Emily Thornberry

When upmarket shops like Waitrose collect contributions for local food banks, they serve as a constant reminder to those of my constituents…

— Emily Thornberry

As I'm sure everyone would agree, carers who do the difficult job of looking after the elderly and vulnerable deserve to be…

— Emily Thornberry

It took LGBT activists 15 years to defeat section 28, but this is not a movement that's afraid of the long struggle.…

— Emily Thornberry

By repealing the Child Poverty Act, which forced governments to take real action to tackle child poverty, this government brings a proud…

— Emily Thornberry

Equal constituencies' sound fair. So why is Labour so against the constituencies bill and why do we call it gerrymandering? Because, like…

— Emily Thornberry

The most prominent - and by far the most controversial - part of 'Help to Work' essentially forces people to take unpaid…

— Emily Thornberry

Patients who have suffered appalling medical negligence, abused children ignored by social services, mistreated residents of care homes - they have all…

— Emily Thornberry

I went to this rubbish school. I asked the careers master what he thought that I was going to do with my…

— Emily Thornberry

It is clear that too many bankers think that laws are for the little people.

— Emily Thornberry

The fact of the matter is that when governments fail - as the Tories have done - to tackle the root causes…

— Emily Thornberry

It is up to Labour to keep alive the belief that government should be for the whole nation and that no section…

— Emily Thornberry

In passing the National Minimum Wage Act in 1998, the then-Labour Government did more than just establish the legal right to a…

— Emily Thornberry

When I was starting out as a barrister in the 1980s, Lord Denning was the most famous judge in the land, and…

— Emily Thornberry

Unesco can rightly be claimed as one of Britain's greatest contributions to that global architecture of peace, and for Penny Mordaunt to…

— Emily Thornberry

My European constituents are among the most politically engaged people I represent.

— Emily Thornberry

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

— Emily Thornberry

I was 10 when the Equal Pay Act was passed. It was pretty inspiring stuff.

— Emily Thornberry

The Human Rights Act has not just given a voice to victims, but to the families who have to fight for the…

— Emily Thornberry

I was born into the Labour party. I was delivering leaflets by the age I could reach the letter box.

— Emily Thornberry

Mum was on benefits for a few years. Then I failed the 11-plus and I went to the secondary modern. And that…

— Emily Thornberry

The U.K.'s reputation as a business destination will suffer if its authorities cannot be relied on to enforce the law.

— Emily Thornberry

Yeah, it is particularly upsetting to be called, whatever it was, sneery, or a snob, given the background I have.

— Emily Thornberry

For centuries, the courts took the view that preserving the discretion of the authorities trumped the rights of victims to hold them…

— Emily Thornberry