All articles written by Lord Austin of Dudley on PoliticsHome.com

23 May 2025 Foreign affairs

We'd be foolish to sever our trade links with Israel

Trade isn't just exports and quotas, it's values and relationships. That's why I'll be working hard to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Israel.

14 Oct 2022 Parliament

Lords Diary: Lord Austin

I spent the 10 days before Parliament returned on my first summer holiday for over five years. I waved goodbye to blustery autumn showers to ride my bike in the sun. Cycling is fantastic for not just physical health but mental wellbeing too.

Lord Austin: Before ministers publish the Gambling White Paper, they need to consider a few home truths

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12 Aug 2022 Education

Lord Austin: Before ministers publish the Gambling White Paper, they need to consider a few home truths

Every month, some 22.5m adults, almost half the adult population, buys a lottery ticket, visits a casino or bingo hall, plays online or enjoys a flutter on any number of sports. British people like a bet.

29 Sep 2021 Books & culture

'Compulsory reading': Lord Austin reviews Sebastian Payne’s 'Broken Heartlands'

A brilliant book, Sebastian Payne’s political road-trip is essential reading for everyone in the Labour Party who wants to know why it lost the last election so badly

28 Apr 2019 Foreign affairs

Jeremy Corbyn is a hypocrite for refusing to attend Trump state banquet

Jeremy Corbyn's decision to snub a state banquet being held to mark Donald Trump's visit to the UK in June is hypocritical, says Ian Austin MP.

25 Jan 2019 Home affairs

On Holocaust Memorial Day, let's remember being British means opposing hatred, bigotry and racism

As we look forward to the future, and the challenges we are faced with as survivors become fewer and frailer Holocaust Memorial Day this Sunday, gives us the opportunity to reflect on the importance of remembering the Holocaust, says Ian Austin MP.

24 May 2018 Political parties

The current Labour leadership is completely outside Labour’s mainstream tradition

The truth is that Jeremy Corbyn and the hard left have taken over the Labour Party and want to turn it from a mainstream social democratic party into something very different, says Ian Austin MP.

06 Dec 2017 Foreign affairs

We must ban Russian criminals protected by 'thuggish' Putin, from entering the UK

A young lawyer who died in horrible circumstances has become the symbol of all that is rotten, brutal and corrupt in the Russia under Vladimir Putin, says Ian Austin MP.

08 Dec 2015 Health

Access to medicines for people with cystic fibrosis

Ian Austin MP calls for the Government to see cystic fibrosis treatments as the opportunity to test out new ways of assessing medicines being discussed as part of Science Minister George Freeman’s Accelerated Access Review.