Thursday 25 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Government’s plan for summer assessments process to replace exams Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds Labour unveil plan to secure the future of Britain’s high streets post-COVID Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Lucy Powell The Sunak effect: new data reveals impact of Chancellor’s economic mis-management on number of planned redundancies Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Government’s education recovery plan lacks ambition as analysis shows 900 million school days have been lost Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Sarah Jones Sarah Jones comments on Government voting against protections for leaseholders and implementing Grenfell recommendations Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Coronavirus / Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to reports 150,000 people with learning disabilities will be prioritised for vaccines Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Andy McDonald / Employment / Workers' Rights Government refuses Labour’s call to protect the rights of gig economy workers Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Jim McMahon / Transport Jim McMahon responds to Prime Minister claiming Transport for the North budget has not been cut Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Justice / Peter Kyle Peter Kyle responds to the Victims Commissioner’s call for the introduction of a Victims Law Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour comments as Home Office data shows low levels of payouts in the Windrush Compensation Scheme Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Kate Green Kate Green responds to Government’s education recovery funding announcement Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Grenfell / Sarah Jones Labour calls on Government to act on promises by protecting leaseholders and implementing Grenfell recommendations Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Anna McMorrin / DFID Anna McMorrin responds to PM’s comments at UN Security Council on climate insecurities Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports a million NHS face masks do not meet safety requirements Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Chris Matheson Chris Matheson responds to Boris Johnson’s comments about journalists Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Jonathan Reynolds / Universal Credit Jonathan Reynolds responds to reports of Universal Credit claimants doubling since beginning of coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Farming / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer speech to the National Farmers’ Union Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls on Matt Hancock to commit to recovering taxpayers’ money from companies who provided useless PPE Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Rosena Allin-Khan Rosena Allin-Khan comments on Matt Hancock’s claims there was never a shortage of PPE Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on ONS figures showing unemployment rate for Black, Asian and ethnic minority people now more than double unemployment rate for white people Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Economy Anneliese Dodds comments on ONS figures that show unemployment has reached 1.74 million Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Bridget Phillipson / Economy Labour to force votes to protect family finances and support jobs, businesses and the excluded through the worst economic crisis of any major economy Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on the Government’s decision to delay gender pay gap reporting for another 6 months Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Economy ‘Businesses needed certainty today, but this Conservative Government has left them in the lurch again’ – Anneliese Dodds Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons on roadmap out of Coronavirus lockdown Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Steve Reed Extend tax cut to save museums and theatres and help our high streets Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Coronavirus / Economy Labour calls for expansion of support for self-isolation to avoid fourth national lockdown Continue Reading
Sunday 21 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to news that people with HIV in England won’t need to disclose their status to access their Covid-19 vaccination Continue Reading
Sunday 21 February 2021 Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves responds to reports Matt Hancock’s ex-neighbour investigated by MHRA Continue Reading
Sunday 21 February 2021 Jim McMahon Jim McMahon responds to story that the death toll on smart motorways has reached a record high Continue Reading
Sunday 21 February 2021 Rachel Reeves Labour sets out questions for Hancock after judge rules he acted unlawfully Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Lucy Powell More than a million jobs in hospitality on the line as furlough cliff edge approaches Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Preet Gill Preet Kaur Gill comments on the reports that the Prime Minister will pledge to donate excess doses of Covid19 vaccines to the Covax facility Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves responds to reports that a Tory-linked private firm was awarded a government hotel quarantine contract Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Andy McDonald Andy McDonald responds to Supreme Court ruling on Uber drivers Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Tulip Siddiq Children in care in unregulated accommodation – Tulip Siddiq responds Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Ed Miliband Ed Miliband comments on the launch of the new research agency, the Advances Research and Invention Agency Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Health / Justin Madders Justin Madders responds to Royal College of Physicians report indicating doctors are ‘running on empty’ Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice Justice system in crisis as the number of defendants prosecuted falls by 25% and the proportion of defendants on remand at 5-year high Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 Economy / Keir Starmer Starmer sets out plan to give British people ‘a stake in our national recovery’ Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 Economy / Keir Starmer Full text of Keir Starmer speech on A New Chapter for Britain Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to Education Policy Institute’s report on education reopening and catch-up support across the UK Continue Reading
Thursday 18 February 2021 Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire comments on the joint sector statement on the rent debt crisis Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Dodds responds to Resolution Foundation report that found two million workers have not worked for at least six months of the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Economy / Keir Starmer ‘No return to business as usual’: Starmer sets out ‘a new chapter for Britain’ based on security and opportunity Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to leaked report showing England’s poorest areas hit by Covid ‘perfect storm’ Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Emily Thornberry / Rachel Reeves Government finally admits ‘non-tariff barriers’ are holding back British businesses Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Andy McDonald / Employment Andy McDonald responds to reports that employers could draw up ‘no jab, no job’ contracts for workers Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 Home Affairs Labour Spokesperson commenting on the Independent Review of the Prevent Programme Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits an ‘all-time record’ of 56,000 cases Continue Reading