‘Violence against women and girls can be prevented. The UK can help lead the way’
Speak to frontline gender-based violence service providers in Rotherham or Halesowen, and then to women’s rights advocates in…
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‘The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too’
The Employment Rights Bill will be one of this government’s most significant achievements, improving the rights of millions…
Stella Tsantekidou column: ‘Labour can’t rebuild trust without honesty on migration’
“The Right distorted reality with the untrue things they were willing to say; the Left distorted reality with…
‘Labour’s women’s conference compromise raises questions about our commitment to single-sex spaces’
The outgoing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Chair Baroness Falkner was on the airwaves and in the…
‘Banning trans women from women’s conference is a blow to trans people’s participation’
The conversation around trans people in British politics has become unavoidable. Since 2012, the number of articles about…
‘Why I ‘stand with her’: a survivor’s call to unite against violence and misogyny’
This White Ribbon Day I shared something I had never spoken about publicly before. As a Labour politician…
’25 years of offshore wind shows what can be achieved by energy and climate ambition’
In December 2000, a quiet revolution began in Britain, when wind turbines in the North Sea began producing…
‘Lammy has shattered Labour’s Brexit omerta and reopened discussion on relations with the EU’
In pointing out that there would be advantages to Britain’s economy in being back in a Custom Union…
‘Rushing a UK–EU customs union now would undermine real progress’
“For economic renewal, we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the European Union”. Those were…
‘Britain’s high streets need Community Investment Zones’
Last week, the Chancellor used her Budget to introduce permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure…
