Phil Wilson MP Articles

Japanese investment in the United Kingdom is important. Half of all Japanese investment to the European Union comes to this country, much of it to the north-east of England. The Japanese ambassador has called the region the ‘second home’ of Japanese investment. 6,700...

In the early 1990s, Sedgefield Labour party received permission from head office to experiment with membership recruitment. The local party had already expanded its membership but we knew we could do more. Recruitment was important to us. Attracting Labour supporters...

The European Union referendum on 23 June is the most important decision to face the United Kingdom in a generation. The decision cannot be changed after five years as if it were for a parliamentary term. It is a decision of a generation because it will be final and...

The savage attacks by Islamic State in Brussels last month underscore the importance of nations standing together in the face of such barbarism. Isis offers an extreme form of Islam which attacks our fundamental belief in an open society, and is an affront to the...