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LabourList has run a series of pieces offering different views on the conflict in Israel and Palestine, its implications and Labour's response. You can read more of them here. Some calls for a ceasefire in Gaza are understandable and I…
This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel. Three short years later, after a rare period of hope that the tragic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians might at last be…
I will have a lifelong interest in children’s social care. As a former social worker, I cannot help but pay close attention. One of the ways I do this is through the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on looked after children and care…
Earlier this month, we marked the tragic assassination in 1995 of Yitzhak Rabin – an event that robbed Israel of a great soldier and statesman. Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords appeared to usher in a new era in relations between Israel…
The explosion of armed conflict and violence we have seen over the past week in the Middle East is highly concerning. I am deeply distressed by the civilian casualties in both Israel and Palestine. My thoughts are with the families who have…
One of the few positives arising from the coronavirus crisis has been the weekly ‘Clap for Carers’. Every Thursday, people up and down the country came together to show appreciation for the hard work and heroism of our carers. The…
A campaign led by Labour MPs for tougher penalties for attacks on shopworkers has united the retail sector and provided thousands of shopworkers across the country the opportunity to share their experiences of violence and abuse directly…
The latest crime statistics present a damning indictment of the Tory record on policing and crime. In the past year alone, recorded crime has increased by 10 per cent, of which violent crime is up 18 per cent, and Action Fraud, the UK's…
The bad debts and toxic products of our banks have already scarred the early years of this century and destroyed the hopes of a generation. Now we discover that while many of these banks were using our money to bail them out, they were also…
