Jeremy Corbyn: ‘There’s Always Money for War, but Never for Our Public Services’ Just prior to last week’s Spending Review, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced £16.5 billion over the next four years in new defence spending over the next four years, ensuring Britain’s role as Europe’s biggest military spender (and the second biggest spender in …
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I was pleased to have signed Greenpeace’s open letter to the Environment Secretary, supporting a ban on supertrawlers and other destructive fishing vessels from UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), as a first step towards wider protection. I commend the work of Greenpeace in raising this issue. The Fisheries Bill contains a lack of detail regarding …
I wholeheartedly support the Lords amendments as above. I have campaigned for many years against cruelty of all kinds towards animals and have signed numerous Early Day Motions challenging and asking for reform of modern industrial agricultural practices. In 2019 I stood on a manifesto which pledged to create “post-Brexit farm subsidies to reward and …
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I have been a long-time campaigner for animal rights and have long opposed the cruel treatment of animals. In 2017, the Government defeated a bill to recognise animal sentience – a bill that I voted for. Later, in 2018, I supported an amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act which would have obligated Ministers to …
London is currently operating under the Government’s national pandemic restrictions that came into force on 5th November (as this report goes to print) and our streets are not at all reflective of this time in previous years. The crisis in Covid-19 testing remains the single biggest indicator of the Government’s failure to provide us with …
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘It’s Time to Stand Up for Human Rights and Oppose the Spy Cops Bill’ The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill (CHIS) – described by campaigners as the ‘spy cops’ bill – is currently being rushed through parliament and is due to be put to the vote on this (Thursday) evening. I …
