Miliband shock over MP’s collapse with stroke

Mr Goggins is seriously ill and undergoing emergency surgery at Salford Royal hospital after collapsing during a run with his son in the city on Monday.

The 60-year-old Wythenshawe and Sale East MP’s wife Wyn and three grown-up children are at his bedside and have asked for “prayers and privacy”.

In a statement published by the Manchester Evening News the family said: “Yesterday, December 30, Paul Goggins MP was taken ill while out running with his son near his home.

“He was taken by ambulance to Salford Royal, where he remains seriously ill.

“He is receiving the best care. His family are with him and ask for prayers and privacy.”

Doncaster North MP Mr Miliband described Mr Goggins as “one of the most decent, kind and assiduous members of Parliament”.

“The news of his stroke is a huge shock for people across the Labour Party and for his friends throughout Parliament,” he 
said.

“All of my good wishes and the thoughts of our whole party are with him and his family.”