‘Defence spending alone will not keep Britain secure’
National security in the 21st century depends as much on climate resilience at home as it does on security abroad.
Olivia Blake MP
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‘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 welcome. But protecting those already here does not fix this policy. It would put a sticking plaster on a scheme flawed…
‘This is not triangulation, it is capitulation’
"A humane system is possible: one built on safe routes that prevent dangerous crossings; on integration rather than exclusion" argues Olivia Blake MP
‘This is Britain’s quiet emergency. We must act together to end it’
It is only by working together - across parties, communities and generations - that we can restore the connections that sustain us and turn this crisis into a legacy of renewal.
‘Why we can’t count on North Sea oil and gas – and need a green energy transition’
Within days of Labour’s historic victory at the polls, the new Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was standing before the House of Commons to announce the steps that the government will take to make the UK a clean energy superpower.
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 for the UK to lock – in law – the ambition and the action that we need to tackle the environmental crisis. We must align…
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 for some of the most vulnerable people to claim asylum in the UK, effectively banning asylum claims for anyone who hasn’t…
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 who don’t know they don’t know". In the run-up to Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement, it became increasingly clear that the government…
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 experiencing during the cost-of-living crisis. After 12 years of brutal austerity, the challenges of Covid lockdowns and now…
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 with Australia that will, according to the National Farmers' Union, cause "irreversible damage" to rural communities and "the…
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 jobs, helping us to confront the challenges of the climate crisis and the spike of unemployment caused by the pandemic. One of these…
Now is the time for a National Food Service
When Nye Bevan put forward his plans for the National Health Service, he famously said: "All I am doing is extending to the entire population of Britain the benefits we had in Tredegar for a generation or more. We are going to Tredegar-ise…