Southwark will harness the energy of protest to shape lasting change
The last few weeks have been some of the most challenging of my political life. Challenging because Southwark…
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Refugee Week 2020: We must fight the causes of displacement
At just 15 years old, Hassan was targeted by an armed militia group in war-torn Aleppo, north-west Syria.…
Boris Johnson’s “world-beating” projects
Since 2015, the UK has been legally committed to spending 0.7% of gross national income on official development…
We are creating and destroying at an alarming rate. We must move to a circular economy
This week the government introduced legislation to ban the supply of single-use plastic straws, single-use plastic-stemmed cotton buds…
Scrapping DfID is shameful. We’ll fight for the UK’s life-saving aid
Tuesday was a truly awful day – the fourth anniversary of the murder of our dear friend, Jo…
STV for the NEC? Put it to conference and let the members decide
Labour’s governing body, the national executive committee (NEC), will unilaterally decide on a drastic shake-up to the way…
Join the Labour members helping an insurgent socialist run for Congress
In the spirit of international solidarity, Labour members across the UK are phone-banking for Samelys Lopez, an insurgent…
PMQs: Starmer attacked – but PM undermined by his own record
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions saw Keir Starmer try to steer the conversation towards rising child poverty and local…
Pride and prejudice in a pandemic
The recent report published by Public Health England confirmed what I feared but suspected – that coronavirus is…
Pitch perfect
It didn’t take long for that entirely predictable U-turn on free school meals during the summer holidays to take place.…
