Leeds born and bred. Member of Parliament for Leeds East. Secretary of the Socialist Campaign Group.🌹
Richard Burgon MP
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It's outrageous that energy giants will make billions more from Trump's war on Iran while ordinary people face higher bills.
Today I called for an Emergency War Profits Tax so they can't make a single extra penny from this crisis.
Use it to fund urgent cost-of-living support!
Greedy privatised water companies treat our rivers and seas like an open sewer.
And they've ripped off the public with higher bills while handing nearly £90 BILLION to shareholders since privatisation.
In Parliament, I called for water to be brought back into public ownership.
Palantir's co-founder claimed "the NHS makes people sick"
Yet this US tech giant now runs the NHS data platform.
There are serious concerns about its access to patient data and human rights record.
The Government should use the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS.
There is a growing push inside Parliament for widespread sanctions on Israel.
It's what the public wants. And a new poll shows more than two-thirds of Labour members want tough sanctions too.
This is a fight we are going to win!
PFI in our NHS was a costly disaster. It funnelled billions away from patient care and into the pockets of private firms.
I've written to the new Health Secretary urging him to ditch Wes Streeting's plan to use private finance schemes to build new neighbourhood health centres.
Tony Blair has nothing to offer Labour in 2026.
His neoliberalism, backing of endless wars and acceptance of inequality are exactly what Labour must break from if it wants to rebuild support and defeat the far-right.
Tony Blair once said: “My project will be complete when the Labour Party learns to love Peter Mandelson.”
That quote is worth remembering given The Times is reporting that Blair plans more interventions on Labour’s future.
Nigel Farage has missed 77 out of the last 77 votes in the House of Commons!
Bet he doesn't have the same problem turning up for one of his highly paid second jobs.
Or to meetings with wealthy donors when there's another big money "gift" on offer.
