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Former Labour minister Phil Woolas dies aged 66
Phil Woolas served as MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010 and held multiple ministerial roles under Blair and Brown before dying aged 66 after a year-long brain cancer battle.
- Phil Woolas, a former Labour minister famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown, has died from brain cancer aged 66.
- Woolas was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
- In 2010, a court ruled that Woolas had broken electoral law by deliberately making false statements about his Liberal Democrat opponent, ending his political career in controversy and disgrace.
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Great Yorkshire RadioFormer Labour minister Phil Woolas dies aged 66
Phil Woolas' TV clash with national treasure Ms Lumley came when she led opposition to proposals by Gordon Brown's government in 2009 to restrict the rights of retired Gurkhas to settle in the UK.
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