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Theresa May’s hostility to international students hurts Britain’s economy and society, writes Diane Abbott. This week saw Theresa May become even more isolated both in government and in broader society over the question of retaining…
Hate crime is rising. The home office statistics published this week made for alarming reading. There were more than 80,000 incidents in the last recorded year, a 29 per cent rise on the previous year. This is the biggest percentage…
As Tory Party conference continues, the contrast between Tory values and the Labour values we expressed at our successful conference last week will become all the clearer. Throughout our conference we both exposed the Tories’ record of…
The Tories have never been keen on fighting wildlife crime. From the promised legalisation of fox hunting, through to the threatened closure and late reprieve for the National Wildlife Crime Unit in 2016, it seems clear that the Tories have…
This week figures obtained by The Independent showed just five per cent of refugees resettled from Syria under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Programme (VPRP) have disabilities, including mobility issues or special educational needs…
The knee-jerk reaction of so many British politicians to support the US bombing of Syria should be a sharp reminder that Jeremy Corbyn is indispensable to forging a new politics. He took the brave and correct stance not to endorse yet…
The Tory claims about standing up for working people are all unravelling. Philip Hammond made sure of that with his planned hike in national insurance contributions (NICs) rates. Even so, Labour cannot expect that the government’s…
The introduction of spit hoods by police forces is highly controversial. Police officers are rightly concerned for their own safety and their personal dignity. But many civil liberties groups argue strongly that the spit hoods are…
There is a widespread anxiety that the economic outlook will deteriorate. If so, we should expect the Tories to expand their scapegoating tactics. This goes back at least as early as the early 2010 general election campaign when David…
This is the full response published by shadow home secretary Diane Abbott after new figures showed net migration hitting the second-highest number on record in the year to June. “The Tories made a promise to the British people on net…
It is frequently asserted that Labour should adopt a more hostile posture in relation to immigration in order to reflect the views of its supporters and potential supporters. It is further asserted that this will then allow Labour to ‘win…
Last week in Parliament the Labour Party was united in attacking the latest Tory attack on the NHS. The mechanisms of the attack are technical-sounding Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). In reality these are Secret Tory Plans…
