Richard Burgon: May has sacked another justice secretary but Tories’ record remains one of cuts and privatisation
No-one in the legal profession will have mourned the passing of Liz Truss’s time at the Ministry of…
Richard Burgon
The media is still a feral beast – but Labour has to make the sums add up
Yes, the print media is overwhelmingly against Jeremy Corbyn – but the sums still have to add up.…
Richard Burgon: Jeremy made the running in the first week of the election – and Theresa May simply ran away
Labour wants to win the general election. We need to see the back of this cruel Conservative government. Over the…
Richard Burgon: A murderer on the run and prisons in crisis – Truss is just the latest minister who couldn’t get a grip
With the prison and courts reform bill due to be published tomorrow, a chaotic string of developments on…
Shadow cabinet rankings 2016: Keir Starmer tops the tree
Keir Starmer has topped LabourList’s end of year rankings of the shadow cabinet. Thr shadow Brexit secretary received…
Legal aid cuts put justice “beyond the reach of thousands”, Burgon warns
Tory spending cuts have put justice “beyond the reach of thousands”, a shadow cabinet minister says today as…
Burgon: Tories must condemn “hysterical headlines” about High Court judgement
Liz Truss must “not stay silent” after the recent attacks on British judges in newspapers, Labour has demanded. Richard…
Unite: Tory failures over Brexit mean the worst of austerity could be yet to come
As the battery of poor economic indicators grows it becomes increasingly clear – if there was ever any…
Richard Burgon: Justice for sale as Tories impose austerity on asylum cases
Parliament returned today with the Conservative Government erecting new barriers to justice – by significantly increasing legal application…
Richard Burgon: May’s plan to scrap the Human Rights Act is all about internal Tory party games
At this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Theresa May tried to reassure the country that her Government has been…
