Hammond must face the future
Tomorrow is the autumn statement. It is the first economic intervention by the new chancellor since Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. But this is not the statement of ...
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Boots on the ground in Richmond Park
Tramping the streets of Richmond and North Kingston during a chilly November has been a far more heart-warming experience than I expected when I was selected as Labour’s parliamentary byelection ...
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Face tomorrow with determination
The modern world is not a very fun place to be a moderniser. But after a decade of frustration, despair and defeat, those of us on the British centre left should at least have been more emotionally prepared than most for the bonfire of optimism that 2016 has brought to politics. Our buffer zone of cynicism should have been strong...
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Fighting among the brassica fields
‘Some will label me a quitter, or, no doubt, worse. Those are labels with which I can live. The label Conservative no longer is.’ – This was the widely reported parting shot of Conservative member of parliament, Stephen Phillips as he resigned his ultra-safe seat. My Conservative MP. I have to admit, his resignation came out of the blue. Although,...
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Parents of premature babies need support
No new parent is ever fully ready for the challenges of bringing up a baby. But parents of premature babies face overwhelming stress and pressure from an underfunded neonatal care service and outdated employment laws that do not recognise their real needs. There is a shortage of nurses in two-thirds of neonatal units, while seven in 10 care for more...
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Job centres are failing young women
A report published today by Young Women’s Trust has found that job centres are failing to help women into work. Just 19 per cent of young women who visited a job centre in the past year reported that it helped them to find a job. Young women are more likely to be out of employment, education or training than young...
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Problems of racism, poverty and war
I have made no secret of my pride in representing Newcastle, the area in which I was born and grew up, but there is one day in Newcastle’s history that is a particular source of pride for me. On 13 November 1967, Newcastle University awarded Dr Martin Luther King an honorary degree. It is not by accident that Newcastle was...
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