Alison McGovern MP Articles

This isn’t a misery weekend for moaners. This weekend is about ideas, optimism and hope.  And that’s what I want to talk to you about today. Because for me it is hope that is so important.  Because all the beating ourselves up, the wallowing in self-pity, the gallows...

What do the public care about? Well, outside immigration and the economy, the pollsters tell us that there is one other topic that dominates the national conversation: welfare. So what you make of the welfare state, and its future, is no small question in British...

Here is the first rule of politics The Progress grassroots tour has reminded me of one thing, at least. Never give up. It is my first rule of politics and one that is needed now more than ever. Losing elections is always tough, but the thought of watching Tory...

The real George Osborne has stood up —If you want to really get clarity about this year’s autumn statement, you need to know this: there is actually not one but two George Osbornes in British politics. The first is cartoon Osborne. This is he of the implacable cuts,...