Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler | Metro columnist and Labour MP for Brent East

Dawn Butler is a Metro columnist and Labour MP for Brent East

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My call for a biopsy came via a withheld number - as a cancer survivor, it needs to change

Health October 20, 2022By Dawn Butler

Tory Party Conference Protest - We Will Not Pay For Their Crisis

The Tories' disregard for workers means another general strike is inevitable

News October 7, 2022By Dawn Butler

Cabinet Meeting in Downing Street

The Tories are making their friends richer at the expense of everyone else

UK September 23, 2022By Dawn Butler

Liz Truss Attends Her First Prime Minister's Questions

Liz Truss may be a new Prime Minister, but the Tories’ will never change

UK September 8, 2022By Dawn Butler

Rishi Sunak speaking at an event in Tunbridge Wells as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Friday July 29, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Tories. Photo credit should read: Peter Nicholls/PA Wire

The Government should help people - it’s clear Tories are only looking after themselves

UK August 11, 2022By Dawn Butler

Labour MP Dawn Butler portraits. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 27/07/2022

Dawn Butler: 'I had no symptoms when I was diagnosed with breast cancer'

UK August 1, 2022By Dawn Butler

If the Tories are so confident in their government, why can’t we have a general election?

UK July 21, 2022By Dawn Butler

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during an event on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021. - COP26, running from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow will be the biggest climate conference since the 2015 Paris summit and is seen as crucial in setting worldwide emission targets to slow global warming, as well as firming up other key commitments. (Photo by Steve Reigate / various sources / AFP) (Photo by STEVE REIGATE/Steve REIGATE/AFP via Getty Images)

Good riddance to Boris Johnson - he's left a legacy of sleaze in Parliament

UK July 7, 2022By Dawn Butler

A passenger at Waterloo station, as train services continue to be disrupted following the nationwide strike by members of the union in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Picture date: Thursday June 23, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Rail. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

If you ask me to pick a side, I will chose the workers every time

News June 23, 2022By Dawn Butler

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference in response to the publication of the Sue Gray report Into "Partygate", at Downing Street in London, England May 25, 2022. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

How on earth can any Tory think Boris Johnson is fit to be our PM?

UK June 8, 2022By Dawn Butler

The House of Commons

Female MPs know all too well there's a culture of misogyny in parliament

News May 30, 2022By Dawn Butler

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses a press conference with Sweden's Prime Minister at the retreat residence of the Swedish Prime Minister in Harpsund, 120km west of Stockholm, Sweden on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Frank Augstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by FRANK AUGSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Does anyone actually believe a word the Tories say anymore?

UK May 13, 2022By Dawn Butler

Gary Dobson And David Norris Found Guilty Of The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence

On Stephen Lawrence Day, the Met needs to face up to the rot still in its ranks

UK April 22, 2022By Dawn Butler

Rear View Of Young Woman Standing Against Trees In Autumn

No apology will ever be enough for me to forgive the police for what they did to Child Q

News March 17, 2022By Dawn Butler

Labour Leader Calls For A General Election

The Tories have stalled progress for women

UK March 8, 2022By Dawn Butler

Police

We know ministers broke rules – so everyone issued Covid fines should be able to appeal

UK February 17, 2022By Dawn Butler

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick attending a raid at an address in Islington, in north London, by the Metropolitan Police flying squad, investigating a high value jewellery burglary.

The Met Police have potential - but they need to sack Cressida Dick first

UK February 7, 2022By Dawn Butler

Doctor giving emotional support to a senior patient using face mask

I want you to ask the Black men in your life to get checked for prostate cancer

News January 24, 2022By Dawn Butler

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 20, 2021: Labour Party MP Dawn Butler speaks during protest outside the Houses of Parliament demanding 15% pay increase for health workers on July 20, 2021 in London, England. The Department for Health and Social Care has recommended that NHS staff in England should receive a 1% pay increase this year despite the unprecedented pressure experienced by the health workers during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto)

As an MP, I've had death threats and been attacked, but I will never be silenced

UK January 7, 2022By Dawn Butler

21/12/2021. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson - Covid-19 Update. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson records a Covid-19 Christmas update statement. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

On the 12th day of Christmas, Boris Johnson gave to me… more lies and a lot of dishonesty

UK December 22, 2021By Dawn Butler