Dawn Butler MP: ‘We can’t allow levelling up to be seen only in geographic terms’
‘If the Government is serious about tackling inequality and levelling up, it needs to act to increase the incomes of those in poverty’
Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler is Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and Labour MP for Brent Central.
Dawn Butler MP: Why I cannot vote for the government’s coronavirus plans or further power grabs
‘Last month I voted against Boris Johnson’s Plan B, last year, I voted against the renewal of the Coronavirus Act because it contained sweeping, unaccountable powers.’
Dawn Butler: True equality needs to include all women (so there’s still much to do)
Universal suffrage – free of conditions such as age or property ownership – will soon celebrate its 90th anniversary. Let it be an inspiration to today’s feminists.
The gender pay gap cannot be tolerated any longer
Companies failing to address the gender pay gap have to pay up, writes shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler.