The Latest from Labour Archives

The Latest from Labour

Friday 24 September 2021 Annual conference

Labour Party Annual Conference 2021

Friday 24 September 2021 Preet Gill

Preet Kaur Gill responds to ODA spending cuts to countries and programmes revealed in the FCDO Annual Report

Friday 24 September 2021 Lucy Powell

Labour announces tough new powers for communities to tackle housing crisis and give first time buyers first dibs on new developments

Thursday 23 September 2021 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner responds to new evidence showing that the Government lied about the existence of a VIP lane for testing contracts

Thursday 23 September 2021 Business / Jim McMahon / Transport

Jim McMahon responds to BP closing some of its petrol stations

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Angela Rayner / Workers' Rights

Angela Rayner comments on broken Conservative manifesto promise on flexible work

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer sets out vision for a “contribution society”

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Emily Thornberry / Trade

Emily Thornberry comments on Downing Street’s U-turn on seeking accession to the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Daniel Zeichner / Environment

Labour responds to WHO clean air announcement

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Business / Economy / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband comments on the short-term deal to restart CO2 production

Wednesday 22 September 2021 Cost of Living / Ed Miliband

Millions of families to be squeezed by Government’s cost of living triple whammy

Tuesday 21 September 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Women and Equalities

Labour leader appoints new Shadow Equalities team

Tuesday 21 September 2021 Education / Kate Green

Labour responds to over 122,000 school absences last week

Monday 20 September 2021 Afghanistan / Defence / John Healey

John Healey responds to Afghan interpreter data breach

Monday 20 September 2021 Ed Miliband / Energy

Ed Miliband responds to the energy price crisis

Sunday 19 September 2021 Defence / John Healey

Boris Johnson is taking a ‘casual’ approach to national security – Labour responds

Saturday 18 September 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment

Ed Miliband responds to energy firms talks with Government over gas price rises

Friday 17 September 2021 Jim McMahon

Jim McMahon comments on the latest changes to travel rules

Friday 17 September 2021 Local Government / Steve Reed

Steve Reed responds to reports that Michael Gove has paused the Government’s planning reforms

Friday 17 September 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband comments on UNFCCC’s NDC Synthesis report

Thursday 16 September 2021 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner comments on news Lord Bethell used his private email accounts for thousands of messages relating to Covid contracts

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Jonathan Reynolds / Universal Credit / Work and Pensions

Sacked Conservative Ministers pocket £17,000 each while cutting £30 million for their constituents

Wednesday 15 September 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to the appointment of Dominic Raab as Justice Secretary

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Keir Starmer / Work and Pensions

Government set to clobber working people, by taking over 75p in every additional £1 earned, Labour reveals

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Housing / Mike Amesbury

Labour responds to CMA action on increasing ground rents for leaseholders

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Daniel Zeichner / Environment / Farming

Labour calls for public bodies to buy British food on Back British Farming Day

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson responds to comments from Rishi Sunak that he gives his blessing to private equity firms despite asset stripping takeovers

Wednesday 15 September 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson comments on new inflation data

Tuesday 14 September 2021 Jonathan Reynolds / Universal Credit

Labour to force vote on Universal Credit cut as record number of workers claim it

Tuesday 14 September 2021 Emily Thornberry

‘Listen to public concerns on trade’, Labour tells Liz Truss

Tuesday 14 September 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

New analysis finds homeowners in the North, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the Midlands face the brunt of the Government’s new social care plan

Tuesday 14 September 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on the news that high-ranking police officers have withdrawn from pay review system

Monday 13 September 2021 Coronavirus / Kate Green

Kate Green comments on UK’s Chief Medical Officers recommending the Pfizer vaccine be rolled out to 12 – 15-year-olds

Monday 13 September 2021 Apprenticeships / Toby Perkins

Toby Perkins responds to the Government falling 15,000 short on its apprenticeships creation target

Monday 13 September 2021 Jonathan Reynolds / Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds responds to Thérèse Coffey’s remarks on the Conservatives’ cut to Universal Credit

Monday 13 September 2021 Emily Thornberry / Stories

Labour’s Trade Policy 2021

Friday 10 September 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on Dame Cressida Dick’s extension as Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Friday 10 September 2021 DWP / Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds responds to Andy Street’s comments about Universal Credit cuts

Friday 10 September 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson comments on latest GDP figures

Thursday 9 September 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Cronyism

Anneliese Dodds reacts to UK lobbying regulator warning to Co-Chair of the Conservative Party

Thursday 9 September 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth / NHS

NHS waiting list statistics – Jonathan Ashworth responds

Thursday 9 September 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to Priti Patel authorising turn-around tactics on small boat crossings in the Channel

Thursday 9 September 2021 Education / Kate Green

“The Tories have no interest in helping children catch up” – Kate Green responds to reports that the Government’s catch-up ‘tsar’ will not be replaced

Wednesday 8 September 2021 Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves’ speech outlining why Labour will vote against a rise in National Insurance

Wednesday 8 September 2021 David Lammy

David Lammy responds to Gavin Williamson’s confusion of Maro Itoje with Marcus Rashford

Wednesday 8 September 2021 Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to reports that Ministers dropped binding climate commitments from UK-Australia trade deal

Wednesday 8 September 2021 Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband comments on the NAO report on the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme

Wednesday 8 September 2021 Tulip Siddiq

Tulip Siddiq responds to Nesta analysis showing that new reception pupils are the ‘least school-ready’ for generations

Monday 6 September 2021 Foreign Policy / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer’s statement in the House of Commons on Afghanistan

Friday 3 September 2021 Ed Miliband