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Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler is Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and Labour MP for Brent Central.
Rachel reeves
Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: To truly deliver on the promise of economic growth the government needs a proper plan for London

Dawn Butler
12 June, 2025

Levelling up is indeed vital, but it should not result in the levelling down of London

social media
Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: Social media companies abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers is a danger to society

Dawn Butler
10 January, 2025

‘When social media companies fail to tackle hatred and abuse, and fail to censor fake news and conspiracies, there is a risk of creating a group of people who are bad actors who can put people in danger’

home office immigration
Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: How I helped Labour Prevent Another Windrush Scandal

Dawn Butler
6 December, 2024

When a constituent approached me about their eVisa, which is an online record of immigration status, it served as a warning about a potential risk of a repeat of the Windrush scandal.

Donald Trump
Opinion

What we need to learn from Donald Trump’s election victory

Dawn Butler
15 November, 2024

Trump’s victory is a wakeup call. It is time to regroup and get serious about the world we want to live in.

Jacinda Ardern
Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: We need more of Jacinda Ardern’s authenticity in British politics

Dawn Butler
26 January, 2023

‘I know from my own experience that centring women is not easy to do.’

Rishi sunak
Opinion

Dawn Butler MP: Why Rishi Sunak is not the answer people so desperately need

Dawn Butler
25 November, 2022

Rishi Sunak, as a young student joyfully exclaiming that he has no working-class friends. What is wrong with the working class? 

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler MP: There is nothing more aspirational than fighting alongside a trade union

Dawn Butler
29 July, 2022

‘Trade unions are the aspirational vehicle for working class people. They are how workers organise to have a good rate of pay, good sick pay, a decent retirement, and a reasonable work-life balance.’

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Labour needs to unite around fighting the cost of living crisis

Dawn Butler
13 May, 2022

‘Labour is recovering, but we cannot reunite the country if we remain divided ourselves.’ 

Children living in poverty

Dawn Butler MP: ‘We can’t allow levelling up to be seen only in geographic terms’

Dawn Butler
24 February, 2022

‘If the Government is serious about tackling inequality and levelling up, it needs to act to increase the incomes of those in poverty’

Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons

Dawn Butler MP: Why I cannot vote for the government’s coronavirus plans or further power grabs

Dawn Butler
28 January, 2022

‘Last month I voted against Boris Johnson’s Plan B, last year, I voted against the renewal of the Coronavirus Act because it contained sweeping, unaccountable powers.’

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