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Cartoon: Lewis
Features / 19 April 2025
19 April 2025
British Steel has vindicated what the left has said all along — nationalisation of our key industries is common sense, and it’s the neoliberals who are now clearly the ideologically driven zealots, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Diane Abbott
Features / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement
LK
Features / 22 March 2025
22 March 2025
With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Keir Starmer, front center, hosts the European leaders' summ
Features / 8 March 2025
8 March 2025
As European leaders compete to increase military spending while threatening welfare cuts, the burden will fall disproportionately on working people and minority communities, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at a press conferen
Features / 22 February 2025
22 February 2025
Dangerous and delusional military posturing on the world stage does not serve the interests of the public among the European powers, nor the people of Ukraine, writes DIANE ABBOTT
MILLSTONE: Parts of the Labour Party see Nigel Farage’s Re
Features / 8 February 2025
8 February 2025
You only have to look at the dire polling of Labour’s sister parties in Europe to see that aping the hard right on migration leads to spectacularly bad results, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
arrest
Features / 25 January 2025
25 January 2025
This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT
UNDER THREAT: Latin American progressives (Left to right) Cu
Features / 11 January 2025
11 January 2025
There are unique dangers from Trump’s second term, from his territorial ambitions and corporate power grab to the global emboldening of hard-right forces championed by his consigliere Elon Musk, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
WZ+KS
Features / 28 December 2024
28 December 2024
Britain’s best option after the new president is sworn in in January is to simply opt out of his warmongering and demands for military spending, and make our own trade deals independent of the US for once, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
pay protest
Features / 13 December 2024
13 December 2024
For its own good the Labour government should take a radical, progressive approach to investing in public services instead of tinkering around the edges, argues DIANE ABBOTT
K+S
Features / 30 November 2024
30 November 2024
DIANE ABBOTT MP condemns the government’s vicious attack on benefits that callously denies the pandemic’s impact on the working class while pushing vulnerable people into unsuitable work through punitive measures
RR+M
Features / 2 November 2024
2 November 2024
Comparing Budget measures to fictional Tory plans rather than actual spending levels conceals continued austerity, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP, as workers face stealth tax increases to bear the cost of economic stagnation
MESSAGE FROM THE STREETS: Anti-war protesters on Whitehall,
Features / 19 October 2024
19 October 2024
It is well past time for Britain to end its subordinate relationship with US foreign policy — continued involvement in regional conflicts is making Britain a global pariah, as well as poorer and less safe, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during the
Features / 5 October 2024
5 October 2024
In light of its retreat on green investment, DIANE ABBOTT MP dissects Labour’s economic priorities, questioning whether the promised ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ will materialise amid signs of continued cuts and massive spending on war
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, left, and British Pri
Labour Conference 2024 / 21 September 2024
21 September 2024
The government mantra that ‘things will only get worse’ is almost designed to fuel the far right – and grim warnings from Europe suggest Britain’s future direction of travel too, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
13 - Grenfell march
Features / 7 September 2024
7 September 2024
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues we need unlimited fines and jail time for the guilty firms that dodged responsibility through legal loopholes — but most of all we need an end to the ‘bonfire of red tape’ and deadly Thatcherite ideology
riot+
Features / 24 August 2024
24 August 2024
DIANE ABBOTT takes issue with the way politicians and the media are portraying the recent wave of violence which lets racists off the hook
JB+KH
Features / 27 July 2024
27 July 2024
Taking into account the powerful role of Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, and anti-racist sentiment in recent US elections, the Republicans now face a serious challenge, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
aslef
Durham Miners' Gala / 13 July 2024
13 July 2024
Labour cannot afford ‘business as usual,’ or we risk a Farage-led right resurgence — from nationalisation to climate action, the public wants progressive policies, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
NF
Features / 29 June 2024
29 June 2024
With far-right parties making major gains recently in Europe, it’s worth paying close scrutiny to Farage’s party and taking the threat it poses seriously, writes DIANE ABBOTT
9 - Sheinbaum
Features / 15 June 2024
15 June 2024
From Modi’s stumble to Sheinbaum’s surge, voters in the majority world are seeking economic justice — here in Britain, Labour must learn to offer real change before Farage devours the Tories, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Teesside celebrating with Lord
Features / 18 May 2024
18 May 2024
DIANE ABBOTT takes down the attempts by the Tories to distract from their abysmal handling of the economy and public services by making one last desperate pitch to be the party of ‘defence’ by banging the drum of war
9 - Starmer
Features / 4 May 2024
4 May 2024
It now looks even more certain that Labour will sweep to power at the next general election — so providing a real, radical alternative to Tory policies must become a priority, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
KS+WS
Features / 20 April 2024
20 April 2024
We need a proper strategy to revitalise our public services – expecting privateers to rush to the rescue is no answer to the problems in the NHS and elsewhere, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
daughters
Features / 6 April 2024
6 April 2024
These deliberate and cold-blooded killings demand a global response: with over 30,000 Palestinian deaths, it's time for decisive action to end the bloodshed and hold Israel accountable for war crimes, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
9 - Rafah
Features / 23 March 2024
23 March 2024
The IDF's unrelenting violence is a global concern and we are all made weaker if we do not force a ceasefire and accountability on Israel, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Jeremy Hunt
Features / 9 March 2024
9 March 2024
Labour's adoption of austerity policies, like a National Insurance cut benefiting higher earners, suggests a bleak outlook with worsening living standards, increased inequality and heightened economic instability, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
labour green
Features / 10 February 2024
10 February 2024
DIANE ABBOTT explains the consequences of Labour dropping the green investment plan
RAF
Features / 27 January 2024
27 January 2024
We’re in grave danger of walking over the cliff edge into World War III, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
Trump's return
Features / 30 December 2023
30 December 2023
The coming year will likely see Trump return to the White House and a ‘centrist’ Labour return to Parliament – we need to be organised to deal with both, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble o
Features / 16 December 2023
16 December 2023
The idea that the US is calling for any kind of ‘restraint’ from Israel instead of fully supporting its slaughter of Palestinians is a sick joke — yet our government is following it blindly, making Britain a global pariah, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Du
Features / 2 December 2023
2 December 2023
As we head into the 14th year of austerity, it’s clear that the government’s economic policy has failed and workers and the poor are left paying for a crisis that they did not cause, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Palestinians rescue survivors after an Israeli strike on Raf
Features / 18 November 2023
18 November 2023
The brutality and death toll in Gaza are daunting, but our movement against it is having an effect here in Britain, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Gaza sorrow
Features / 4 November 2023
4 November 2023
The argument that Hamas must be rooted out and destroyed before the Israeli onslaught on Gaza relents is not valid on humanitarian grounds — and may not even be possible, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
destruction
Features / 21 October 2023
21 October 2023
Around the world people are calling for international law to be respected and the siege to be lifted immediately, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
demos
Labour Party Conference 2023 / 7 October 2023
7 October 2023
Racism and xenophobia continue to permeate Tory policies, writes DIANE ABBOTT
People take part in the People's Assembly Britain is Broken
Features / 23 September 2023
23 September 2023
There’s no point in booting out the Tories if we keep their economic policies — or pretend their financial ‘logic’ stands up when voters know the opposite is true, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
F-35
Features / 9 September 2023
9 September 2023
New nuclear weapons at Lakenheath place the British public in danger, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
Diane Abbott on march
Features / 26 August 2023
26 August 2023
DIANE ABBOTT MP looks at a range of figures that reveal the now shocking levels of destitution and desperation in Britain, but points out poorer countries have come back from much worse
child poverty
Features / 29 July 2023
29 July 2023
The left isn’t arguing that the state can create or borrow an unlimited amount of money — we can meet the need for pay rises and proper benefits with what we have right now, explains DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak onboard Border Agency cutter HMC
Features / 15 July 2023
15 July 2023
When legal migration is far higher than illegal, this preposterous and unworkable legislation is pure propaganda — but the demonisation of asylum-seekers presents real dangers, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Members of the public and protesters from Hastings and St Le
Features / 1 July 2023
1 July 2023
The crisis in the privatised water companies was inevitable – as private utilities will always race to the bottom with cuts to services in order to maximise profits, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
LEADING FROM THE FRONT: Jeremy Corbyn among anti-racism prot
Features / 22 June 2023
22 June 2023
The government does not care about tackling racism – that’s why only the labour movement can lead an effective fightback, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
EMPTY PROMISES: Rishi Sunak (left) and Jeremy Hunt might att
Features / 2 June 2023
2 June 2023
Before the election the Tories are going to pretend to break with austerity and offer us a bribe made of our own money. Labour must be ready to call this out, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Defend the right to strike image
Features / 19 May 2023
19 May 2023
We won’t stop the latest Tory attack from becoming law at this point, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP, but Monday’s protest can be part of building momentum to reverse all anti-union legislation entirely
IN THE HEADLINES: US President Joe Biden (left) is greeted b
Features / 14 April 2023
14 April 2023
It’s time to face the reality that the flow of history is towards reunification of Ireland, says DIANE ABBOTT
Jeremy Hunt
Features / 18 March 2023
18 March 2023
Although the government is starting to admit there is enough money to meet some of the demands it said were not possible, the austerity Budget shows it's still coming for what's left of the welfare state, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
RCN strikers
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023 / 7 March 2023
7 March 2023
Women’s gains in society and in the workplace are being rolled back at an astonishing rate, but resistance is now being organised on multiple fronts, says DIANE ABBOTT
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn
Features / 17 February 2023
17 February 2023
DIANE ABBOTT MP says there is more than principle and respect for party rules at stake — the progressive politics Corbyn represents must be defended as well as the man himself
strikers
Features / 3 February 2023
3 February 2023
The party must stand proudly on the side of ordinary people and those struggling for both a decent standard of living and public services for all, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Sir Keir vs NHS
Features / 20 January 2023
20 January 2023
DIANE ABBOTT MP condemns those in Labour who echo Tory rhetoric on healthcare — ‘being realistic’ and talking good fiscal sense to the taxpayer means rejecting privatisation and making the case for a truly public service
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket
Features / 6 January 2023
6 January 2023
The Tories are trying to wreck the country beyond repair before the next election through authoritarian legislation and driving down pay by gutting public-sector wages. That’s why the strike wave must win, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
protest
Features / 9 December 2022
9 December 2022
DIANE ABBOTT says the public mood of support for escalating strikes is remarkable – we need to unite it into a political opposition to the Tories
Diane Abbott
Features / 25 November 2022
25 November 2022
You face austerity because banks are being feather-bedded, not because the state is 'running out of money.' It doesn’t have to be this way, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Gavin Williamson
Features / 10 November 2022
10 November 2022
Gavin Williamson was forced out, in part, by external pressure — a small sign that we can, and must, bring our weight to bear on this shaky administration, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Rishi Sunak money
Features / 27 October 2022
27 October 2022
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues that the ‘tinkering around the edges’ style of opposition to Tory economic plans suggested by the likes of Peter Mandelson must be abandoned for a fully fledged redistributive programme
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
Features / 30 September 2022
30 September 2022
Now is not the time for minor change or adjustments – we need a genuine growth and prosperity plan that matches the scale of the crisis, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Chris Kaba
Features / 16 September 2022
16 September 2022
The latest fatal police shooting of a young black man should be of concern to all who oppose racism and is a sinister sign of a state prepared to crack down on its citizens in the most brutal way it can, warns DIANE ABBOTT
CWU strike D Abbott 3 9 22
Features / 3 September 2022
3 September 2022
DIANE ABBOTT believes there is a popular appetite for confronting the government and the unions have already shown the way forward
RMT and Bank of England
Features / 5 August 2022
5 August 2022
A grim economic backdrop is likely to mean further widespread industrial unrest for months or even years to come, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP
A cabinet meeting in January 2020
Features / 8 July 2022
8 July 2022
None of the characters vying for leadership of the Conservative Party have any interest in owning up to the lies of the Johnson regime — instead it is the workers' movement that must force the government's hand, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Members of the RMT picket at the entrance to Waverley Statio
Features / 24 June 2022
24 June 2022
So much more is at stake in the rail workers’ dispute than the livelihoods of the RMT's 80,000 members — we may well be witnessing the struggle that will end not only this government, but the austerity era itself, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Boris Johnson
Features / 10 June 2022
10 June 2022
Any hint of ‘one-nation Toryism’ with investment and reform to woo red wall voters is gone – cornered, our PM will lash out with ever more reactionary, right-wing schemes, sowing discord as he goes down, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Representatives from Relatives for Justice, whose loved ones
Features / 27 May 2022
27 May 2022
The Star publishes a speech delivered this week by DIANE ABBOTT MP on the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which offers conditional immunity from prosecution and replaces police investigations with an ‘information recovery body’
demo
Features / 13 May 2022
13 May 2022
The cost-of-living crisis is no ‘accident’ – it’s deliberate policy by the Tory government, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Diane Abbott
Features / 30 April 2022
30 April 2022
In terms of election strategy and tactics, building the widest possible coalition of interests, rather than single-issue politics, is the way to cut through to voters, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Migrants Border Force
Features / 15 April 2022
15 April 2022
It should be clear why the Tory government is in the gutter once more, using asylum and immigration to whip up racism and win votes, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Gas meter
Features / 1 April 2022
1 April 2022
It was no accident when Thatcher gutted our national industries and powerful unions, nor was it when Cameron came for what remained of the welfare state in 2010 — this time however, we are fighting for survival, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Ukraine refugees
Features / 5 March 2022
5 March 2022
The Ukraine conflict highlights a systemic problem with Britain’s response to refugees, caused by a system which is not fit for purpose, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
Tony Blair
Features / 18 February 2022
18 February 2022
Bizarrely, we seem to have adopted the most right-wing interpretation of the New Labour years’ formula for success — instead, we need to take an objective view and salvage what really worked, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
BE guv
Features / 4 February 2022
4 February 2022
The cost of living crisis didn’t just happen. It is government policy, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Boris Johnson
Features / 21 January 2022
21 January 2022
DIANE ABBOTT MP warns that if the current PM is replaced, the next leader will most likely have an even worse stance on effective Covid suppression as right-wing anti-lockdown factions now rule the Conservative roost
Self-isolation paraphernalia
Features / 7 January 2022
7 January 2022
The Tories are using the pandemic as cover to push though their austerity agenda, which falls hardest on workers, the poor and the oppressed, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Refugees welcome
Features / 11 December 2021
11 December 2021
The government’s all-round attacks on every aspect of working class existence must be opposed on every front, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
NHS march
Features / 26 November 2021
26 November 2021
Via the Health and Care Bill, the Tories want to break up and sell off chunks of the the health service — but we can still stop them, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Boris Johnson hand on face
Features / 12 November 2021
12 November 2021
The rot starts from the head down — even former Tory leaders are denouncing the open avarice of the Johnson regime. We must harness the bubbling public outrage and remember how sleaze has brought down governments before, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaving 11 Downing S
Features / 29 October 2021
29 October 2021
As Sunak signals his allegiance to the heartless business elite he hopes will soon back his bid for the top seat, this was a good Budget for polluters, arms manufacturers and bankers — but terrible for ordinary people, writes DIANE ABBOTT
STANDING UP: Diane Abbott addresses an SUTR rally in solidar
Features / 15 October 2021
15 October 2021
Organising a conference against racism is crucial with an increasingly reactionary government introducing vicious legislation against refugees and migrants and ignoring the unequal impact of Covid, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Manchester protest
Features / 1 October 2021
1 October 2021
Despite the weak leadership, Labour conference saw steps towards a £15 minimum wage, a Green New Deal and global peace — on the other hand the Tories are overseeing climate change, poverty and Covid chaos. The left must keep fighting, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Boris Johnson at Westport Care Home in Stepney Green, east L
Features / 17 September 2021
17 September 2021
This shameless government wasted billions on its shambolic, compromised Covid response and now wants to waste more on cold war nukes, not nurses, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Afghans fleeing, 2021
Features / 21 August 2021
21 August 2021
By Diane Abbott
MAJORITY VERDICT: ‘Solidarity stand’ in Dover’s Market
Features / 24 July 2021
24 July 2021
DIANE ABBOTT says a vicious government driving down pay, unleashing a public health crisis and waging war on refugees is being let off the hook by a Labour leadership fixated on purges and internal division
Sajid Javid looking sinister
Features / 9 July 2021
9 July 2021
The rush to remove Covid restrictions has been widely condemned — but the government isn't listening: it's up to the labour movement to resist the attacks on the nation's health, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Diane Abbott joins with people assembled in Portland Place i
Features / 26 June 2021
26 June 2021
Rather than fighting the ‘culture wars,’ we must focus on resisting every part of the Tory agenda and proposing truly transformative economic polices instead, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right greets French President
Features / 12 June 2021
12 June 2021
DIANE ABBOTT looks at the retrograde policies of a Tory government exposed by the G7 summit
Dominic Cummings
Features / 28 May 2021
28 May 2021
The government is playing Russian roulette with the virus and with people’s lives, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Labour conference
Features / 21 May 2021
21 May 2021
DIANE ABBOTT MP explains why she’s backing a Labour rule change to help bring unity of purpose back to the party
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Features / 15 May 2021
15 May 2021
Looking at the changes to the law that have already happened and those now proposed together, it is clear that we have not faced such a drastic attack on our rights and freedoms since we gained the vote, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Virus India
Features / 30 April 2021
30 April 2021
DIANE ABBOTT makes the case for a people’s vaccine to help get the virus under control across the world, not just in the wealthy West
India
Features / 17 April 2021
17 April 2021
The fight against the Covid pandemic will only succeed if it's driven by global internationalist solidarity, writes DIANE ABBOTT
BLM
Features / 3 April 2021
3 April 2021
DIANE ABBOTT looks at the just published and universally condemned report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
Protester
Features / 20 March 2021
20 March 2021
If the right to protest is conditional — to be withdrawn if a police officer believes someone is annoyed — then it is not a right as such, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Rishi Sunak
Features / 6 March 2021
6 March 2021
Far from there ‘being no money left,’ Sunak has just made an enormous tax giveaway to big business, says DIANE ABBOTT
vaccine
Features / 19 February 2021
19 February 2021
While the vaccine rollout is welcome, we still need a proper strategy to suppress the virus in order to bring an end the pandemic, says DIANE ABBOTT
Vaccine
Features / 6 February 2021
6 February 2021
There is a risk that government spin around the vaccines provides a false sense of security – and the dangers posed by a premature ending of lockdown are real, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Diane Abbott
Features / 23 January 2021
23 January 2021
Building a broad alliance to reverse government policy on the pandemic is literally a matter of life and death, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Johnson
Features / 12 December 2020
12 December 2020
As Brexit looms, just how far will the Tories’ attacks on product standards, living standards, workers’ rights and environmental protections go, asks DIANE ABBOTT MP
Cleaner leadenhall market
Features / 27 November 2020
27 November 2020
The government is using its own inept mishandling of the pandemic to further wreck our society for political ends — doubling down on austerity by passing the costs of Covid-19 onto ordinary people, writes DIANE ABBOTT
people gather in Black Lives Matter Plaza to celebrate Presi
Features / 14 November 2020
14 November 2020
The task for the new White House team will be to actually address the issues of racial inequality and living standards for the poor and for workers, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Corbyn rally
Features / 30 October 2020
30 October 2020
DIANE ABBOTT argues that the attack is not only on one man, but on ‘Corbynism’ itself — a system that believes in nationalised services and social justice
CCTV cameras
Features / 16 October 2020
16 October 2020
This government has no intention of delivering prosperity: so instead of a carrot, it is opting for a stick, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Boris Johnson in laboratory
Features / 3 October 2020
3 October 2020
Without a zero-Covid approach, the outlook is for a rising death toll, further economic damage and terrible knock-on effects on public health and education, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
masked woman covid
Features / 19 September 2020
19 September 2020
The Tories have failed on the virus, failed on jobs and now they threaten a partial shutdown that will only damage the economy. But there is an alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Donald Trump
Features / 5 September 2020
5 September 2020
Unable to run on his economic successes — because he hasn’t had any — Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics of demonising black people and protesters and giving support to far-right subterfuge is all he has left
Students marching on Gavin Williamson's constituency office
Features / 22 August 2020
22 August 2020
To prevent renewed carnage, Johnson’s regime must be forced to adopt a 'zero Covid-19' strategy, argues DIANE ABBOTT
HM Revenue and customs sign stock
Features / 8 August 2020
8 August 2020
Large sectors of the economy will continue to struggle unless the government provides assistance, says DIANE ABBOTT
Muslims street Pfrevent artcile and
Features / 24 July 2020
24 July 2020
We should scrap the infamous anti-terror programme: it is ineffective and counter-productive, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Lockdown woman in mask
Features / 11 July 2020
11 July 2020
Despite the apparent return to 'business as usual' the coronavirus crisis is far from over — but neither is our resistance to deadly government policies, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Black Lives Matter on football t shirt
Features / 27 June 2020
27 June 2020
This is just the beginning: we must prepare for a very long series of battles ahead, writes DIANE ABBOTT
BLM protest
Features / 12 June 2020
12 June 2020
We are now seeing the greatest civil unrest since 1968. But what does it mean for our future? And who will be standing on the side of progress and protest – and who will be standing for reaction, asks DIANE ABBOTT
Minneapolis burning
Features / 29 May 2020
29 May 2020
With the US president fanning the flames of violence in Minneapolis, DIANE ABBOTT MP looks at the history of scapegoating and finger-pointing at ‘the enemy within’
Covid-19 street art
Features / 15 May 2020
15 May 2020
…and the key class warriors in this country and elsewhere are big business, their political representatives and their media supporters, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Covid-19 workers
Features / 17 April 2020
17 April 2020
The Tories must be challenged over their coronavirus response – it cannot be left to beleaguered key workers and their unions, says DIANE ABBOTT
Anti-racism campaigners attend a vigil outside the Home Offi
Features / 3 April 2020
3 April 2020
We must defend the fair and reasonable policies on migration Labour has stood for in recent years, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
As part of this, it is vital that Labour remains a firmly an
Features / 21 March 2020
21 March 2020
It is vital to mark the UN’s international anti-racism day and step up anti-racist campaigning, says DIANE ABBOTT
Priti Patel on stage
Features / 6 March 2020
6 March 2020
In her desperation to deport 50 migrants, the Home Secretary attempted to pressure officials into breaking the law, reports DIANE ABBOTT MP
Features / 21 February 2020
21 February 2020
It is in our interest to reject the Tories’ divisive immigration policies — and put forward our own instead, writes DIANE ABBOTT
PCSO
Features / 31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Due to its ideologically driven commitment to cuts, the government has failed in its fundamental duty, writes DIANE ABBOTT
XR waterloo bridge
Features / 17 January 2020
17 January 2020
From trying to ban transport strikes to legal repression against Extinction Rebellion protesters, the government is already running scared, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Immigration
Features / 6 December 2019
6 December 2019
Tory policies of pursuing net migration targets has undermined our economy and our public services. Labour will end the ‘hostile environment’ writes DIANE ABBOTT