Four MPs who oppose bill email colleagues to rebuke its sponsor, as concerns raised over pressure on committee

Four Labour MPs have sent a mass email to colleagues with a stinging rebuke of the assisted dying bill’s sponsor, accusing her of portraying a one-sided view of expert evidence.

In a significant escalation of the “red-on-red” dispute over the legislation, the MPs emailed all their Labour colleagues with a lengthy critique of Kim Leadbeater’s social media posts in which she highlighted key moments of evidence given to the committee scrutinising the bill.