Barry Gardiner Videos

Videos by Barry Gardiner. Member of Parliament for Brent West

Why Pranav is supporting me

Pranav knows what it is to run a business and he knows that what business needs from government is not VIP channels to their mates, but….
— Clear consistent targets
— A level playing field
— An MP who listens

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Why Pranav is supporting me
Pranav knows what it is to run a business and he knows that what business needs from government is not VIP channels to their mates, but…. — Clear consistent targets — A level playing field — An MP who listens

Hetal works for the Royal Mail — no wonder she wants an MP who delivers!

Chantelle doesn’t demand much…
All she asks for is a landlord that treats people with dignity and a politician who listens and acts.

Why Ishma is supporting my campaign
Ishma, the owner of a local nursery, wants a voice that will stand up against the big energy companies and corporate greed. A voice that will fight for the rights of ordinary people everywhere. brentwest.co.uk

As talks take place today between the RMT and the Secretary of State, here's me yesterday on Politics Live calling on ministers to stop blocking the deal and make sure it gets put back on the table. #SupportRailWorkers

Workers’ wage demands are not fuelling inflation, they are following it, and responding to it in desperation as they see their living standards eroded - first by genuinely inflationary pressures and then by company profiteering. I intervened yesterday in the House of Commons in the debate on the Autumn Statement by highlighting how profit margins for the UK’s biggest listed companies are now 73 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A survey of retailers earlier this year revealed that firms are actively using inflation to boost their profits by increasing prices more than the increase in their costs - which then creates further waves of inflation. I also called on the Labour front bench to do more to make the case that workers are not causing inflation because, when companies themselves tell us they’re ripping us off, it’s time for politicians to listen and to act. Here's my speech 🔽

Yesterday I argued, on GB News, that I would always rather criticise a government minister for their policies rather than their personality. But bullying is abhorant, wherever it takes place. People who have power often think they can enforce what they want – from the office bully to writ large in global politics.

Yesterday Lord Tony Woodley asked the BEIS minister Lord Callanan if the government would be supporting the Bill to #stopfireandrehire, which Tony is taking forward after the Tories blocked #barrysbill in the House of Commons last year. His answer: "The noble Lord will not be surprised to learn that the government will not be supporting his private member's bill... we don't want to encourage the practice but don't think banning it would be right because in some limited circumstances it is the only way to save businesses." Remember the outrage so many government ministers expressed after the wicked sacking of workers by P&O and numerous fire and rehire actions by ruthless employers? Well at least we're under no illusion of their position now.

I'm looking forward to speaking at the The Institute of Employment Rights/CTUF conference on 3 December. There's never been a more important time than now to be standing up for trade union and working people's rights. Sign up here 👇 http://bit.ly/unionfreedomconference

Since the mini-Budget, thousands of my constituents have been in mental anguish and despair. Much like the Prime Minister has. So I asked her, given that experience, what she will now do to improve the mental health care of the nation. Her reply? The Health Secretary has set out a "very clear plan". Really?

I asked the chief secretary to the treasury Chris Philp if, given the £60 billion borrowing for the government's energy guarantee is to be paid back by bill payers - not the oil and gas producers making record profits off the backs of the public's misery - he would consider raising the basic tax rate for producers. It's the lowest in the entire world and even raising it to the global average would raise £13.4 billion a year! Predictably, he refused. Meanwhile the climate minister Graham Stewart announced a windfall tax on renewables to the Environmental Audit Committee, on which I sit, this morning. This is outrageous!

I intervened today in the House of Commons during an Urgent Question about the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of the “morality police”. I warned that any reduction in sanctions and the unfreezing of Iranian assets would only serve to strengthen the regime and turbocharge its repression of young people. I asked: “What assessment has the government made of the attempt by President Biden to revive the Iran nuclear deal, which would lead to such a reduction?”

I was on LBC's Cross Question last Wednesday. The first caller was Dean. His question shows the human impact of the crisis created by Truss and Kwateng that is now resulting in the PM planning cuts to vital public services. Here's the show in full 🔽

When journalists, barristers, nurses, teachers, civil servants, postal workers, rail workers, bus drivers, dockers and so many more are all saying they're not being treated fairly, that's not union barons. That's the British public. Me on GB News this evening.

The government's double-think is remarkable. They believe that the way to incentivise poor people is to cut their money and yet, at the other end of the scale, to encourage growth, it is to give the wealthy more money by taxing them less. Meanwhile, NHS waiting times are not a problem for this government. They are a strategy. Me on #PoliticsLive this week 👇

If the Chancellor is so confident about growth, will he set a timescale for it? Will it be six months? Will he retire in a year if the growth he has predicted hasn’t been achieved? Or was today's budget an admission that he’s going to stuff as much money into as many of his friends’ pockets before the general election in 2024? What do you think?

Three months to Save the NHS is right, but the Tories have legislated to destroy it. Me on GB News this morning. #YourNHSNeedsYou

Enough is Enough.

The MoD is using Fire and Rehire tactics against supply teachers in Cyprus, brought over there to teach the children of our service personnel. They are being threatened with the sack unless they sign new contracts that abolish their pension rights and lower their terms and conditions. Today I called for an urgent government statement, given that ministers profess to be against Fire and Rehire.

Thousands of Tamils in my Brent North constituency are deeply concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka. Last week I intervened on their behalf during an Urgent Question on the state of emergency. The coalition and Tory governments have done nothing but encourage the country’s kleptocratic government. I called on the minister to set out what measures the UK government is now taking to support a new, strong, inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka.