Many single mothers do a heroic job looking after their children, as mine did with us; but as she found, it becomes… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of all of us to create a culture that encourages and enables fathers to spend more time with… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Active dads make a positive contribution: they are good for children and they are good for mothers. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I knew what it was to be poor... my mother worried about putting food on the table. I knew what it was… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Fathers need to be made aware of their responsibilities - and that's up to all of us to communicate, as parents, as… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Parenting is more than a numbers game: it's a question of whether people are equipped for the toughest job they will ever… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A workplace culture where fathers are encouraged to take paternity leave would result in stronger families, a more equal labour market and… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with Nelson Mandela. I had big posters of him in my bedroom and he became my proxy father figure.… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
When I was a young child and before he had left us for the U.S., my father would give me Mark Twain… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Throughout her life my mother, Rose, prayed for good health. My father left when I was 12 and money was tight, so… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Parents' evenings were a big event in our social calendar and school reports were taken very seriously; 'C' was not a grade… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more… — David Lammy Copy Share
For me, a hoodie is like a pair of slippers or pyjamas - something comfortable and well-worn that you can wear unthinkingly. Unless, of… — David Lammy Copy Share
I grew up under Thatcher; the era of apartheid; the era of the poll tax; the era of riots. I remember Neil Kinnock was… — David Lammy Copy Share
Edgy' music has always formed the cornerstone to any teenage rebellion. Most indulge in it precisely because adults like me don't like them doing… — David Lammy Copy Share
For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon. — David Lammy Copy Share
Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved. — David Lammy Copy Share
As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London… — David Lammy Copy Share
Our political class obsesses over social mobility from one generation to the next - whether or not people are doing better than their parents… — David Lammy Copy Share
We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who… — David Lammy Copy Share
People 'demand' the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people 'demand' money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates.… — David Lammy Copy Share
Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of… — David Lammy Copy Share
Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in equality, impartiality… — David Lammy Copy Share
A workplace culture where fathers are encouraged to take paternity leave would result in stronger families, a more equal labour market and a better… — David Lammy Copy Share
The New Labour doctrine that skills training was the responsibility of employers was flawed. The idea that employers should take on a bigger role… — David Lammy Copy Share
Being in opposition takes some getting used to. As a former minister, you don't just lose your job and the enormous resources of the… — David Lammy Copy Share
