If I had a row with my husband, it's not going to work my saying, 'Right, if you don't do what I… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The principle behind the Equal Pay Act is that if an individual woman finds a man doing similar work and being paid… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The 'Welfare Reform and Work' Bill does nothing to address low wages, or underemployment, and I haven't even got started on how… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Help to Work' always felt like a singularly inappropriate name for a scheme which had the express intention of 'stepping up the… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
If you've just been sacked from work, with no money coming in and a baby to feed, clothe and keep warm, it's… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The most prominent - and by far the most controversial - part of 'Help to Work' essentially forces people to take unpaid… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The notion of women being written out of history is as old as the Bible, but it always seems more galling when it is… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Act is not a terrorists' charter. It enables ordinary citizens to seek redress when the government breaches fundamental freedoms enshrined in… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The Fraud Act 2006 makes it perfectly clear that Libor rigging is prosecutable as a criminal offence. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Given that GPs are essentially a private part of our health care system, providing services independently of the rest of the health service, NHS… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
It's often been said that politics in Islington, in many ways, begins and ends with housing, and it's not hard to see why. Despite… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
We have all these strong men in politics - whether it's Brazil, or the Philippines, or Trump, or Putin. They're all big men: it's… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
People don't seem to be safe inside Pentonville, and now it transpires inmates can escape. That is the final straw. If they don't have… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
When one party is really unpopular, like the Conservatives in 1997, AV can really skew the result disproportionately against them. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows that establishing the habit of voting as early as possible is a vital tool in making sure that it's maintained… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence of the… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
