I was in Parliament over the weekend supporting emergency legislation aimed at saving British Steel, after the government took the rare step of recalling MPs for a Saturday sitting. The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill will allow the government to take control...
In a Westminster Hall Debate on government support for Thames Water, I highlighted the company’s shocking mismanagement and its impact on people living in Clapham & Brixton Hill. During my time as an MP, hardly a year has passed without major water outages...
I was pleased that the first Bill put down by our new Labour government was the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership Bill). This legislation will effectively restore rail operating companies to public ownership over the next few years, as franchise contracts...
The King’s Speech set out some key foundations for recovery after 14 years of austerity, privatisation and squeezed living standards. I was particularly pleased to see plans to take rail back into public ownership; strengthen workers’ rights through Labour’s New Deal...
Last year, the Government allowed the quiet sell-off of 49 London GP surgeries to Operose Health, the UK subsidiary of Centene, an American health corporation. Less than a year since this takeover, a BBC Panorama investigation revealed staff shortages, underqualified...
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