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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy addressed delegates in Liverpool on the last day of Labour Party conference - read her speech in full.
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Lisa Nandy: ‘Equal opportunity across the nation will help enrich our culture’
On a visit to Bradford earlier this month, I met with a group of young people who have spearheaded the city’s 2025 City of Culture programme.
Nandy: “Housing isn’t a market. It’s a fundamental human right”
Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the Labour Party conference by Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy in Liverpool today. Conference. Comrades. Friends. We meet today in one of the country’s historic northern cities…
To successfully level up, we must empower our local communities
For decades, the communities that used to power our country have only got the crumbs from the table. Too many places have been the losers in our economic settlement. Many of them are post-industrial and coastal towns, where good jobs have…
“Trust is the missing ingredient” – Nandy’s levelling up speech to the LGA
Below is Shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Lisa Nandy's speech to the Local Government Association conference today. It’s a pleasure to be with you today here in Harrogate. A northern town that bucks the trend with a…
Nandy on ‘levelling up’: Tories have given more to fraudsters than the North
Below is the response to Michael Gove's statement on levelling up delivered by Shadow Levelling Up, Communities and Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy today. Mr Speaker, after all the delays, all the slogans, all the big promises. Is this it? The…
“This is what our patriotism looks like” – Lisa Nandy’s Chatham House speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy in a Chatham House webinar this afternoon. When I took up this post 12 months ago, I made it my mission in my first year to bring about a values-based…
Challenges lie ahead, but Biden’s victory offers lessons for our movement
The eyes of the world are on Washington DC. Each inauguration is historic but today’s is uniquely significant, a moment of hope and light after four years of darkness. The Capitol building, which days ago saw fascists seeking to violently…
To defeat the virus anywhere, we must defeat it everywhere
The director general of the World Health Organisation earlier this year said: "The greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself. Rather, it is the lack of leadership and solidarity at the global and national levels." After the global…
The coronavirus crisis calls for internationalism, not isolationism
The coronavirus pandemic is a critical moment for the world – when we choose to pull together, or break apart. This test of communities and our leaders will have serious immediate and devastating long-term consequences should we fail it. A…
With coronavirus, trust matters. When people are afraid, things go wrong
Coronavirus is an unprecedented medical, scientific and economic challenge. It is also the first global health crisis Britain has faced in an age of social media in which misinformation can spread as fast as the virus itself. Last month, as…
Boris Johnson has abandoned the Red Wall – and launched a power grab from Whitehall
Don’t be taken in by the headlines. Three months ago, the Tories parked their tanks on Labour’s lawn, shattering the 'Red Wall' and promising to overturn an economic model that has stripped good jobs and spending power from towns across…