Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more prevention through screening and health checks.

You're wrong if you think young people don't deserve the vote.

I'm honoured to have been selected to be the Labour candidate for Manchester Central.

When the heart stops for one beat it is desire, when it stops for one life time it is love

I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow.

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.

The Tories seem unable to make any impact north of the border.