Theresa May is trying to catch up with a changing world the Conservatives do not understand. There can’t be a globalisation that works for all without taking on the billionaires club that controls this rigged system. The Conservatives have presided over ballooning inequality. They’ve given tax cuts to the richest 1 percent while the incomes …
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We meet after the global wake-up call of Tuesdays US presidential election. Whether in the US or the UK people feel left behind. Marginalised by an economic system that makes them work harder for less, while hoovering up ever greater rewards for a small elite. People are right to be angry with our failed economic …
My speech at Labour’s South East Regional Conference Read More »
Many in Britain and elsewhere will be understandably shocked by Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, the rhetoric around it and what the election result means for the rest of the world, as well as America. Trump’s election is an unmistakable rejection of a political establishment and an economic system that simply isn’t …
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This ruling underlines the need for the Government to bring its negotiating terms to parliament without delay. Labour respects the decision of the British people to leave the European Union. But there must be transparency and accountability to parliament on the terms of Brexit. Labour will be pressing the case for a Brexit that works …
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Questions to the Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn May I take this opportunity to welcome Neasa Constance McGinn? I hope that the evidently effective crash course in midwifery undertaken by my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) is not a sign to the Government that we believe in downgrading midwifery training. Just …
Questions to the Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn Let me start by welcoming the child refugees who have arrived in Britain in the last few days. They are obviously deeply traumatised young people, and we should welcome, love and support them in the best way that we possibly can. Irrespective of party, when Members go through …
