‘The Government’s earned settlement policy is built on a fiction. It should be scrapped’
Reports suggest Downing Street is considering transitional protections for migrants already in the UK. If true, that is…
Olivia Blake MP
‘This is not triangulation, it is capitulation’
This week, the Home Secretary announced a programme of migration and asylum reforms, taking inspiration from Denmark’s immigration…
‘This is Britain’s quiet emergency. We must act together to end it’
Britain is living through a quiet emergency. Fields are turning to dust after summer droughts, coastal towns are…
‘Why we can’t count on North Sea oil and gas – and need a green energy transition’
What a difference a general election makes. Within days of Labour’s historic victory at the polls, the new…
The climate and ecology bill is a critical step towards tackling the climate crisis
I’m very proud to be re-introducing the climate and ecology bill into parliament today, leading a cross-party effort…
To stop further loss of life in the Channel, the Tories must back a safe passage visa
Next week, MPs will debate the government’s cruel new illegal migration bill. The legislation will make it impossible…
It’s time to ditch the austerity agenda
The economist, JK Galbraith, once said “there are two classes of forecasters: those who don’t know and those…
To live up to our conference slogan, we must set out a vision for climate action
From speaking to my constituents, small businesses and charities, I understand the worry and the precarity many are…
The Conservatives are abandoning British farmers – but Labour is listening
Despite promising to ‘get Brexit done to support British farmers’, the government has recently signed a trade deal…
At the centre of our green recovery, we need a National Nature Service
This week, Ed Miliband launched Labour’s new green economic recovery report – a plan to create 400,000 new…
