Richard Burgon: Conservative cuts agenda continues to create chaos in our prisons
Our prisons are increasingly in the news, but sadly it is too often for all the wrong reasons.…
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Richard Burgon: Labour’s summer of campaigning means no Tory can rest easily
As Parliament closes for the summer, Theresa May will be hoping that the break puts an end to…
Richard Burgon: Theresa May must ensure that local voices shape the Grenfell inquiry
On Thursday in my role as shadow justice minister, I attended a packed meeting of Grenfell Tower fire…
Richard Burgon: May has sacked another justice secretary but Tories’ record remains one of cuts and privatisation
No-one in the legal profession will have mourned the passing of Liz Truss’s time at the Ministry of…
Richard Burgon: Jeremy made the running in the first week of the election – and Theresa May simply ran away
Labour wants to win the general election. We need to see the back of this cruel Conservative government. Over the…
Richard Burgon: A murderer on the run and prisons in crisis – Truss is just the latest minister who couldn’t get a grip
With the prison and courts reform bill due to be published tomorrow, a chaotic string of developments on…
Richard Burgon: Justice for sale as Tories impose austerity on asylum cases
Parliament returned today with the Conservative Government erecting new barriers to justice – by significantly increasing legal application…
Richard Burgon: May’s plan to scrap the Human Rights Act is all about internal Tory party games
At this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Theresa May tried to reassure the country that her Government has been…
Richard Burgon: A Labour Government will abolish unjust employment tribunal fees
Labour is looking ahead to policies that will win the next election and it is clear that the…
Richard Burgon: In defence of Labour Party members
Abusive and threatening behaviour online and misogyny are serious societal problems that urgently need tackling. The leader of the…
