Uncategorised - Clive Lewis

New economy… New democracy?

The onset of the global climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted the need for a new economy. Join Ann Pettifor, Paul Nowak and I on *Sunday at 6pm* as part of this year’s online Labour Party conference to discuss why (after 10 years of Tory austerity, the deepening…

BBC Politics Live – test and trace clip

This morning, I was a guest on BBC Politics Live and contributed to discussion on a number of issues surrounding Covid-19 – including the government’s so-called ‘Operation Moonshot’ scheme, which proposes delivering 10 million tests a day. We need to get the basics right first. So far, the government have…

‘Time to Reset’ report

Time to Reset, a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Green New Deal – based on a summer of engagement with the public – finds people united behind a desire for a fairer, greener Britain after Covid and the belief that the Government should take bold action…

William Beveridge lecture

arlier this summer I was asked to give the Social Liberal Forum’s annual William Beveridge Lecture (Sir William Beveridge was a Liberal who along with fellow Liberal, Maynard Keynes, laid the groundwork for the creation of the welfare state and the economic policies that enabled it in the post-war period).…

Parliament needs artwork to honour key workers

In June 2020, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, announced a review of the diversity of the Parliamentary Art Collection. From speaking to constituents, I believe that one of the key sentiments to come out of lockdown has been a renewed appreciation for the myriad of…

Test and trace: Open Democracy article

I’m quoted in this article from openDemocracy on the government’s so-called Operation Moonshot test and trace programme. This could be the biggest NHS privatisation in history. The scheme will cost almost as much as the whole NHS budget, and reportedly this money will go to big companies like Deloitte and…

World Suicide Prevention Day 2020

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. In these tough times, it’s important we look after ourselves and eachother. Samaritans have some great resources to help with this, including a self-help app to track your mood and find practical techniques to help you cope. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2XH9Z15 #WSPD2020

Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill

The Climate Change Act was ground-breaking when it became law over 10 years ago, but it’s nowhere near ambitious enough for the scale of the crisis we face today. The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill, tabled today in Parliament with my wholehearted support, would correct the separation of nature and…

Parliamentary intervention: sanctuary for refugees

The UK needs to do more to provide sanctuary for refugees and people forced from their homes by war, persecution and ecological and economic crisis’. Dehumanising these individuals and presenting, as a threat, a small group of vulnerable people trying to reachour shores goes against the very ideals we should…

Government U-turns on eviction ban

In its latest U-turn, the Government has extended the #evictionban – which they originally intended to end on Sunday – for a further four weeks. It is absolutely right that the ban remains in force, but this extension simply isn’t long enough. It just kicks the can to four weeks…

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