To win the argument on immigration, Labour’s policies must focus on fairness
It should be no surprise to find that the policy area where the Conservatives perform worst is ‘managing…
Hostile environment
Greater Manchester leaders “will not be complicit” in asylum seeker evictions
Greater Manchester mayoral and local authority leaders have released a joint statement today pledging that they “will not…
The government is failing victims of both the Windrush scandal and Grenfell fire
Harold Wilson famously said: “A week is a long time in politics.” This rings true now more than…
Government “should be ashamed” after breaking law with immigration policies
Labour has declared that the government “should be deeply ashamed” after the Home Office was found to have…
We must stand with Commonwealth veterans facing the Tory hostile environment
The authors of this article have all served in our nation’s military. Between us, we have decades of…
The hostile environment for migrants is unjust – and doesn’t work anyway
Since 2010, the Conservatives have promised again and again across four general elections that they would slash immigration.…
The struggle for migrants’ rights – beyond the NHS surcharge U-turn
The Labour frontbench last week celebrated a victory as the government confirmed its U-turn on the health surcharge…
The hostile environment in healthcare hurts everyone. We must maintain the pressure to end it
It’s encouraging to see more people waking up to the importance of our migrant key workers. The pandemic…
The hostile environment is being kept in place even amid the coronavirus crisis
An elderly woman with lung cancer was told she would have to fly home to Ukraine in order…
The government is not sorry for the Windrush scandal, or willing to learn any lessons
“When will black lives matter once again?” This was the challenge from David Lammy yesterday as he confronted…
