Wednesday 23 December 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Government press conference Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 December 2020 Angela Rayner My heart goes out to all those struggling at Christmas – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Government must not delay should SAGE recommend action – Starmer Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Almost 175,000 businesses hit by Christmas closures under last minute Tier 4 restrictions as Labour calls for Hospitality and High Street Fightback Fund Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves comments as Dover chaos continues Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Education / Kate Green / Wes Streeting Labour demands clarity around January return of schools and colleges Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Angela Rayner Cruddas peerage shows one rule for Tories, another for the rest of the country – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Education / Kate Green Kate Green comments on Education Policy Institute’s new report Assessing Covid-19 cost pressures on England’s schools Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 December 2020 Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq responds to Coram Family and Childcare survey showing 58% of councils expect childcare closures due to early years funding cuts Continue Reading
Monday 21 December 2020 Business / Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Labour urges Government to use spare COVID testing capacity in ports chaos Continue Reading
Monday 21 December 2020 Jim McMahon Jim McMahon responds to PM’s claim only 174 lorries were parked on M20 at time of press conference Continue Reading
Monday 21 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business / Economy Almost 700,000 businesses fear they’ll go under in the next three months – and the Chancellor is nowhere to be seen Continue Reading
Monday 21 December 2020 Keir Starmer Keir Starmer speech on a socially just Scotland in a modern United Kingdom Continue Reading
Sunday 20 December 2020 Keir Starmer Starmer pledges to ‘push power closer to people’ as he launches ‘boldest devolution project for a generation’ Continue Reading
Sunday 20 December 2020 Rachel Reeves We need credible response from Prime Minister after closure of European routes – Reeves Continue Reading
Sunday 20 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Economy ‘Where’s the Chancellor?’ Labour calls on Sunak to set out economic support as restrictions tighten Continue Reading
Sunday 20 December 2020 Jim McMahon / Transport Chaotic scenes at train stations came hours after Prime Minister ducked questions – McMahon Continue Reading
Sunday 20 December 2020 Keir Starmer Keir Starmer speech on latest coronavirus restictions Continue Reading
Saturday 19 December 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth calls on the Prime Minister to address the nation to set out how he will get control of COVID infections Continue Reading
Friday 18 December 2020 Conor McGinn / Security Conor McGinn comments on the Sunburst cyber-attack on the US government Continue Reading
Friday 18 December 2020 Andy McDonald Andy McDonald comments on new Citizen’s Advice report on insecure work Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Kate Green Kate Green comments on news that mass testing is to be introduced in schools from 4th January Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on publication of the Provisional Police Grant Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Economy / Pat McFadden Pat McFadden responds to the independent review into the London Capital and Finance scandal Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Local Government / Steve Reed Steve Reed responds to the Local Government Finance Settlement Statement Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Economy Anneliese Dodds responds to news that the furlough scheme has been extended Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Defence / John Healey The Armed Forces have been under strength in every year of the last decade under the Conservatives Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Mike Amesbury responds to the Government’s Building Safety announcement Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities When Liz Truss dismisses ‘fashionable’ causes she actually dismisses the devastating impact of discrimination – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 David Lammy David Lammy responds to news that Crown Court trials are down nearly 75% Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Hancock’s statement in the Commons Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Flooding / Keir Starmer Starmer calls for flood preparedness taskforce, warning PM risks “letting down flood-hit communities yet again” Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour calls on Govt to use the £2 billion cash handed back by supermarkets to help hard-hit high street businesses Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Angela Rayner Labour demands inquiry into Tory call to ‘weaponise fake news’ Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova Equalities Minister’s own department goes backwards on equal pay Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Angela Rayner Johnson and Sunak should be ashamed at UNICEF feeding UK children – Rayner Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Jim McMahon / Transport Plans for Heathrow expansion have not met our tests – McMahon Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Andy McDonald / Employment Andy McDonald comments on the High Pay Centre report on pay ratio disclosures Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Jim McMahon / Transport Labour warns yet more price hikes could be on horizon for long-suffering rail commuters after government announce 2.6% rise Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Home / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds on Govt’s ‘Test and Release’ problems Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Alan Whitehead / Energy Alan Whitehead responds to Citizens Advice research showing 600,000 more households are behind on their energy bills Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Education / Wes Streeting Wes Streeting comments on Government announcing mass testing in schools from January Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Education / Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq responds to Ofsted figures showing that a third of early years providers interviewed fear closure Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to Govt scrapping unconscious bias training for civil service Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Keir Starmer Starmer demands urgent review of Christmas Covid rules Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Kate Green Stop neglecting vocational and technical qualifications Labour warns government Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Dodds comments on today’s labour market stats on redundancies Continue Reading
Monday 14 December 2020 Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s Covid-19 statement in the Commons Continue Reading
Monday 14 December 2020 Ed Miliband Ed Miliband comments on Government’s Energy White Paper Continue Reading