MPs urge asbestos company to pay £10m to fund cancer research

All-party group including peers backs campaign by victims' group, saying Cape knowingly put people in danger'

MPs and peers have written to one of the biggest manufacturers of asbestos, calling on it to make a 10m donation towards mesothelioma research for knowingly putting people in danger".

In a letter to Altrad, parent company of Cape, the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on occupational safety and health says that documents released after a long-running court battle show that Cape historically provided misleading reassurance about the dangers of asbestos".