Opinion
Diane Abbott MP: The Government is deepening the crisis in private rented sector
'A quarter of Tory MPs are landlords and a fifth of all Tory Party donations are made by property companies.'
Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP: The Tory anti-union bill is a dagger pointed at the labour movement
In order to proceed with such draconian measures government ministers have inevitably resorted to misrepresentation and outright lies.
Diane Abbott MP: The Rwanda policy and demonisation of asylum seekers is a reactionary distraction
The government is pursuing a deportation policy which has already cost over £100 million, and is now spending more in legal fees, while not a single person has been deported to Rwanda.
Diane Abbott MP: The Public Order Bill has no place in a democratic society
'This is a government that does not tire of lecturing the rest of the world on democracy and human rights, and yet this is Bill creates two classes of citizens.'
Diane Abbott MP: This must be the time for a major change in housing policy
My constituency office which (like other MPs) deals with local people’s concerns, has been inundated with cases of mould in flats and houses, many of them leading to ill-health.
Diane Abbott MP: The government’s economic plans leave me fearing for my constituents
'The cuts and tax increases that are coming must be opposed'.