Extending Article 50 15 Mar 2019 After Tuesday’s overwhelming decision to reject Theresa May’s damaging Brexit deal and Wednesday’s clear vote…
Brexit Update: 11th March 2019 11 Mar 2019 A fortnight ago the Prime Minister came to the Commons and kicked the ‘Brexit can’…
My Question to Brexit Secretary on No Deal Vote 28 Feb 2019 As the risk of a disastrous ‘no deal’ Brexit grows with Government’s chaotic handling of…
Brexit Update: 26th February 2019 26 Feb 2019 The Prime Minister returned to the Commons today, with just 31 days until our departure…
My call to Government to replace lost EU Cash 15 Feb 2019 I’ve written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ask…
Brexit Update: 8th February 2019 08 Feb 2019 As we head into another week in which Brexit will dominate the news, there’s only…
My call to Home Office to get a grip on Android-only app for Settled Status 04 Feb 2019 As a Shadow Brexit Minister, I joined seventy other Labour MPs and MEPs to demand…
Brexit Update: 31st January 31 Jan 2019 Theresa May’s response on Tuesday to the massive defeat of her deal two weeks ago…
Challenging the Government on Protecting EU Citizens’ Rights 24 Jan 2019 I wrote to the Brexit Minister asking about the Government’s plans for the rights of EU…
Brexit Update: 22nd January 2019 21 Jan 2019 The clock continues to run down, with just ten weeks until we leave the EU…
Brexit Update: 7th January 2019 07 Jan 2019 Disturbingly little has changed since my last Brexit update in December, other than the road that the…
‘The country deserves better than the choice of the Prime Minister’s deal or no deal’: my article in the Sheffield Star 21 Dec 2018 My article in the Sheffield Star: People looking on at the current crisis in Parliament…
Citizens’ Rights in the event of ‘No Deal’ 13 Dec 2018 The Government belatedly published a paper on the rights of EU nationals in the UK…
Brexit Update: Monday 10th December 2018 10 Dec 2018 After almost 20 months of negotiations, mostly with her own party, the Prime Minister has…
Closing Speech on the first day of the Brexit debate 05 Dec 2018 In my speech to Parliament, closing the first day of the debate opened by Theresa…
The government’s silence on immigration tightens the blindfold on Brexit 05 Dec 2018 My article in the New Statesman on the implications of the Government’s failure to publish…
Challenging Government plans to charge trafficking and slavery victims to stay in the UK post-Brexit 06 Nov 2018 I was shocked by the answer I got from Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes when I…
Brexit September Update 18 Sep 2018 The deadline for a Withdrawal Agreement is fast approaching, although slipping beyond the original target…
Future Relationship Between the UK and the EU speech 18 Jul 2018 House of Commons Paul Blomfield MP After the last couple of days, today’s debate has…