Luciana Berger

I’ve signed up to Mencap’s Get it Right Charter. It’s a hugely important campaign that sets a benchmark of practice to ensure that people with a learning disability have the same access to good healthcare as everyone else.

For more information on the Getting it right campaign and charter, and to show your [...]

I’ve declared war on waste as part of my contribution to Britain’s target to cut carbon. I pressed the Environment Minister to involve trade union reps in helping to cut workplace waste: read/watch here.

Nearly a quarter of domestic CO2 emissions are as result of our water use.  The first online Water Energy Calculator has been launched [...]

Had a wonderful time today visiting and speaking to the children at Hey Green Community Primary School. The intention was to give an inspirational talk – but I was the one who came away inspired after meeting Wavertree’s great [...]

This week I pledged to support initiatives to improve the numbers of babies breastfed in my area. I joined over 190 Members of Parliament who have pledged their support to the breastfeeding Manifesto.

I’m happy to pledge my support for children’s health to be off to the right start at the very beginning.  More information is available [...]

The Budget today makes very clear choices about who will pay to reduce the deficit.

Higher VAT – with everyone paying more, but hitting the poorest hardest.
Benefits set on a permanently lower path with an uprating change, just as the Tories did with pensions in the 1980s.
Cutting tax credits from families on low and modest incomes, far [...]

Today our hopes are with the England team, particularly those who play their club football for Liverpool.

You may remember Bobby Moore, who captained West Ham for more than ten years and took England to World Cup glory in 1966, but died of bowel cancer aged 51.

Last week I had the honour to meet Stephanie Moore MBE, [...]

I’m taking part in a Day of Action to highlight the impact of planned education cuts and I’m calling on the new government to maintain funding for further and higher education and to reject any moves to increase student fees.

Last week I confronted David Cameron across the House of Commons chamber challenging him to protect students from cuts [...]

I am thrilled that the Coalition Government has dropped the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital from their cuts hit list – after growing pressure from local people.

Liverpool's Labour MPs Backed the Royal

In my first speech as your MP I challenged the Tory Health Minister to honour the promise Labour made to put £451 into the [...]

When George Osborne tells the nation that we are all in this together there are facts he forgets…

Over 17 grand has been spend to replenish the ministerial hospitality wine cellar in the last six weeks.  £864,000 of the world’s finest wines are held in the Foreign Office hospitality [...]

When Nick Clegg tells the nation we are all in this together there are facts he forgets…

Nick Clegg described public sector pensions as “gold plated, unfair and unaffordable” but failed to mention that in the last month, David Cameron has signed off contracts for politically appointed advisers that will cost the taxpayer over £4 million in [...]