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Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington and Shadow Chancellor. Join the Labour Party here →

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  1. Obscene that today, on the third working day of 2019, fat cat bosses have already earned what a typical worker will earn ALL YEAR. It's time to narrow the pay gap in our increasingly unequal society.

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    On we can’t just sit and moan - it’s time for Trade Unions in the UK to step up and deliver a new deal for workers. My article for

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    It's . Today shows just how rigged our economic system is in favour of the privileged few.

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    Jan 3

    Nazanin announces plans for a hunger strike with fellow cellmate and Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi It should never have come to this. Sign and share the petition demanding her release 👉

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  5. This year I look forward to campaigning alongside you all for the fairer society we all believe in. Happy New Year.

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  7. As Chair of GLC’s Grants Committee in 1981 I gave first ever grant to LGBT group. It was a grant to a bereavement support group when aids was devastating community. Media hysteria & homophobic political attacks on our equality policies then led to Sec 28.Solidarity won in the end

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    27 Dec 2018

    Head of Lancaster Uni's Sociology Dept says austerity can be understood as a form of structural violence built into society. Dr Chris Grover cites the consequences of austerity in the social security system as constituting 'social murder'.

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    27 Dec 2018

    If you haven't already be sure to give this a viewing on BBC2. Tell your friends. Family. Neighbors. A vitally important film detailing poverty in our country. Saturday Jan 5th ✊🏼 9.45pm

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  10. Thank you Matt for your hard work and dedication to achieve this. You will have saved lives and prevented considerable human suffering by your committed campaigning on this.

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    Labour pledge to strengthen the hunting act with possible prison sentences for offenders who break the law. said a Labour government would ensure the Hunting Act is an effective deterrent.

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  13. This is an ongoing tragedy that we must all work towards bringing to a swift and happy conclusion for Nazanin and her family.

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  14. I would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

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  15. 'Economics for the Many' is an important contribution to the debate around what a radical economic programme should deliver. Crucial handbook for Labour activists, members and supporters of our movement.

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  16. This legal challenge against the Government’s dangerous voter ID plans is so important. Please

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  17. 'Economics for the Many' published by is a brilliant exposition of the key challenges our economy faces in the 21st Century and the radical policy ideas we need to consider in facing them. Includes a foreword from me. Copies available here:

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  19. Tory MPs at photo calls celebrating the role of foodbanks. Shameful. It’s the mean-spirited miserliness of the Tory Government’s policies that has created the need for food banks.

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