Gavin Shuker: We can’t walk away from the need for a new runway – and Heathrow meets Labour’s four tests
The Labour Party was right to set four tests for a new runway. Heathrow meets them. The last…
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Gavin Shuker: The Co-op Party is a lighthouse – not a lifeboat – pointing the way to a mutual future for Britain
This is one of a series of articles to mark Shared Economy, Shared Power, the Co-operative Party annual…
While gender equality is seen as a “women’s issue”, we’ll fail to progress
This week we’ve seen an emergence of reports and statistics that make plain the true scale of the…
Zero tolerance to female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the most brutal forms of violence against women and girls. Defiling,…
Holding back women will hold back Afghanistan
Last week, David Cameron declared Afghanistan as “mission accomplished”. Whilst we should be very proud of what British…
“It’s just mutilation…”
This week’s ‘The Cruel Cut’, a poignant, honest, brutal and deeply thought-provoking documentary that followed the quest of…
Defra Clowns face another embarrassing defeat
By Gavin Shuker MP Today could be a very interesting day in the House of Commons. A Backbench…
