Tessa Jowell calls for global cooperation to help cancer patients

Labour peer given standing ovation for moving speech in House of Lords about her brain cancer

Tessa Jowell has received a standing ovation in the House of Lords for a moving speech about her brain cancer in which she urged peers to support an international initiative to share resources, research and new treatments.

The former Labour culture secretary, who is seriously ill with a high-grade brain tumour, spoke to a packed house about the importance of "a community of love" for people suffering from cancer.