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James Murray: ‘Labour’s plan to take on the tax dodgers’
After 14 years of economic failure under the Conservatives, taxes are set to be their highest in 70 years. People across Britain are feeling the squeeze. Yet, whilst the vast majority of people play by the rules, some are getting away…
The Tory finance bill shows they won’t put working people first
With quite some audacity, the Chancellor stood up in the House of Commons a month ago and said he was delivering “a Budget for growth” – just as documents published alongside it confirmed the UK economy was set to shrink this year. As…
These are the straightforward, fairer choices Labour would make on Thursday
Britain has so much potential – but it’s being wasted. Our economy is in turmoil. Under the Tories, thousands of people will pay higher mortgage bills for years to come, on top of soaring food prices and energy bills. The Conservatives keep…
The Conservatives have a choice – and they’re choosing to tax working people
Rishi Sunak has a critical moment in his Spring Statement tomorrow to do something about the toughest squeeze on living standards in a generation. With energy bills rising and about to soar, inflation already at its highest in decades, and…
The loan shark Chancellor is loading the costs of Tory failure onto working people
People across the country have seen energy bills shoot up in recent months – and we all know they are set to soar in April. For months, we have been challenging the Conservatives to do something to help. Labour has published a fully-funded…
The Tories want to give Amazon a whopping tax break. We’re fighting it
Our brilliant NHS and GP staff, scientists, lab technicians, nurses and volunteers are giving the whole country some much-needed hope as the vaccination programme progresses. But we know that the health crisis caused by Covid-19 is far from…
“We must win the battle for the NHS” – James Murray’s maiden speech
Below is the full text of the maiden speech delivered by the recently elected Labour MP for Ealing North, James Murray, in parliament on January 16th. I will begin by giving my heartfelt thanks to the people of Ealing North for putting…
The debate about building ‘the homes we need’ has to go beyond numbers
Big numbers abound in housing debates and rightly so. Two-hundred thousand new homes – the number the Labour frontbench has committed to building annually – is a response to the housing crisis that is starting to approach the scale we need…
Bold and unique – a role for local government in our modern state
As we talk about our country’s constitution in the coming months, the starting point is what powers the Scottish Parliament should have. And whilst devolution for other nations and regions is also a central part of the wider debate, it is a…
Londoners need councils to build homes
Like many London councillors, it didn't take long for the doorstep conversations I had during the local election campaign to turn to people's personal experience of the capital's housing crisis. It quickly became clear that when we talk…
It’s wrong when new homes fail to house people
Walk around much of central London and you see huge new blocks of flats springing up all over the place. And yet, despite our city's housing crisis, many of these new homes are out of reach for most Londoners. They are out of reach because…