There are a lot of myths about food banks, but the truth is that many people are increasingly having to turn to them just to put food on the table, including many in work.

For many food poverty is the product of a toxic combination of low wages, austerity economics, spiralling food prices and lengthy delays to benefit payments, all of which should concern us.

Most people who rely on food banks are there through no fault of their own.

All too easily I have had people dismiss food poverty as an affliction of the workless and idle, insinuating that it is a way of life only for those who choose it. Yet the reality couldn't be more different.

In 2008/9 26,000 people in the U.K. relied on emergency food aid from a foodbank; which was 26,000 too many.

Decent people must refuse to back Corbyn and his candidates.

The difference between the BNP and Labour is that the BNP was always a fringe party, never a contender for power.

I left the Labour Party because I consider it a racist endeavour. I could no longer, in good faith, knock on doors and say vote for me, and by extension get Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister.

Since I was first elected to Parliament in 2010, I have witnessed appalling attacks on Jewish people, including my fellow MPs.

Britain is home to world class creative industries and talents.

We need to do more to raise awareness of perinatal mental health illness and address the stigma that still surrounds it in our society.

It's absolutely crucial that we look at mental health not just through the prism of health but in a cross-cutting way.

The technological revolution has the potential to liberate us or enslave us, and the road we take will depend on our politics.

I've been working to see that mental health is raised in both oral and written question sessions in parliament.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

The cruel realities of austerity and Brexit mean that life is chaotic, expensive and the road ahead is littered with obstacles.

As Britain prepares to leave the E.U., we need to become more efficient as an economy. We need everyone contributing to our collective prosperity, in every part of the country. We simply cannot afford to waste the potential of a generation because of mental ill-health.

We will not give up the fight to ensure that mental health is the given the priority it needs and deserves.

Our climate is changing. The causes are man-made. And we are already feeling the effects.

People are sick of the false choice between the established political parties who take voters for granted.

Many people with mental illness suffer in silence, afraid to seek help for fear of victimisation.

I have observed and taken part in some mental health first aid training, and I have met many mental health first aiders, and I am convinced that even a few hours' training can make a real difference.

I ultimately joined the Labour Party and became an MP because the country and my constituents deserve a Labour government.

When I was selected as a Labour council candidate in 2009, people publicly challenged how I could possibly represent anyone from the Bengali community because of my faith and since my selection and election as the member of parliament for Liverpool, Wavertree, I have received a torrent of anti-Semitic abuse.