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The chancellor wants us to believe that this Budget will make Britain fit for the future. But no matter how fit we are as a country, there is one huge hurdle coming down the tracks – Brexit. Britain’s departure from the European Union is…
Theresa May broke her promise and called this opportunistic general election to gain a personal mandate for her plans for an extreme Brexit. Instead, the result left a divided Tory Party and a prime minister completely disabused of the…
This is the speech delivered by Chuka Umunna at his count in Streatham last night. Can I start by thanking the Returning Officer and all the staff here who have run this count so well. One of the many things we have been reminded of these…
We have heard a lot today from the Tories and their media allies about how they are now the “mainstream” party of British politics, following their manifesto launch. But this could not be further from the truth. They talk about inequality…
Theresa May has received deserved mockery for the robotic repetition of her main slogan – “strong and stable leadership.” But, in her speech in Downing Street yesterday, in which she accused the European Union of interfering in our general…
This is the full text of the Facebook post published by Chuka Umunna, Open Britain supporter and chair of Vote Leave Watch, following Tony Blair's call for voters to consider backing Tory or Lib Dem candidates in order to oppose Brexit "at…
For months, all the economic evidence has shown that this government’s plan to take Britain out of the EU’s customs union after Brexit will damage our economy. Even the government’s own statistics have forecast that UK growth will take a…
The storm of Brexit has shaken British politics to its roots in the past nine months. The extent of the damage to people’s jobs and livelihoods is yet to be seen but already the depreciation of sterling has led to an increase in prices and…
Today, the bill giving the government the power to trigger Article 50 – the mechanism by which we will leave the EU – will start to be debated in the house of commons. This is a golden opportunity for MPs who want to support our National…
Once again, our national health service is in a winter crisis. Last week, nearly a quarter of patients waited in A&E for more than the four-hour target introduced by the last Labour government. Astonishingly, just one hospital in the whole…
Small Business Saturday, now in its fourth year, remains one of the things I am most proud of from my time leading Labour’s shadow business team. I first learned about Small Business Saturday in 2012 whilst scrolling through Twitter on a…
This is the message posted on his Facebook page today by Labour MP Chuka Umunna. I still believe that by the strength of our common endeavour, working together, we have a much better chance of giving the next generation the best start than…
