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We are currently in the middle of National Apprenticeship Week. A time when – for one week each year – Tory politicians fall over themselves to tweet about the value of apprenticeships; meet the apprentices who will be key to the country’s…
May broke away from her Brexiteer hostage takers for a brief interlude on Friday to promote her underwhelming vision for a post-Brexit Britain. And we learned three important things from it. Firstly, she only wants to take back very limited…
This is the full text of John McDonnell's speech today at Labour’s regional economic conference in Southampton. I’d like to thank everyone for attending today in what promises to be a packed day of debate and discussions. We’ve been running…
Theresa May makes a sensible case for a soft Brexit "I always enjoy the beginning of Theresa May’s speeches: the analysis of the problem is always lucid, crisp, and well expressed. The difficulties usually emerge in the second half, when…
Net migration has fallen slightly by 29,000 to 244,000 in the year ending September 2017 according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics. This level is similar to early 2014, but still more than twice the…
I’m delighted to have been selected as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster. I have working-class roots in the City but was born and grew up in East London and Essex. My early concerns about inequality…
This is an open letter to Katy Clark, chair of Labour's democracy review, from LGBT Labour chairs Ian Dylan Thomas and Sarah Kerton. Dear Katy, Thank you for the time you have spent with the LGBT Labour committee members and those in our…
Thank you Rebecca for that introduction and thank you all for being here today. It’s great to be speaking here in Coventry, which has long been at the core of Britain’s industrial heartland and is now set to be our next city of culture…
Our immigration rules are badly in need of urgent reform. Yesterday’s speech by shadow home secretary Diane Abbott addresses a key issue concerning the irrational and unreasonable way our immigration rules treat families. It’s time for this…
The introduction of metro mayors formed part of Cameron’s devolution project. The directly elected metro mayors for cities would provide strong and visible leadership as well as international standing, potentially attracting investments…
