News - John McDonnell MP

John’s contribution to the Westminster Hall Debate on Regional Airports

I congratulate the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double). I represent the constituency in which Heathrow is located, which in no way can be described as a regional airport—I apologise if he feels that I am Zoom-bombing the debate—but I think it is absolutely critical to have…

John McDonnell: The five lessons Keir Starmer can learn after Labour’s Batley and Spen by-election win

It’s best to be honest when reacting to by-elections like Batley and Spen and, if I have a role as a Labour party elder statesman, my advice is let’s admit that today’s result is a narrow escape from disaster, not just for the Labour Party but also for the local…

John’s contribution to the Westminster Hall debate on the Detention on Jagtar Singh Johal

I am here because of my personal concern about Mr Johal, but also because of the scale of representation that I have received from my constituents. The Government need to recognise the truly immense worry in our own country about this case. People are concerned because they have witnessed how…

John’s contribution to the Building Safety debate in the Chamber

My reason for speaking briefly in the debate is that I promised my constituents currently affected by the cladding scandal that I would use every opportunity I could to raise their plight. To recap my past interventions, the largest number of those constituents live in properties constructed by Ballymore—they are…

John’s contribution to the Westminster Hall Debate on Support for the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Industries

With Heathrow in my constituency, naturally I am worried about what is happening in both aviation and tourism. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in my constituency has risen by more than 220% in the first year of the pandemic, so there is an urgent need for action. I…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the National Insurance Contributions Bill

I want to focus my remarks on the parts of the Bill that relate to freeports, as others have done. During the debate on the Finance Bill, I highlighted the corporate tax reliefs available and the lack of any projections of the impact on the Exchequer, or of any impact…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill

The Bill will bring relief to thousands of investors who were let down not just by a failed company but by a failed system. That is why we need a Bill that will address the failures of regulation, governance and auditing, but this Bill does none of that. The Government…

John McDonnell’s contribution in all three debates on the Finance Bill

Freeports I am glad you are sitting down, Madam Deputy Speaker, because I do not want to shock you. I want to see if we can try something different tonight. Let us try and undertake some rational policy making. Let us try and base policy on evidence, shall we? I…

John McDonnell’s response to the Queen’s Speech

After 11 years of harsh austerity and a year in which the covid pandemic has resulted in such a scale of human suffering, the Queen’s Speech should have been a paradigm-shifting intervention in which were established a new set of ideals upon which the future of our society was at…

The Alternative Queen’s Speech: How to build a fairer, healthier, greener Britain

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Ian Mearns, Richard Burgon, Pauline Bryan & John McDonnell The pandemic has exposed inequality and insecurity, and made us re-evaluate what is most important to us. It has also exposed that we are globally interdependent and must work together to tackle the challenges that face us. A socialist…

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