"Refugees already contribute to our communities, work, pay taxes and support their families, and families would be hit particularly hard by these plans."
Tag: Labour
Restoring democracy and members’ rights in the Labour Party – John McDonnell MP
"We will only succeed if we are able to re-establish a democratic, broad church party, responsive to its members and respecting their rights."
How we rebuild Labour in Scotland – Brian Leishman
"Keir Starmer was just one reason for our failure. Another was a meagre political offering that has been a hallmark of Scottish Labour."
An asylum and immigration policy based on socialist principles – Bell Ribeiro-Addy
"Demonising asylum-seekers is an attack on the most vulnerable. It is the opposite of Labour values. Criminalising their right to claim asylum is a complete negation of our own history and our moral responsibilities."
End the rollback of our civil liberties and human rights – Apsana Begum MP
"The arrests of thousands of citizens for holding signs and placards, stemming from the absurd decision to proscribe a direct-action protest organisation, is surely the nadir for the Labour Party’s record on civil liberties."
For a foreign policy rooted in international law – Richard Burgon MP
"Israel’s war on Gaza has been a testing ground for the destruction of the international legal system itself."
Climate action must be at the heart of Labour’s mission – Christine Blower
"Climate change is fast becoming a cost-of-living, public health, economic and national security crisis. The governments that recognise this will be the ones that succeed."
Ending Britain’s social care disgrace – Rebecca Long-Bailey MP
"In 1948, Britain decided that healthcare should be a universal right. The unfinished question is whether we are prepared to extend that principle to care and finally complete the welfare state."
Kick the profiteers out of our NHS – Imran Hussain MP
"The expansion of private provision and marketisation has not strengthened the NHS. It has weakened it. It has diverted public money into private profit."
Hunger is a political choice, the new PM must choose differently – Ian Byrne MP
"A Right to Food Act would establish clear duties on governments and public authorities to protect people’s access to adequate food."