Emily Thornberry

So how helpful has 'Help to Work' actually been? Not very.

— Emily Thornberry

Low pay is a serious problem, and its victims need a genuine solution.

— Emily Thornberry

If we were to allow the Chris Grayling and his cronies to tear up the Human Rights Act and withdraw from the…

— Emily Thornberry

The Alternative Vote is sectarian and self-serving and it will not improve people's lives.

— Emily Thornberry

You have to be very poor and desperate, or very rich, or lucky, to live in Islington. We don't have the people…

— Emily Thornberry

Whether it's in Jobcentres or in Whitehall, young people are constantly coming up against a narrative that portrays them as lazy and…

— Emily Thornberry

What a nightmare it would be if we individually had to criminalise every single abuse of every single commodity, market or financial…

— Emily Thornberry

I certainly think sometimes when it comes to sexism, some Sky presenters need to look at themselves.

— Emily Thornberry

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

Help to Work' always felt like a singularly inappropriate name for a scheme which had the express intention of 'stepping up the…

— Emily Thornberry

Whatever people's backgrounds or values, a society where more and more people face a daily struggle to house, clothe and even feed…

— Emily Thornberry

Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling…

— Emily Thornberry

We need to have a system whereby, when a victim walks into a police station, she can be confident that she will…

— Emily Thornberry

Putting roadblocks in the way of legitimate strike action only increases the likelihood of more wildcat strikes, which in turn will make…

— Emily Thornberry

You can take the girl out of the estate, but you can't take the estate out of the girl.

— Emily Thornberry

I don't think you negotiate with people by going around telling them that they're like Nazi guards or it's all about prosecco.

— Emily Thornberry

We should waive fees for those taking equal pay claims; they are our whistleblowers and should be encouraged.

— Emily Thornberry

The welfare state, which grew out of post-war solidarity, has for decades been based on the principle that those who pay into…

— Emily Thornberry

First-past-the-post builds a direct relationship between a community and their MP. Residents come together to decide who most people want as their…

— Emily Thornberry

Allowing young people to vote for the first time while they are still at school would allow them to engage with the…

— Emily Thornberry

As the MP for Islington South and Finsbury, I have the privilege of representing one of the most diverse constituencies in the…

— Emily Thornberry

There's a particularly nasty element when lots of men get together sometimes.

— Emily Thornberry

There are some very plain, very simple offences in the Fraud Act 2006 that can be applied to price manipulation. For example,…

— Emily Thornberry

The social safety net was created by a united society in the aftermath of the Second World War. It came out of…

— Emily Thornberry

A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don't apply in the City than they do for you…

— Emily Thornberry