Chuka Umunna: Migrants must take compulsory English lessons
New migrants must learn English before they arrive in Britain or enrol in compulsory classes, a group of…
Immigration
Labour must be the champion of small business amid the turmoil of Tory Brexit
On your marks. Get set. The race towards Brexit is about to begin. Subject to the Supreme Court’s…
Unite challenger takes on Corbyn over “uncontrolled immigration” from EU
The challenger hoping to win the leadership of Unite has marked out his differences with Jeremy Corbyn over immigration by…
Brexit spells ruin for our country – MPs must be free to vote against it
The recent 448-75 parliamentary majority in favour of Theresa May triggering article 50 (A50) by end March, just weeks away,…
After the Brexit vote Labour can put race equality back on the political agenda
In December 2015 I was approached by Jeremy Corbyn and Kate Green, then the shadow minister for women…
Sleaford vote shows we must listen to voters on EU and immigration, former shadow cabinet minster tells party
Labour’s result in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election was a “disaster”, a leading backbencher says today, as…
Paul Blomfield: Tory chaos over Brexit will hit science and damage our economy
Science doesn’t respect borders. It sounds obvious, but to cure more diseases and develop cutting edge technologies we…
Oath of loyalty will not help tackle terror, Abbott warns
Plans to ask public servants take an oath of loyalty to British values will serve little purpose Diane…
This is the battle of our times: Labour will fight against a Hard Brexit – Keir Starmer
This is the speech given by Keir Starmer, shadow Brexit Secretary, at Bloomberg in London today. I would like…
Labour’s big players know we must debate immigration – but party must resist the lure of the right’s post-truth populism
Immigration is a topic no one in Labour really relishes discussing. In this post-truth era, where facts no longer…
