John Lehal

The nasty party is back. Liz Truss wanted to use Tory conference to launch her government – but instead her party showed its true colours. The party chairman kicked off the week, advising people struggling with higher bills and mortgages to…

Being back out on the doorstep gives us the unvarnished truth from the public. There’s no doubt that voters welcome the pace of the vaccine rollout and the government is benefiting from a vaccine bounce. But the public has also been…

In her report on the impact of Covid-19, Baroness Doreen Lawrence wrote that Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people have been "over-exposed, under-protected, stigmatised and overlooked during this pandemic – and this has been…

Coronavirus has brought into focus exactly how unscrupulous some of our businesses can be. Britannia Hotels threw out resident staff with no notice. Mike Ashley demanded employees open his Sports Direct stores, arguing they were an…

For the second week in a row, we’ve seen media speculation about the Chancellor’s plans on tax. We’re in the grip of the sharpest and deepest economic decline in a century. The economic stimulus has been inadequate, the test and trace…

We come into politics to change the world, and right now we see so much that requires urgent and fundamental change. I want to be speaking about why people from minority communities are poorer and therefore more vulnerable to coronavirus. I…

Over the last fortnight, many of us have transitioned to working from home. Whether working in companies, charities or government, we’ve felt the imperative to keep going. This is a massive challenge when your customers, clients, and whole…

Politics has been relentless since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. But since Labour's devastating defeat in the 2019 general election, it feels like we are in a different world. There is rarely urgent business on the floor of the…

As Black History Month draws to a close for another year, those of us in politics to serve, empower and strengthen each other to tackle injustice, inequality and prejudice are reminded of Martin Luther King’s words that “the time is always…

The focus of this week has been the Prime Minister’s meetings in Belfast and Brussels, but for the business community uncertainty continues to prevail. The week started with Nissan confirming that they would build the new X-Trail model in…