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Thursday 25 February 2021 Education / Kate Green

Kate Green responds to Government’s plan for summer assessments process to replace exams

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds

Labour unveil plan to secure the future of Britain’s high streets post-COVID

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Lucy Powell

The Sunak effect: new data reveals impact of Chancellor’s economic mis-management on number of planned redundancies

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Education / Kate Green

Government’s education recovery plan lacks ambition as analysis shows 900 million school days have been lost

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones comments on Government voting against protections for leaseholders and implementing Grenfell recommendations

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

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Andy McDonald / Employment / Workers' Rights

Government refuses Labour’s call to protect the rights of gig economy workers

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Jim McMahon / Transport

Jim McMahon responds to Prime Minister claiming Transport for the North budget has not been cut

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Justice / Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle responds to the Victims Commissioner’s call for the introduction of a Victims Law

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

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Kate Green

Kate Green responds to Government’s education recovery funding announcement

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Grenfell / Sarah Jones

Labour calls on Government to act on promises by protecting leaseholders and implementing Grenfell recommendations

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Anna McMorrin / DFID

Anna McMorrin responds to PM’s comments at UN Security Council on climate insecurities

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports a million NHS face masks do not meet safety requirements

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Chris Matheson

Chris Matheson responds to Boris Johnson’s comments about journalists

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Jonathan Reynolds / Universal Credit

Jonathan Reynolds responds to reports of Universal Credit claimants doubling since beginning of coronavirus pandemic

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Farming / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer speech to the National Farmers’ Union

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

Labour calls on Matt Hancock to commit to recovering taxpayers’ money from companies who provided useless PPE

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Rosena Allin-Khan

Rosena Allin-Khan comments on Matt Hancock’s claims there was never a shortage of PPE

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

Tuesday 23 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Economy

Anneliese Dodds comments on ONS figures that show unemployment has reached 1.74 million

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

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

Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Economy

‘Businesses needed certainty today, but this Conservative Government has left them in the lurch again’ – Anneliese Dodds

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

Monday 22 February 2021 Steve Reed

Extend tax cut to save museums and theatres and help our high streets

Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Coronavirus / Economy

Labour calls for expansion of support for self-isolation to avoid fourth national lockdown

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

Sunday 21 February 2021 Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to reports Matt Hancock’s ex-neighbour investigated by MHRA

Sunday 21 February 2021 Jim McMahon

Jim McMahon responds to story that the death toll on smart motorways has reached a record high

Sunday 21 February 2021 Rachel Reeves

Labour sets out questions for Hancock after judge rules he acted unlawfully

Friday 19 February 2021 Lucy Powell

More than a million jobs in hospitality on the line as furlough cliff edge approaches

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

Friday 19 February 2021 Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to reports that a Tory-linked private firm was awarded a government hotel quarantine contract

Friday 19 February 2021 Andy McDonald

Andy McDonald responds to Supreme Court ruling on Uber drivers

Friday 19 February 2021 Tulip Siddiq

Children in care in unregulated accommodation – Tulip Siddiq responds

Friday 19 February 2021 Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband comments on the launch of the new research agency, the Advances Research and Invention Agency

Friday 19 February 2021 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to Royal College of Physicians report indicating doctors are ‘running on empty’

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

Thursday 18 February 2021 Economy / Keir Starmer

Starmer sets out plan to give British people ‘a stake in our national recovery’

Thursday 18 February 2021 Economy / Keir Starmer

Full text of Keir Starmer speech on A New Chapter for Britain

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

Thursday 18 February 2021 Thangam Debbonaire

Thangam Debbonaire comments on the joint sector statement on the rent debt crisis

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

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

Wednesday 17 February 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to leaked report showing England’s poorest areas hit by Covid ‘perfect storm’

Wednesday 17 February 2021 Emily Thornberry / Rachel Reeves

Government finally admits ‘non-tariff barriers’ are holding back British businesses

Wednesday 17 February 2021 Andy McDonald / Employment

Andy McDonald responds to reports that employers could draw up ‘no jab, no job’ contracts for workers

Wednesday 17 February 2021 Home Affairs

Labour Spokesperson commenting on the Independent Review of the Prevent Programme

Wednesday 17 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice

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