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Behind the Immigration Bill that the Tories are attempting to rush through parliament, they intend to create a class of second-class migrant workers – those here for only twelve months and therefore unable to claim all their rights as…
As the Tory crisis rumbles on, a general election could be on the cards. It is worth looking, then, at the lessons of the recent American mid-term elections. The first thing to say is that, despite the spin, Donald Trump actually lost the…
We are currently witnessing a chilling rise in far-right and fascist forces on both sides of the Atlantic. It is in this context that the release of 'Utøya: July 22', a film being shown in parliament this week about the awful massacre at…
It’s hard to believe we are living in a country that indefinitely detains its own citizens, deports them, or refuses them cancer treatment even when they’ve lived here all of their adult lives. Yet under this government we have seen this…
Below is the full speech given by Diane Abbott, Shadow Home Secretary, at Labour Party conference today. Thank you Chair. Thank you Conference. It’s great to be back in Liverpool. The party is the largest Social democratic party in Europe…
Diane Abbott's speech on Labour’s plans for a simpler, fairer immigration system and an immigration policy that supports the needs of our economy Thank you all for coming here today. This is the third in a series of speeches I have promised…
On Tuesday, as soon as parliament returned from summer recess, I asked the Home Secretary an Urgent Question on the government’s Windrush policy. The need for this question was prompted by a number of new horrors thrown up by the Windrush…
On the last day parliament sat before recess, the Home Secretary gave a statement in response to Stephen Shaw’s second review of the government’s approach to vulnerable people in immigration detention. We know the government likes to sneak…
Seventy years ago, in 1948, the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England, having sailed into history having begun its journey in Jamaica. The 492 passengers were the earliest group of post-war Caribbean migrants and achieved an almost…
The overriding priority of any government should be preserving the life and wellbeing of our citizens. However a number of recent heartbreaking cases like that of Billy Caldwell and 6-year-old Alfie Dingle have highlighted that this…
“It has taken over 40 years to extend justice and equality to the women of Northern Ireland on this issue. There is no rational case for this unfairness. We hope that in the autumn, when parliament debates our new clause, fellow MPs will…
Theresa May has finally agreed to appoint a panel of experts to the Grenfell inquiry. This decision took a petition initiated by the survivors and bereaved families, thousands of signatures and an unrelenting campaign. This was a stress…
