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Articles by Jim McMahon MP
Progress rally: Wes Streeting - Progress
Wes Streeting told activists at the Lab18 Progress rally that new centrist parties are ‘on a road to nowhere’ – the full transcript of his speech: It is great to be here with Progress rally tonight. It is like one of Chris Williamson’s democracy tours, except the average age is about twenty years younger. And we are here to talk about how we elect more Labour MPs, rather than get rid of the ones we have got.
Progress rally: Alison McGovern - Progress
Alison McGovern told activists at the Lab18 Progress rally ‘not to walk away’ – the full transcript of her speech: I have a hard message for everyone here today. I expect no applause, and I am sorry to say that this year I have descended from bad jokes to no jokes. It is not easy to say it, but I believe it: we must all be more than we have been. I want to talk about the difficulties and complexities of politics and how we can move forward. But first let me say what we should dismiss.
Revamping Britain
Tom Blenkinsop gave this speech at the Progress Lab18 fringe event – ‘Is it time to revamp our social and economic infrastructure?’ Much of the debate on the left is again completely dominated by a default for interventions by a centralised government. However, social and environmental welfare can – and has – been improved via public sector partnerships with the private sector and third sector.
The housing crisis is a national scandal
There is a lot of work to be done to fix the housing crisis, but Theresa May’s solutions barely touch the sides of the problem, argues Jim McMahon Theresa May has orchestrated some excellent PR this month. In a last minute attempt to paper over some quite significant gaps in her government’s domestic agenda ahead of Tory conference, a number of half-baked housing policies have flown off the shelf. Most notably came the announcement of £2bn in funding for housing associations.
Democracy is about franchising people
Young people have earned their right to have a greater say in our politics, writes Jim McMahon. This article is part of a guest edit on #VotesAt16. The campaign to lower the voting age is not a new one. But there is a point in history when the time comes. We have seen it in our recent past, when the voting age was lowered from 18 to 21. And we have seen it when women and working class men were given the vote at the end of the first world war. These were hard won achievements.
More than the sum of our parts
For change to happen successfully, it must be owned by everyone, not just a few, argues Jim McMahon MP The publication last week of the interim report into integration of immigrants by the all-party parliamentary group on social integration was welcome and timely, following the recent Casey Review on a similar theme. The APPG, chaired by my colleague, Chuka Umunna MP, calls for a more front-foot approach from government to integration policy.
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