Jake Richards MP on the welfare bill and ECHR reform

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🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Labour MP Jake Richards sits down with Anoosh Chakelian to discuss the drama over the government's welfare reform bill and why he thinks the European Convention on Human Rights needs a desperate overhaul.

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0:00.0	Fulham Pier is
0:01.0	Being sport for choice
0:02.1	In a Riverside Food Hall
0:03.4	And playing with interactive art
0:04.9	Tree Pose with Riverviews
0:06.6	Fairly laughing at local comedians
0:08.2	Kids dancing at a toddler disco
0:10.0	Claring Checkmate with the Nogroni
0:11.9	Flat whites and River strolls
0:13.5	Sampling Chef Adam Bay at seasonal menus
0:15.8	Watching Rowers go head to head
0:17.7	Recharging with a luxurious
0:19.3	Riverside staycation
0:20.5	Slowing down to enjoy what
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0:32.7	The New Statesman.
0:41.9	The hard right wants Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
0:44.7	Should a Labour government be the one to reform it?
0:48.0	I'm Anusha Kellyan and this is the New Statesman podcast.
0:52.1	Today my guest is Jake Richards, the Labour MP for Rother Valley.
0:57.0	He's argued for some time that the Labour government must reform the European Convention on Human Rights.
1:02.2	A subject that's only going to become more topical as a summer of small boat arrivals stretches on.
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