindness and a choice for people at their darkest hour. Continue reading...