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Below is the full text of Mary Kelly Foy's maiden speech delivered in parliament on March 4th. To begin with, I want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Roberta Blackman-Woods. Roberta served the constituency for 14 years and was a tireless…
Did Rishi Sunak just deliver a Labour budget? The government expects to borrow almost £100bn more this parliament as a result of the spending plans announced yesterday (not including urgent coronavirus measures). Jeremy Corbyn described the…
Rebecca Long-Bailey The MP for Salford and Eccles said: “By ducking the bold measures needed to tackle the climate emergency, the Chancellor has blown the biggest opportunity for national renewal since the post-war era, betraying current…
Rishi Sunak, who has been Chancellor for a mere matter of weeks, delivered a confident and assured performance at the despatch box this afternoon. The first post-election, post-Brexit Budget was dominated by measures to mitigate the impact…
For a long time, I did not talk about my background. And it was in no small part thanks to the support and encouragement of the labour movement that I came to talk of it – not as a sign of weakness but of strength. Over the past few years…
Backbench Labour MP Stella Creasy, who is currently on maternity leave, has renewed efforts in the campaign to make misogyny a hate crime by hosting an event in parliament this afternoon on that subject. The policy was included in Labour's…
Everyone running to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party is committed to fundamental change of parliament's upper chamber – the House of Lords – and want it reformed or abolished. This is not new for Labour leaders, who have…
Labour deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon has vowed to create a "truly democratic" party by implementing ten measures to empower members and by launching a 'Democracy Review 2.0'. The Leeds East MP has promised that, if elected, he…
A man was found dead in a commercial bin in Southwark last week. Stories like this one are becoming more common as the government refuses to properly acknowledge the extent of the housing crisis and its impact on rough sleeping. There have…
General election defeats for Labour are always keenly felt in the trade union movement. Although the relationship has its ups and downs, the two wings of the movement are still – and perhaps always will be – joined at the hip. This is…
