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As one of a small number of MPs who received free school meals, I know better than most how important they are to families living at or below the poverty line. Perhaps if more MPs on the government benches had received free school meals…
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of our economy and the insecurity of our society. We have a responsibility to make sure that the choices we make now don’t just see our country through this crisis, but build a better…
It is now 77 days until the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal. Boris Johnson and his government give all the appearance of desiring this disastrous outcome for our country. A ‘no deal’ Brexit has become a ludicrous…
Growing up in a council flat, I thought I was unlucky. Born and bred in Stepney, in London’s East End, I was acutely aware of my own relative disadvantage - though didn’t think of it in those terms. I just knew that some of the kids in my…
At Monday’s meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, I warned that three things would happen should the NEC fail to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism including the full list of…
Britain has one of the best higher education systems in the world, educating millions of students from across the world each year. Behind that success are hundreds of thousands of dedicated staff: from university leaders and academics to…
This has been a terrible week for David Cameron and the Tories. His prevarication over his own tax arrangements have left him looking shifty and untrustworthy. The Panama Leaks have implicated over 100 politicians across the world…
Today I’ll be speaking at a rally for student nurses, midwives and other healthcare students who face damaging Tory plans to scrap the NHS bursary. This is an incredibly important issue, and the effects of these poorly thought through…
We’ve all been moved by the distressing images of refugee children arriving in Europe, having made perilous journeys to get here. Clad in life jackets, with just the possessions in their hands, it’s hard to fathom the dangers these children…
Very little was said during the Labour leadership contest about the future of our higher education sector, beyond the headline issues of student fees and finance. This is unsurprising, given that internal party elections are debated in…
This article is from Our Labour, Our Communities - a pamphlet of 10 essays by Labour PPCs, published by LabourList in partnership with Lisa Nandy MP ‘Britain is on the brink of becoming a permanently divided nation’. The words of Alan…
With just under nine months to go until the general election, constituency parties are gearing up to deliver the scale of campaigning we’ll need to deliver a Labour majority. The Tories will have more money, but their party is hollowed out…
