We need a new settlement for communities across the country
For communities up and down the country the last few years have been extremely tough. The current Tory…
Ian Lavery
Working people need a strong voice in the very place that excludes them
It really is all too easy for us to despair as we see countless cases, not just in…
A fine is not enough, let’s demand an end to Wonga’s tactics
As the packed tube rattled from station to station this morning, I was hit with the realisation that…
Miners lives are too cheap
Having worked on the coal face myself, I cannot understate just how heartbroken the tragedy to have hit…
Whose recovery is it?
We live in strange times. It is a world where nothing is quite as it seems. For tuning…
Sorry Sunny, if Labour is the largest party we simply have to go it alone
As we approach 2015 and the end of the current cosy coalition, Nick Clegg has seen fit to…
Today, I want to rid the country of the hated Bedroom Tax
Ten minute rule bills allow parliamentarians to bring in front of the house a bill relating to an…
How Thatcher lied to the country during the Miners’ Strike
After thirty years of collecting dust, the declassification of secret government papers has finally exposed Margaret Thatcher’s and…
It’s time to Axe the Bedroom Tax
It is often said that the measure of a civilised country is how it’s citizens look after the…
It’s time to offer some hope and aspiration to those struggling
David Cameron’s government are failing Britain. In 2010 when the nation rejected a Conservative government and instead voted…
