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By Chris Williamson MP I am grateful to my good friend Josh Eades for contributing to the debate on welfare reform when he posted his thoughts about this issue on Labourlist last week. Josh said he supported James Purnell's welfare reforms…
By Chris Williamson MP The biggest challenge facing the future of the human race is how the world tackles the threat of global climate change. But the seemingly insatiable desire for energy creates a real policy conundrum for governments in…
By Chris Williamson MP It is now nearly one year since the outcome of the general election saw the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form a coalition and embark on a programme of huge cuts in public spending. Some cuts - such as the…
By Chris Williamson MP On Tuesday of this week I was in the house of commons listening to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, launching a new government strategy to improve social mobility. He claimed it was their flagship social policy…
By Chris Williamson MP Last week's publication of the latest youth unemployment figures made for highly depressing reading. In the last three months of 2010 youth unemployment increased by 66,000 to 965,000 and now stands at 20.5% - the…
By Chris Williamson MP Innovative solutions are required if we are to successfully enable those families who are trapped by a combination of poverty and geography to aspire to - and achieve - a better life. In my view, this isn't something…
By Chris Williamson MP The Office of National Statistics revelation that the UK economy saw no economic growth in the final quarter of 2010 is extremely worrying. Worse still, the GDP figures published today by the ONS show that…
By Chris Williamson MP January is a month when we usually look forward to the year ahead with a sense of hope and anticipation but the austerity measures being implemented by this Conservative-led government have replaced hope for millions…
By Chris Williamson MP The central plank of the 'Yes to AV' campaign is disingenuous because its claims about AV being fairer than 'First Past the Post' are based on a false premise. AV will make no difference to a large number of…
By Chris Williamson MP Research released on Monday revealed that building the homes required to meet the government's own projections of need would mean £1.2 billion of investment annually across the country and the creation of over 216,000…
By Chris Williamson MP / @chriswmp It was Harold Wilson who in the 1960s coined the phrase that a week is a long time in politics. How right he was. The events that have unfolded since the general glection would have been unthinkable this…
By Chris Williamson MP / @ChriswMP The Comprehensive Spending Review has now been completed and the chancellor has made his statement in the house trying to justify the most vicious cuts in living memory. But in spite of the harmful…
