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John McDonnells contribution to the Renters (Reform) Bill

As the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and I know, always being called last means that we have the enjoyment of listening to the whole debate. Today’s debate has been extremely valuable across the House, going into forensic detail on the Bill. I want to make a plea for…

Tackling the climate emergency means taking on the vested interests of big business

“As the stark reality of the climate emergency becomes clearer & clearer, many of our political leaders have their heads in the sand.” John Mcdonnell, labour List, 15 August 2023. The UN General Secretary António Guterres recently commented that “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has…

McDonnell: Left must mobilise to ‘save next Labour government from itself’ – LabourList 27-07-23

John McDonnell has argued that the left of the Labour Party needs to mobilise to “save” an incoming Labour government “from itself”, claiming that compassion was “in limited supply” at a meeting of the party’s policymaking body over the weekend. Speaking at an event alongside left-wing attendees of Labour’s National…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the illegal Immigration Bill

I, too, want to focus on the issue of children. The hon. Members for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) discussed the coalition Government effectively banning the detention of children in 2014, which we all welcomed. I was part of the campaign to…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Adult and Further Education Debate

I thank the alliance between Wirral and Worcester for forging this debate. I must warn my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) that she is now linked up with the militant trade unionists; in the debate we had on BBC local radio stations, the hon. Member for…

John McDonnell’s contribution to His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Debate

I pay tribute to the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), who gave a comprehensive overview of what is happening on prisons and probation. I am so pleased that the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) raised…

John McDonnell’s contribution to The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Reference has been made to Bob Kerslake consistently throughout today. Bob and I were friends. I go back longer than most, because I go back to 1981, when I was a young man and a GLC councillor and Bob was a young man and a GLC officer. I fully concur…

John McDonnells contribution to the debate on Local Radio: BBC Proposals

I am secretary of the NUJ parliamentary group, and I thank all Members who came to the lobby and briefing with the NUJ a few weeks ago. It was a very successful event. I also thank all those who have offered support and joined us on the picket lines. I…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Strikes (minimum service levels )Bill

All I can say about legislation like this is that the Government should be careful what they wish for. This is possibly the most significant piece of trade union legislation introduced in this country for a century—right back to Taff Vale—because it strikes at the basic human right to strike.…

There’s only one way to tackle Britain’s mortgage meltdown – get the banks to cough up

John McDonnell Guardian opinion 21st June The big five owe the public for the 2008 bailout – and they are taking in enormous profits while many homeowners and renters struggle cross the country, homeowners are facing a mortgage payments crisis. They ultimately face the possibility of losing their homes. Meanwhile,…

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