My friend Jo Cox was assassinated, but her legacy will be to unite communities

24 Nov 2016

Guardian I’ll never forget 15 June 2016. That was the last time, after 20 years of friendship, that I saw Jo Cox. That was the last time she came bursting in, a bundle of positive energy in her cycling gear, to grab her work clothes out of the cupboard she…

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Boundary Changes Are An Act Of Constitutional Vandalism That Will Disenfranchise And Fracture Communities

18 Nov 2016

Aberavon MP, Stephen Kinnock, has warned that the changes to constituency boundaries will disenfranchise and fracture communities. Mr Kinnock was speaking in a debate in Parliament which looked to reverse the decision to reduce the number of MPs to 600. Pat Glass MP’s Bill, which will now get a Second…

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The people have spoken – threats to block article 50 are just toxic

16 Nov 2016

LabourList Imagine the polls had been right: a remain victory with 52% of the vote. Cue sigh of relief from pundits and pollsters – those 2015 election polls were just an aberration. But then, who pops up on our screens? None other than Nigel Farage, declaring, just five months on…

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Kinnock Dismayed At Decision Not To Grant A Posthumous Pardon For Dic Penderyn

16 Nov 2016

Aberavon MP, Stephen Kinnock, has expressed his dismay at the Ministry of Justice’s decision not to grant Dic Penderyn a posthumous pardon. In July Mr Kinnock led a delegation which included descendants of Dic Penderyn and campaigners from Aberavon and Merthyr to present a petition calling for the Aberavon-born miner…

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Local MP and AM Hail Baglan Library

12 Nov 2016

Stephen Kinnock MP and David Rees Am have hailed the success of Baglan Library, describing it as a ‘thriving community facility’ and an ‘important asset’. Mr Kinnock, Mr Rees and local Councillors Carol Clement-Williams and Peter Richards regularly hold advice surgeries at the library and are always impressed with the…

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It is an absolute disgrace if Tata are rushing to close the BSPS to avoid their obligations

09 Nov 2016

ommenting on reports that Tata steel are rushing to close the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) to avoid a £60m payment that is due into the scheme, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon said: “It is an absolute disgrace if these reports [that Tata are rushing to close the…

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A parliamentary vote on Article 50—now that’s taking back control

04 Nov 2016

Prospect At the heart of the Leave campaign was the argument that Brexit would enable the British people to “take back control,” primarily by restoring parliamentary sovereignty. Those three words resonated powerfully with the electorate, and had a decisive impact on the result. I campaigned passionately for “Remain,” but, first…

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Daily Politics – Brexit and The Pound

01 Nov 2016

Today I was on Daily Politics with Jo Coburn discussing Brexit and the Pound with Gerard Lyons from Policy Exchange. You can watch again here:

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The Government’s New Approach To Assessing Claims For Tax Credits Is Causing Chaos, Confusion And Heart-Break

26 Oct 2016

South Wales Evening Post Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits were introduced by the Labour government, back in 2003. They provide vital top-up support to hard-working families whose incomes are not able to cover the basic costs of living: food, housing, energy bills and the like. If we had…

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‘We’ve got to have a plan for Brexit but right now it’s a shambles’

25 Oct 2016

Politics Home In the early hours of the morning of 24 June, just as it had become clear that Britain had clearly voted to leave the European Union, the first question in Stephen Kinnock’s mind was: “What is this going to mean for these vitally important funds that have been…

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Six Tests The Government Must Pass

15 Oct 2016

New European If everything goes according to Theresa May’s plan, Britain will leave the European Union in less than 30 months. The British people have voted and, after a summer of silence, the Prime Minister has finally set the timer for negotiations. But whilst it’s true that the countdown has…

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Theresa May is bulldozing parliamentary democracy

14 Oct 2016

Brexit is becoming an exercise in bureaucratic manipulation. Read my article in Prospect Magazine. “Take back control” was the clarion call that did so much to secure victory for the Leave campaign on 23rd June, and at its heart was the claim that by leaving the EU we would secure…

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It is ‘genuinely possible’ that Brexit could take 10 years

14 Oct 2016

Part three of my interview with Business Insider on Brexit: Key Brexiteers in Theresa May’s government are totally underestimating how long and difficult negotiating Britain’s departure from the European Union will be, according to Labour MP Stephen Kinnock. Kinnock, who spent nine years living in Brussels where he held several…

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‘It’s amazing we got 48%’ — Labour’s Stephen Kinnock tells us why Remain lost the EU referendum

13 Oct 2016

Part two of my interview with Business Insider on Brexit: Stephen Kinnock believes the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union failed because it was too focused on David Cameron and didn’t give enough of a voice to ordinary people. The Labour MP for Aberavon and pro-Remainer tells Business…

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Trident, French Steel

05 Oct 2016

Stephen Kinnock: on the day when the prime minister is painting herself as the champion of patriotism, we learn of this betrayal of the British steel industry and steel workers: this government may know the price of foreign steel, but it clearly doesn’t understand the value of British industry. Commenting…

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My cure for a divided Britain? A programme of managed immigration

19 Sep 2016

The Guardian The EU referendum revealed a divided Britain and it’s clear: nothing polarises attitudes like immigration. One end believes it’s a universal good – economically and as a real-life expression of British openness. At the other, immigration is seen as the cause of changes many people believe have relegated…

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We must develop a new approach to immigration and freedom of movement

19 Sep 2016

Fabian Policy Report The result of the EU referendum revealed a divided Britain: 52 per cent voted to leave in a rejection of a status quo that hasn’t worked for them in decades. People decided to ‘take back control’, even though they knew there’d be economic consequences. For many of…

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This ill-conceived boundary review severely weakens our democracy and damages communities

10 Sep 2016

*** Stephen Kinnock MP: This ill-conceived boundary review severely weakens our democracy and damages communities. *** Commenting on the Boundary Commission for Wales 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies Initial Proposals, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon, said: “This ill-conceived boundary review severely weakens our democracy and damages communities. “Firstly,…

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Securing Britain’s approach to Putin’s Russia is critical post-Brexit

12 Aug 2016

The Times When the Olympic track and field events get under way in Rio next week the sizeable contingent of Russian athletes will be missing. Given that they are banned as a result of the long overdue exposure of a state-sponsored Russian doping programme, it may seem odd to us…

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MPs Seema Malhotra and Stephen Kinnock lay out a 6-point plan for Brexit

25 Jul 2016

New Statesman Angela Merkel has called on Theresa May to “take her time” and “take a moment to identify Britain’s interests” before invoking Article 50. We know that is code for the “clock is ticking” and also that we hardly have any idea what the Prime Minister means by “Brexit…

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Statement in response to Jac o’ The North blog

23 Jul 2016

Jac o’The North’s blog is riddled with a number of twisted, lazy and downright weird conspiracy theories about my wife and parents, that I will not dignify with a response. However, I do need to address the allegations that he makes about my daughter’s education, not least because he accuses…

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