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Jon Trickett

Chancellor Rachel Reeves with the budget briefcase
Opinion

The government’s economic strategy is on the wrong track

Jon Trickett
4 April, 2025

Labour MP Jon Trickett urges Rachel Reeves to change course

Nigel Farage in the House of Commons
Opinion

Jon Trickett: Rather than mimicking far-right parties we should be confronting them

Jon Trickett
5 March, 2025

We need to confront them. And when we do so, we will see they are vulnerable.

Parliament
Opinion

Bold reforms are needed to tackle lobbying by the rich and powerful

Jon Trickett
14 May, 2024

‘No longer can we tolerate a system in which getting your way in Westminster is based not on what you know, but on who you know’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line
Opinion

The public have had enough of Tory neoliberalism. The case for collectivism has never been greater

Jon Trickett
23 April, 2024

‘Working class solidarity is the very opposite of  the law-of-the-jungle values promoted by Conservative ideologues’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
Opinion

Price controls are needed to tackle inflation

Jon Trickett
22 June, 2023

Squeezing working people won’t work. It’s time for price controls.

A photo of the Metropolitan Police HQ, New Scotland Yard
Opinion

The Casey Review shows why the Public Order Bill must be stopped

Jon Trickett
22 March, 2023

The Casey report has found the Metropolitan Police to be broken – institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. This will come as no surprise to many people.

NHS

Jon Trickett MP: The NHS crisis is a result of Tory policies and we must fight them every step of the way

Jon Trickett
6 July, 2022

Let’s return to Aneurin Bevan who also famously said that “the NHS will last as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it.”

Jon Trickett MP: Lessons from France: Why we need to unite the left for working people

Jon Trickett
14 April, 2022

The history of Presidential elections over the past fifty years have seen a complete reversal of fortunes for the two dominant currents, and the forerunner organisations of their political thought.

A photo of coins on top of an article explaining that Energy companies are raising prices

Jon Trickett MP: Why we need an inflation-proofed pay increase for public sector workers

Jon Trickett
29 March, 2022

‘The erosion of employees’ pay requires bold action from the government. If they do not ensure that pay keeps pace with living costs, the backlash from workers will grow.’ 

Jon Trickett Covid vaccinations

Jon Trickett: Government’s levelling up plans fall at the first hurdle

Jon Trickett
3 February, 2022

‘Only a radical economic transformation will work. But the Tories will never spearhead such a vision.’

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