Left Foot Forward
Margaret Hodge on fighting extremism, challenges facing the country and what the next Labour government must do
With nearly 30 years of Parliamentary experience, we asked Hodge about some of her proudest achievements as an MP, her views on populist extremism, addressing child poverty and inequality and what she thinks the biggest challenges facing the country are going forward.
The Conservative Party conference offered no policies to fix the country
The ruling Conservative Party might have reflected on its failures and offered fresher policies to rejuvenate the economy and heal social divisions
Rishi Sunak’s conference speech fact checked: 3 misleading claims made by the Prime Minister
Fact checking organisation Full Fact went through Sunak’s speech and found at least 3 misleading claims made by the Prime Minister.
Debbie Abrahams MP: The Tories are scapegoating vulnerable social security claimants
There is no evidence that ratcheting up sanctions incentivizes people into work
Sunak reported to police over conference speech comments
“Operation Branchform should be free to pursue its investigation fearlessly without interference from Rishi Sunak.”
Penny Mordaunt brutally mocked for bizarre conference speech demanding people ‘stand up and fight’ 12 times
'One walk-on role as a sword-bearer and now she thinks she’s Henry V.'