Tom Watson

Tom Watson is a Labour member of the House of Lords. He was Defence and Cabinet Office Minister during Gordon Brown's premiership, and served as Deputy Leader of the party under Jeremy Corbyn. Born in Sheffield and raised in Kidderminster, he was the MP for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019.

Tom Watson

TOM WATSON: 'I’ve stopped sending private notes to the Prime Minister because he never replies'

Labour heavyweight Tom Watson on how he lost 8 stone and reversed Type-2 diabetes

Lottery money should go to the many, not just a wealthy few

Tom Watson: Tories must keep their free TV licence vow to our pensioners

Tom Watson: Tories to blame for loss of free TV licences for over-75s

Tom Watson: Problem gambling is Britain's hidden epidemic - Labour would change the TV rules

If England team truly represented health of the nation three of the 11 players would be clinically obese

Tom Watson: Nuclear test veterans' long battle for nation's thanks is cruel shame

Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson backs change to assisted death law

Gambling firms must clean up their act or face new laws

The hidden epidemic of gambling addiction in Britain costs us all dearly

How Labour gave arts to the people

Labour still has a mountain to climb if we are to return to government in 2020

David Cameron talks about transparency but he is governing from the shadows

David Cameron must abandon his FOI review and save the Freedom of Information Act - Tom Watson

Jeremy Corbyn’s win means politics has got more exciting, says his new deputy Tom Watson

Tom Watson: Labour must convince working people we are on their side

Do the Tories care about affordable housing? Of course not

The scale of child abuse is alarming - we must ensure survivors get the right help

Tom Watson: Leon Brittan child rape investigation must continue despite his death

Osborne and Cameron's cuts don't make a difference to the deficit, they're just cruel

UKIP victory in Rochester by-election could spell end for Conservative Party

We won't survive the Ebola crisis by just keeping our fingers crossed

Tom Watson: How on earth did nearly half the people in Scotland vote ‘yes’?