'Lack of assisted dying law meant dad died alone and sooner than he would have'

‘Over 600 a year take their lives with a terminal diagnosis’

- By Katrine Bussey

A FORMER MP has told how his dad took his own life "early" after being diagnosed with lung cancer because he had seen friends die in pain.

Paul Blomfield, who represented Labour in Sheffield Central for 14 years, said the lack of assisted dying laws meant his 87-year-old father Harry "died alone and he died earlier than he would have done".

Speaking at a Dignity in Dying fringe event at the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow, Mr Blomfield added: "He had less life because assisted dying wasn't available.