All articles written by Pat McFadden MP on PoliticsHome.com

18 Nov 2025 Books & culture

The Boss And Me: Pat McFadden Reviews 'Deliver Me From Nowhere'

With its outstanding lead performance, this biopic transported me back to my teenage years, listening to Bruce Springsteen in a pub on Glasgow’s south side. Go and see it if you can

13 Oct 2022 Economy

Growth comes from the efforts of all – not from trickle-down economics

Credibility, like reputation, is built slowly over years but can be destroyed very quickly. That is what has happened to the Conservative government in the wake of its disastrous “mini-Budget” on 23 September.

06 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

We cannot afford a generation of mass unemployment, that’s why we need a back-to-work budget focused on 'jobs, jobs, jobs'

The UK does not need hyperbole from the Government, it needs a plan that understands investment in people matters as much as bricks and mortar.

24 Aug 2017 Brexit

The Government is failing to square the circle between nationalism and economics on Brexit

Former Labour minister & frontbencher Pat McFadden is critical of the Government's Brexit position papers and argues 'For the economic interest to triumph, the nationalism that pervades so much of the Brexit discussion will have to be taken on'.

07 Dec 2016 Brexit

We won't block Brexit, but it is hypocritical and wrong to deny Parliament a say

Writing ahead of today's Opposition Day Debate on the terms of Brexit, Labour MP Pat McFadden says both Remain and Leave voters have an interest in MPs scrutinising the Government's plans.

08 Sep 2016 Brexit

'Squabbling Ministers' must prioritise retaining full access to the single market

Pat McFadden MP says to be pro-Single Market in a post-Brexit world, is "to be pro-investment, pro jobs, pro-workers and pro-decency at work."

26 Aug 2016 Economy

Centre left 'has a duty to offer better prospects & life chances to working class communities'

Former Minister & Labour NEC member Pat McFadden MP believes that Britain's working class communities need a 21st Century Marshall Plan to offer new hope, following the referendum where many of these areas voted heavily to leave the EU.