Press Releases Archives - The Labour Party

Press Releases

Monday 10 August 2020 International Trade

Government has made a colossal misjudgement on trade deals – Bill Esterson

Monday 10 August 2020 Coronavirus / Justin Madders

Labour has been calling for a locally-led contact tracing system for months – Justin Madders

Monday 10 August 2020 Catherine West / Foreign Policy

We are deeply concerned by the evolving situation in Belarus – Catherine West

Monday 10 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Govt may end daily publication of Covid-19 deaths – Justin Madders responds

Monday 10 August 2020 Employment / Jonathan Reynolds

1 in 3 UK employers expect to make staff redundant – Jonathan Reynolds responds

Monday 10 August 2020 Justice / Lord Falconer

Lord Falconer responds to reports that No 10 is planning to set targets for rape prosecution levels for the CPS

Friday 7 August 2020 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner calls for the Prime Minister to set the record straight on Dominic Cummings lockdown breach

Friday 7 August 2020 Education / Kate Green

Government should have ensured Ofqual had a robust appeals system in place – Kate Green

Friday 7 August 2020 Louise Haigh

Broken promises risk removing ‘vital support for victims of terror’ – Louise Haigh

Friday 7 August 2020 Louise Haigh / Northern Ireland

Louise Haigh reacts to the government’s funding announcement for Northern Ireland

Friday 7 August 2020 Kate Green / Schools

Kate Green responds to Education Policy Institute analysis of the school funding settlement

Thursday 6 August 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

Boris Johnson’s failure to confront Cummings over Durham trip was monumental misjudgment – Ashworth

Thursday 6 August 2020 Rachel Reeves

Conservatives consistently tried to privatise throughout this pandemic – Rachel Reeves

Thursday 6 August 2020 Coronavirus / Justin Madders

Huge holes in the contact tracing system – Justin Madders

Thursday 6 August 2020 DWP / Poverty

93% rise in households hit by benefit cap, pushing thousands of children into poverty – Seema Malhotra

Thursday 6 August 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Economy

Anneliese Dodds respond to Bank of England economic outlook

Thursday 6 August 2020 Cabinet Office / Rachel Reeves

Case for spending watchdog to investigate Government’s mishandling of PPE contracts overwhelming – Reeves

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Housing

Developer’s Charter will see communities side-lined – Mike Amesbury

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Education / Kate Green

Labour seeks urgent assurances over exams results

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business

Anneliese Dodds comments on news that the Chancellor may increase business rates

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Vicky Foxcroft

Vicky Foxcroft ONS analysis of the shielding population comment

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Coronavirus / David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for action to tackle courts backlog as landmark ruling paves way for release of dangerous criminals

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to Home Affairs Select Committee report on border restrictions during Covid-19

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Early Years / Tulip Siddiq

Tulip Siddiq responds to the Social Mobility Commission report showing that one in eight childcare workers are paid under £5 an hour

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell reacts to the Annual CIPD/High Pay Centre report findings on CEOs pay

Tuesday 4 August 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth comments on the government’s test and trace system and reports that some local authorities are setting up their own

Tuesday 4 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell reacts to news Pizza Express may close 67 outlets and cut 1,100 jobs

Tuesday 4 August 2020 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to NFU Rural Crimes report

Monday 3 August 2020 Crime

New analysis shows the Tories’ decade long failure to tackle knife crime

Monday 3 August 2020 Crime

New analysis shows the Tories’ decade long failure to tackle knife crime

Monday 3 August 2020 Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell responds to news that Hays Travel may cut 878 jobs

Monday 3 August 2020 Andy McDonald / Employment

Andy McDonald responds to survey showing workers are not yet confident to go back to work

Monday 3 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell reacts to HSBC and DW sports job losses

Monday 3 August 2020 Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer reacts to the news of John Hume’s death

Sunday 2 August 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care

Govt abandons care homes testing pledge – Jonathan Ashworth responds

Friday 31 July 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Johnson’s Jobs Squeeze to hit struggling sectors as government begins severing furlough support

Friday 31 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to appointment of panel on reform of judicial review process

Friday 31 July 2020 Coronavirus / Disabilities / Vicky Foxcroft

Vicky Foxcroft comments on the end of the national shielding scheme today

Friday 31 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

PM must answer twelve questions at today’s press conference

Thursday 30 July 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Economy

‘24 hours to save British jobs’: Labour launches ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’ campaign

Thursday 30 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall comments on the delay faced by care home staff and residents for coronavirus testing

Thursday 30 July 2020 Ed Miliband / Energy

Ed Miliband comments on the Government’s annual UK energy statistics

Thursday 30 July 2020 Brexit / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves demands clarity from Government over “chaotic” post-Brexit customs plan on visit to proposed lorry park in Kent

Thursday 30 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to the publication of the NHS People Plan

Thursday 30 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to record high for self-harm incidents in custody

Thursday 30 July 2020 Justice

Lord Falconer responds to CPS measures to tackle low level of rape prosecutions

Thursday 30 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the latest ONS statistics on excess deaths

Thursday 30 July 2020 Business

Coronavirus loans open to businesses ‘in difficulty’ – Ed Miliband responds

Thursday 30 July 2020 Kate Green / Poverty

Shameful Prime Minister is unable to tell the truth about hardships faced by families – Kate Green

Thursday 30 July 2020 Cat Smith / Youth