Why Labour’s call to extend the Freedom of Information Act is the right one
When Rachel Reeves declared this week that it was time to take back control of public services from…
Andy Slaughter
Hancock quietly made a major U-turn at health questions yesterday
After seven years and hundreds of millions of pounds wasted, the Secretary of State for Health admitted –…
Andy Slaughter: My constituent’s food allergy death calls for urgent action from the government
In March 2017, eight months after the death of his daughter, I met Nadim Ednan-Laperouse at my constituency…
Andy Slaughter: Grenfell and Carillion show we must hold private contractors to account
One of the great legacies of the last Labour government is the Freedom of Information Act, a piece…
Andy Slaughter: The case against Heathrow expansion keeps getting stronger – but will the government listen?
The publication of the transport select committee report into the Airports National Policy Statement has been interpreted by…
Andy Slaughter: Legal changes alone will not cure the epidemic of homelessness
The cross-party homelessness reduction bill, which is due to come back to the house of commons for report…
A message from a west Londoner to the people of Scotland; please stay
‘We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation’ The French philosopher, Voltaire spoke those words about…
David Cameron’s ‘favourite council’ just became Ed Miliband’s
It has been a long and hard-fought campaign but on Thursday the people of London voted for change,…
We have lost someone irreplaceable in our lives
The Labour Party in the late 1970s and early 1980s to someone like me, coming out of education…
What shall we expect from Simon Hughes as a Minister? More pious lectures…
This week Simon Hughes MP set out his priorities in his new job as Justice Minister. In an…
