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Richard Burgon

@richardburgon

Richard Burgon is Labour MP for Leeds East and a former shadow secretary of state for justice

<p>The Tories are making this crisis worse by hiking National Insurance payments </p>
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Scrap the National Insurance hike and make the wealthy pay instead

<p>Keir Starmer faced a difficult result for Labour in the Hartlepool by-election</p>
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Starmer has let Johnson off the hook. He needs to change direction

Young fans attend a rugby match in New Zealand earlier this month, a sign that life is gradually returning to normal in East Asian and Pacific nations
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Government must reset strategy – it is time to go for ‘Zero Covid’

Bereaved families and survivors say additional panel members sitting alongside Sir Martin Moore-Bick would avert a collapse of confidence in the inquiry's ability to discover the truth
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What I learned from the Grenfell families about the inquiry

Theresa May has aired her desire to scrap the Human Rights Act many times
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The 'British Bill of Rights' will not protect our human rights

Jeremy Corbyn greeted by supporters in at a Labour leadership rally Camden, North London
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Labour leadership contest: Hard-left caricatures of Jeremy Corbyn are

The Queen at Derby day during the Epsom Derby Festival, 2013
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As an MP, I shouldn't have to swear allegiance to the Queen – I

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