Comment 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… Ian Lavery 14th July, 2014, 11:25 am
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 27th June, 2014, 12:13 pm
Comment Miners lives are too cheap Having worked on the coal face myself, I cannot understate just how heartbroken the tragedy to have hit… Ian Lavery 16th May, 2014, 1:50 pm
Comment Whose recovery is it? We live in strange times. It is a world where nothing is quite as it seems. For tuning… Ian Lavery 9th March, 2014, 11:45 am
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 27th February, 2014, 10:06 am
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 12th February, 2014, 10:07 am
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 3rd January, 2014, 7:15 pm
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 8th November, 2013, 3:51 pm
Comment 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… Ian Lavery 30th October, 2013, 2:05 pm
Comment Casino Politics – An unprecedented political gamble On the day of the Big Meeting, with events having unfolded the way they have this week, it… Ian Lavery 13th July, 2013, 11:59 am