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In yesterday’s confidence vote debate the Prime Minister said: “when you have worked hard all your life, you will get a good pension and security and dignity in your old age”. Not if you are a WASPI woman, and not if you are a couple where only one of you is over pensionable age, because

After a month of delay, Parliament finally had a chance to vote on the Government’s deeply flawed Brexit deal. Labour voted against this deal because it does not protect jobs, workplace rights or environmental standards; does not ensure frictionless trade for UK businesses and provides no certainty about our future relationship with the EU. The

I was delighted to attend Les Stockwell (pictured left) and  Noel Kirby’s (right) farewell event in Parliament on Thursday 10 January 2019. Brendon Mulvihill, Les Stockwell and Noel Kirby are all retiring from the house of Commons. They have a combined 120 years of service between them. It is that kind of knowledge and dedication

This is a Government without a majority. They are in crisis and in denial about the crisis. The Government have faced two defeats in one week, breaking records. This is the first Government to be defeated on a Finance Bill since 1978. Our constituencies, businesses, the science community, the NHS, security and this House have

The Government was defeated again in Parliament on Wednesday 9 January 2019 on an amendment to the Business of the House motion on the EU Withdrawal Act by 11 votes. In the event that the Government loses the vote on its Brexit deal next week, the Prime Minister must come back to the House of Commons