Richard Burgon announces deputy leadership bid
Labour’s Richard Burgon has announced that he will be putting himself forward to become the party’s next deputy…
Richard Burgon
Sunday shows: McDonnell apologises as Nandy and Burgon consider going for top jobs
The Andrew Marr Show John McDonnell apologised to candidates and MPs who lost their seats in the general…
Labour would expand violence reduction units to tackle gang crime
Labour is set to announce that it would expand 18 ‘violence reduction units’ in the police forces across…
WATCH: Yes to election once no deal is “off the table”, Burgon says
Shadow cabinet member Richard Burgon has confirmed in his media round this morning that Labour will back a…
Will the Lib Dems help Boris Johnson deliver no deal?
Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone offered a disturbing insight into his party’s thinking this week when asked what…
“Justice should be a right, not a privilege” – Burgon’s conference speech
Conference, this year marks 70 years since the radical post-war Labour government introduced Legal Aid. Built out of…
Let’s invest in alternatives to prison that actually reduce reoffending
After a decade of Tory failures in our criminal justice system, driven by deep austerity, Boris Johnson this…
Sunday shows: Burgon on Iran, antisemitism and tolerance, plus Hammond resignation
Ridge on Sunday Richard Burgon, Shadow Justice Secretary and MP for Leeds East, talked about a potential conflict…
Richard Burgon: End of austerity? The justice department knows that’s a lie
Austerity is over. That’s what Theresa May claimed at this year’s Tory conference – but if that were…
Privatisation “puts the public in danger”, says McDonnell
John McDonnell has accused the Tory government of “putting the public in danger” in pursuit of an ideological…
