Earlier this week Labour announced that if they win the next election they will make it easier, cheaper and quicker to build in Britain, with a new plan to build the infrastructure Britain needs to grow the economy, cut bills, boost energy
I am pleased the debate about the need for a Minister for Men is continuing. I was asked a lot at the Conservative Party Conference and it was debated on BBC’s Politics Show recently. While that debate was subsequently soured by the
In her speech at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will announce Young Futures, a new cross-government national programme aimed at giving Britain’s young people the best start in life, with a specific strand of activity targeted at
Keir Starmer will today promise to get Britain its future back, saying that his five missions will usher in a decade of national renewal “totally focused on the interests of working people.” The Labour leader will draw a contrast between his plan
Rachel Reeves has today vowed to wage a war on government waste as part of her commitment to spend taxpayers’ money responsibly and avoid another HS2 fiasco. Speaking at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Reeves accused the Conservative Party of
Labour says it will provide an extra 700,000 urgent dentists appointments and reform the NHS dental contract, as part of a package of measures to rescue NHS dentistry. In the first of the party’s policy announcements ahead of its conference in Liverpool,
Later today the Lord Chancellor will announce plans to automatically suspend parental responsibility from any parent who kills their partner. Known as ‘Jade’s Law,’ the measures will be brought before parliament by the end of the year and are supposed to put
They say a week’s a long time in politics, if that’s the case then the last 12 months must have seemed like a life sentence for the Conservatives. For the last year they have been hit by poll after poll showing that
Last month, the Ultra Low Emission Zone was extended to cover my constituency of Dagenham & Rainham. I have been clear in my opposition to this policy since the expansion was announced and continue to lobby against it. I understand the pressing
Earlier this summer I had the privilege to move the Second Reading of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill. The bill was originally introduced by my honourable friend Robin Millar MP in House of Commons in March, and I was pleased
