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John McDonnell Calls For ‘Severe’ National Lockdown

Labour veteran tells HuffPost UK national measures would provide “clarity” as leaked data reveals official fears about transmission in pubs. John McDonnell has called for a “severe” national lockdown to allow the government to sort out the deep problems in its NHS Test and Trace service. The Labour former shadow chancellor told HuffPost UK’s Commons People…

John McDonnell’s Business Standards 10 Minute Rule Bill

I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an accreditation scheme for businesses that meet standards regarding the treatment of workers, the payment of taxes and environmental practices; and for connected purposes. The pandemic has made us all think about what we value…

John McDonnell MP looks ahead to TUC Congress.

The Pandemic has made Trade Unions Super Relevant As the TUC holds its Congress online what is absolutely remarkable is that alongside the transfer of the traditional gathering onto the internet, no matter how tough it for unions to organise during an pandemic there are campaigns, demonstrations, actions and disputes…

Lift National Living Wage to £15-an-hour, Labour’s John McDonnell to tell TUC

John McDonnell tonight calls for £15-an-hour minimum wage to fill workers’ wallets. The former Shadow Chancellor will demand a hike in the legal pay floor as he addresses a fringe meeting at the Trades Union Conference on Tuesday. Lifting the level to such heights would be dramatic: the Government’a National…

Valuing work and empowering workers after the crisis

The coronavirus crisis has exposed how reliant everyone is on working people but how little so many of them have been valued in our poitical and economic system. The working conditions, pay, and status of many of these workers demonstrate especially how undervalued they have been by government. We can’t…

John McDonnell demands coronavirus evictions ban is extended by at least a year

A ban on evictions must be extended for at least another year and rent arrears cancelled, former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell warned tonight. The ex-frontbencher, who led Labour’s economic policy for four-and-a-half years, called for a long term shakeup to “end landlordism and restore housing as a right”. Companies and…

Below is the full text of John McDonnell’s speech at the launch event of ‘Claim the Future’.

Let me welcome you all to this launch of our new project we’ve called “Claim the Future”. Thanks for joining us. I’ll try and briefly explain the background and purpose of this project before I introduce a panel of my friends to speak this evening. And thanks to our speakers…

Care services must now be nationalised, says John McDonnell

John McDonnell has called for the urgent nationalisation of care services in response to the coronavirus pandemic, warning that years of underfunding have put older and disabled people at heightened risk from a second surge in infections this winter. In his first significant intervention since stepping down as shadow chancellor earlier…

Claim the Future: Wednesday 22 July at 7pm

Join me at the launch of an exciting new initiative, bringing together activists, policy experts, campaigning organisations and movements to Claim the Future – united behind a radical optimistic vision of what we can build together. The pandemic has shown how much we care for each other and how much…

Forward Momentum

I have been a member of the Labour Party and involved in politics for over 45 years. I have spent these years as a campaigner in my local community and nationally for what I consider to be basic rights- the right to a decent roof over your head in a…

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