Chuka Umunna

Putting in place the building blocks for the future of our economy is common sense. ”

More and more department stores are acting as the shop window for a range of retailers now, using space more efficiently to recreate the feel of the local market, creating new market opportunities for the small and the niche. ”

I wasn't born into one of the two main parties, but both my parents had a strong sense of social justice. ”

I would like to go back to the private sector at some point. ”

Having common European standards has not only boosted prosperity here and across the continent, it is undoubtedly the best way of managing the challenges posed by globalisation. ”

Leaving the single market, making communities poorer and more alienated, is not the way to deal with public concerns about immigration, most of which comes from outside the E.U. ”

Some will say it isn't the government's job to manage who people meet and interact with, but there is clearly a lot it can and should do. It should offer communities much more support to manage demographic and cultural change, including investment in public services and additional housing stock in our migration hotspots. ”

Political parties - which too often operate like closed circles - must open up. ”

I have quite a different background from a lot of people in the Labour party - I'm of mixed heritage. ”

If the tax loop holes that allow tax avoidance were shut down, it would go some way to sorting out our finances, would it not? ”