Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations.

Let's talk about the real issues of crime which people are worried about. What people are worried about is the rise in violent crime. We believe that more community policemen and women are part of the answer to this.

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.