Jeremy Corbyn: It is nice to get such a warm welcome. [Interruption.] If Members will allow me for one moment, let me ask the Prime Minister this question. Where in his election manifesto did he put his plan to abolish maintenance grants for all students? The Prime Minister: First of all, people will recognise that …
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The absence of fairness and the wish for more of it is what drives us into political activity. We want a fair treatment for all, a fairer society and a fairer world. Fairness is easily to claim but hard to deliver. David Cameron makes the argument that cuts are fair because it is not fair …
I’m delighted to be here at the first Unite Scottish Policy Conference. But I join you at a time when we are facing the greatest attack on the trade union movement and our democracy that we have ever witnessed. You will have already heard a lot about the Trade Union Bill, which has now passed …
Jeremy Corbyn: This week the Prime Minister rather belatedly acknowledged there is a housing crisis in Britain. He announced a £140 million fund to transform 100 housing estates around the country, which amounts to £1.4 million per housing estate to bulldoze and then rebuild them. [Interruption.] My maths is perfect. This money is a drop in the ocean. …
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Everybody in Britain recognises and is grateful for the hard work and long hours put in by junior doctors. Their treatment by this government has been nothing short of appalling, leading to the strike action in our NHS today. No NHS worker takes lightly the decision to strike, but the blame must be laid at …
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There has been a lot of media coverage around my reshuffle this week which was about securing a stronger Labour leadership team. While it was going on we were holding the government to account on floods, Europe and its support for Saudi Arabia. Holding the government to account is our first priority. The Conservatives are …
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