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Opinion

Labour is right to take action to protect children from the harms of social media

Patrick Hurley
Today

Labour MP Patrick Hurley explains why he supports the government’s decision to consult on further steps to protect children online, including whether access to social media should be restricted for under-16s.

Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: As AI develops at an eye-watering pace and abuse increases, we need a digital bill of rights

Dawn Butler
Yesterday

We must legislate to place firm guardrails around the individual, ensuring that our rights are protected regardless of how technology changes. We need to bolster our civil rights.

Keir Starmer at PMQs
Opinion

There’s no “iron law” that Labour must lose the Gorton and Denton by-election

Jon Trickett
Yesterday

Labour won Gorton and Denton with a 13,000 majority in 2024. Jon Trickett MP argues that to win it again, the government must urgently change direction.

animal welfare
Opinion

Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further 

Jenny Canham
26 January, 2026 (3 days ago)

The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme

Opinion

GMB Union: It’s time to tackle inequality within Parliament’s workforce. That’s why we’ve launched the One Parliament, One Employer campaign

Holly Williamson Philip Hutchinson
14 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

‘In October 2025, the GMB MPs’ and Peers’ Staff Branch launched a report, exposing vast pay inequalities in Parliament’

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Opinion

Seven ways government could work better – and why it must

Roz Savage
13 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Roz Savage sets out how government in the UK could be improved

Donald Trump
Opinion

The government is in denial over the US

Natalie Bennett
12 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Green Party peer Natalie Bennett argues that “the West” as a unit with shared values and principles is dead

A Stand Up to Racism demonstration
Opinion

When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat

Claire Jones
9 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence, immigration narratives & the media. Can we reverse this fall? 

Jamie Stone MP
Opinion

Politics is full of scrutiny, but once in a while positive recognition doesn’t go amiss

Jamie Stone
9 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone reflects on securing Pride in Place funding for his constituency

Opinion

Why has devolution ground to a halt?

Shaun Roberts
9 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

That’s a hammer blow to plans to deliver growth and to get power out of Whitehall and back into local communities. 

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