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Please click on this link to read Alan Johnson’s article published in the Yorkshire Post on Thursday 3 March 2011.  

Please click on this link to read Alan Johnson’s article published in the Yorkshire Post on Thursday 3 March 2011.   [...]

On Wednesday 2 March 2011, Alan gave his first speech from the backbenches since resigned from the Opposition frontbench in January.   He applied to the Speaker of the House to secure an adjournment debate on the subject of trawlermens pensions: an issue he has been working on since uncovering the [...]

 Since the adjournment debate on 2 March, Alan has been contacted by ex-trawlermen and their relatives to see if they are one of the missing fishermen that Aviva are attempting to trace.   If you want to contact Alan about this – please write to him or email him giving the [...]

Alan has worked with the other port MPs, Austin Mitchell and Frank Doran, since he became an MP to win compensation for trawlermen who lost their jobs as a result of the Cod Wars. He worked with the British Fishermen Association to argue that trawlermen were entitled to £1000 per [...]

17 March 2011 Alan Johnson voted in favour of the below Opposition Motion tabled by the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury last night to reverse the Government’s VAT rise on petrol and diesel. The motion was defeated. “That this House recognises that rising world oil, food and commodity prices are increasing [...]

14 March 2011   £2billion bank bonus tax to create 110,000 new jobs   Labour is today setting out the key tests for George Osborne’s Budget next week and calling for immediate action to boost jobs and growth in the economy and to help hard-pressed families with the rising cost of living.    In a joint [...]

Alan Johnson gave his second major speech on the economy on 11 November 2010 at the Royal Society of Arts. You can read the full speech below: “The American writer, Tom Woolfe, once said “a Liberal is a Conservative who’s been arrested.” I suppose a modern inversion would be that a Conservative [...]

On 18 October 2010 Alan Johnson gave his first major speech as Shadow Chacellor at KPMG in central London ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review. The full text of the speech is below.    Check Against Delivery Alistair Darling took this country through the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression. [...]

17 March 2011 Dear Colleague,  Further to my previous messages on Libya, I thought it would be helpful to send you an update on the situation in Bahrain and what action the British Government is taking. On the consular side, our travel advice is today advising British nationals against all travel to [...]

Please visit www.fco.gov.uk for updated information. 17 March 2011 ·       We advise against all non essential travel to Tokyo and north eastern Japan given the damage caused by the 11 March earthquake and resulting aftershocks and tsunami. Due to the evolving situation at the Fukushima nuclear facility and potential disruptions to [...]

Alan was delighted to be re-elected as MP for Hull West & Hessle in the 2010 General Election

Alan was delighted to be re-elected as MP for Hull West & Hessle in the 2010 General Election [...]

This website was established while Alan Johnson was a Member of Parliament. As Parliament has been dissolved there are no Members of Parliament until after the election on 6 May 2010.

This website was established while Alan Johnson was a Member of Parliament. As Parliament has been dissolved there are no Members of Parliament until after the election on 6 May 2010. [...]

Secure the recovery - Secure the recovery and halve the deficit through economic growth, fair taxes and cuts to lower priority spending. Raise family living standards - Raise family living standards, keeping mortgage rates as low as possible; increasing tax credits for families with young children; providing new help for first-time [...]

 This General Election will shape our future and we all have a choice to make.   Hull has been transformed since 1997. The number of pupils gaining 5 good GSCEs has gone from just 20% to over 65%; the number of patients waiting over 13 weeks for treatment has fallen by [...]

Saturday 20th February 2010     Check against delivery   You know somebody asked me the other day what my secret weapon was for the election.   I think they were expecting me to say those airbrushed posters –   The greatest money Labour never spent.   But do you know what our secret weapon actually is?   Our beliefs, and the policies [...]

Click here to read Alan’s  Christmas Newsletter

Click here to read Alan’s  Christmas Newsletter [...]

 9 December 2009    In the Pre Budget Report, the Chancellor set out our three-point plan to:   1)     secure the recovery and go for growth 2)     take tough choices necessary to halve the deficit in four years 3)     protect vital frontline public services    After the worst economic crisis in 60 years, and a deep [...]

The Queen’s Speech set out the next steps in Building Britain’s Future. Our legislation for the next parliamentary session is a programme of tough action on the big issues that matter to people, in line with this Government’s core values of fairness and responsibility. At its heart is the conviction [...]

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11 November 2009   Labour is determined not to repeat the Tory policies of the past which left families and communities scarred for generations. That is why Labour is investing £5 billion now to help people get back to work - £5 billion which the Tories oppose.   If we don’t act now, it [...]