Patrick Hurley is the Labour MP for Southport, and was elected in July 2024.
When people think about higher education, they often picture leafy campuses, freshers’ weeks and teenagers heading off to university at 18. For millions of people in Britain, though, life simply does not work like that. Mine certainly did not. Before I entered
Employment policy is often discussed in abstract terms: participation rates, targets, and programme design. But for the people affected by it, work is not an abstraction. It shapes confidence, dignity, routine and identity. Whether someone can find and keep a job has
