The UK is at a crossroads. This government inherited the dire legacy of a lost decade of cuts, austerity and underinvestment. The 2010s saw average real pay fall: the first decade in which this has happened since before the Second World War. Meanwhile, since 2010,...
Mother of the House Diane Abbott MP led a debate on the government’s plans to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) for millions of disabled people. I reiterated my call for the government to scrap cuts to PIP and other disability benefits, which will only push...
In a parliamentary debate on the issue of political donations, I argued that we must tighten up the rules to protect our politics from dark money and the corrupting influence of the super rich. For every ÂŁ10 donated to UK political parties since the early 2000s, ÂŁ1...
I took part in a Westminster Hall debate on debt cancellation for low-income countries. I pointed out the debilitating impact of these debts in the context of the climate emergency. Many indebted countries now find themselves on the frontline of a climate crisis which...
Last week, the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) summit in Samoa amplified growing calls for the United Kingdom to engage in meaningful discussions on reparations for countries impacted by slavery and colonialism. Despite the UK ruling out reparations from the...
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