Drug-related deaths in Scotland lie squarely at the feet of Nicola Sturgeon
Following on from Jay Jackson’s piece for LabourList, in response to England’s latest deaths by drug poisoning data,…
Drugs
I was groomed into a gang – Labour’s “tough” on crime stance won’t work
90 minutes into what felt like the millionth Tory leadership hustings, Rishi Sunak uttered the words of a…
A public health-based approach to drugs must be the guiding principle for Labour
Drug death figures for 2021 released by the Office for National Statistics last week make for grim reading.…
An authoritarian turn from the Tories on drug policy leaves Labour an open goal
Government plans announced at the Home Office national drugs summit last week, including the expansion of football banning…
Naming and shaming drug users is focus group fodder – Labour must do better
A Labour government would “absolutely look” at a scheme “naming and shaming” those convicted of buying illegal drugs,…
Starmer: Government cuts to blame for drug-related deaths and ‘county lines’
Keir Starmer has argued that government cuts to the criminal justice system have meant that “the drug problem…
“I hope we can live well with cancer, not just die of it” – Tessa Jowell’s moving speech in the House of Lords
This is the speech which was delivered by former culture secretary Tessa Jowell to a rare and emotional…
Only Labour can tackle the tragedy of addiction and homelessness on the streets of Manchester and other blighted cities
Surely there has never been a more damning indictment of a government than the spice-addicted living corpses currently…
Bean over Britain: Lucas on Labour, tribalism and how spending cuts hit locally
Labour has held Wrexham since before the second world war but the threat of a regressive alliance could see…
Why the Lib Dems’ drug policy is completely pointless
On Thursday, the government published a report into the effectiveness or otherwise of tough legal penalties for drug…
