Paula Barker MP

Labour’s election losses were driven more by progressive defections than Reform gains. Chasing Nigel Farage’s agenda would deepen the party’s crisis, not solve it.

Labour’s challenge is no longer how to secure power, but how to use it in a way that rebuilds trust and delivers change.

Paula Barker, MP for Wavertree, sets out her deputy leadership stall calling for pluralsim, unity and progress on Hillsborough Law

If we are to win the next general election, the homelessness crisis will be a major problem for the next Labour government. Labour will inherit an utter mess. Therefore, it is crucial that the next government adopts a comprehensive strategy…

According to Centrepoint’s latest estimates, 129,000 young people approached their council for help to avoid becoming homeless last year. That’s 353 young people a day. A new young person every four minutes. Two out of five young people…

This was the Prime Minister’s moment. Never has social care been so prominent in the national conversation than the preceding few years. So much so, Boris Johnson used his last big moment, upon entering Number 10, to proudly proclaim on the…

Long before entering parliament, my opposition to single-authority directly-elected mayors has been consistent, and my views have not changed since being elected in 2019. Indeed, it is also a position of my trade union, UNISON, which has…

After all they have done for us during this crisis, it is a disgrace that three in four care workers don’t even earn the living wage. But it is even more scandalous that many of our care worker heroes are being paid less than the minimum…

This year has been a complete whirlwind for all Members of Parliament, but particularly new intake MPs who have spent the last year learning the ropes and adjusting to new circumstances under the cloud of the pandemic. I cannot complain: it…

As we approach the start of voting for Momentum’s national coordinating group elections, voters need to remember what this organisation is for. A vital debate on democracy and accountability in our organisation is currently underway – but…

The end of April came and went, sadly with too little focus on Matt Hancock’s promised 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month. Granted, on the last day the Health Secretary claimed to have delivered 122,000 tests. But by…

I want to take a brief moment, at the beginning of this speech, to pay tribute to my predecessor, Luciana Berger, who served my constituency for nine years. In particular, her commitment to raising the profile of mental health issues was…