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Just over a month ago, MPs voted on the government’s tier system of coronavirus restrictions. I voted against as it was clear, even then, that the system was totally inadequate for getting the virus under control. But I also opposed it…
After an incredibly bleak year, the coronavirus vaccines offer a ray of hope that 2021 can bring a return of something resembling normality. But it will be many months before the vaccines have been distributed widely. Until then, Labour…
The government's approach to fighting coronavirus has been an unmitigated disaster, leaving us with one of the highest death tolls in the world. It’s heartbreaking to think that tens of thousands of lives could have been saved had we kept…
One of the great achievements of the last period of Labour government was the introduction of the national minimum wage. In the face of ferocious Tory opposition, it established a basic principle that – as its name makes abundantly clear –…
With its horrific death toll, the coronavirus pandemic is the greatest crisis most of us have ever lived through. The absolute priority for our party is to force the government into taking every action needed to save lives. There are…
Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone offered a disturbing insight into his party’s thinking this week when asked what he would choose between Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister or a disastrous 'no deal’ Brexit. His answer couldn’t have been…
Conference, this year marks 70 years since the radical post-war Labour government introduced Legal Aid. Built out of the ruins of the Second World War. A huge step forward for access to justice. Because our hard-won rights aren’t worth the…
After a decade of Tory failures in our criminal justice system, driven by deep austerity, Boris Johnson this week announced 10,000 new prison places at a cost of £2.5bn. Building more and more prisons may get headlines, but it is not the…
Austerity is over. That's what Theresa May claimed at this year's Tory conference - but if that were true for justice, everyone in the sector would breathe a huge sigh of relief. People and services are at breaking point having faced harsh…
The Grenfell Inquiry opened recently with powerful tributes from the loved ones of those who lost their lives in the fire. Those commemorative portraits ensured that the real lives behind the disaster headlines were placed at the very heart…
Our justice system has two key functions: to defend our hard won rights and to help keep communities safer. Both are about building a society where people can reach their full potential. The Tories are failing on both fronts, with cuts…
Our prisons are increasingly in the news, but sadly it is too often for all the wrong reasons. It seems that every few weeks our prisons reach a new low. Last month’s riot at HMP Long Lartin was the latest in a growing list of violent…
