Last night the Government was defeated by the largest margin in British Parliamentary history.

This Tory Government has failed on far more than just Brexit. It is presiding over growing poverty, reduced living standards and homelessness rising year-on-year.

Our NHS is in crisis with overcrowded A&Es and increasing waiting lists. Funding to our schools has been cut by £7 billion and cuts to the police force mean there are 21,000 fewer police officers on our streets.

I have no confidence in Theresa May’s Government to deliver a good Brexit deal and have seen the damage that Tory policies have inflicted on communities in St Helens borough and across the North of England.

We need a General Election and a Labour Government, and so I will vote for the motion of no confidence in the Government this evening.