David Smith
Getting Britain Working Again
The following extract is from the debate entitled “Getting Britain Working Again” on 14 May 2026.
David Smith
The Labour mission was never simply to get on in life, but for all of us to share in prosperity and common endeavour. Nye Bevan once said:
“We have to build a party that is capable of expressing the desires of the people who sent us here—not just their immediate desires, but their deeper longings for a just and generous society.”
The task is to build on this King’s Speech and create both a story and programme that speaks to these longings in work, welfare and energy.
[Official Report, 14 May 2026; Vol. 786, c. 192.]
Written correction submitted by the hon. Member for North Northumberland (David Smith):
David Smith
The Labour mission was never simply to get on in life, but for all of us to share in prosperity and common endeavour. The task is to build on this King’s Speech and create both a story and programme that speaks to these longings in work, welfare and energy.