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Monday 26 July 2021 Andy McDonald / Workers' Rights

Labour announces policy to create a single status of ‘worker’ with rights from day one

Monday 26 July 2021 Education / Tulip Siddiq

Labour responds to National Adoption Strategy

Sunday 25 July 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus

Angela Rayner responds to the Public Accounts Committee report on the Government’s response to the pandemic

Saturday 24 July 2021 Jim McMahon / Transport

Labour analysis shows nearly six million Brits could have summer holiday plans ruined

Saturday 24 July 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Labour reveals Boris Johnson social care plan on Tory leader’s second anniversary

Friday 23 July 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Senior policing figures criticise pay settlement as Labour calls on Home Secretary to ‘listen and change course’

Thursday 22 July 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Priti Patel’s position “untenable” following Police Federation vote of no confidence – Nick Thomas-Symonds

Thursday 22 July 2021 Conor McGinn / Crime

Labour responds to ONS crime statistics showing an increase in fraud

Thursday 22 July 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Labour fully supports Police Federation’s declaration of ‘no confidence’ in Home Secretary

Thursday 22 July 2021 Business

Government in tailspin on ‘critical worker’ self-isolation exemptions as Labour calls for urgent clarity for employers

Thursday 22 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth / NHS

Labour responds to NHS pay rise coming from within existing budgets

Thursday 22 July 2021 Crime / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Government urgently needs to tackle staggering increase in anti-social behaviour

Thursday 22 July 2021 Angela Rayner

Labour demands radical and immediate overhaul of lobbying rules

Thursday 22 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s health statement

Thursday 22 July 2021 Jo Stevens / Sport

Labour responds to Australia and New Zealand withdrawing from the Rugby League World Cup

Thursday 22 July 2021 Business / Ed Miliband

Labour responds to New Innovation Strategy

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Crime / Home Affairs / Keir Starmer / Policing

Keir Starmer launches ‘Safer Communities’ campaign

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Kate Green

Labour responds to real terms pay cut for majority of teachers

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Lucy Powell

Labour responds to Building Safety Bill Second reading debate

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour responds to ‘insulting’ real terms pay cut for police officers

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Thangam Debbonaire

Labour responds to Tory MPs’ breach of conduct in relation to Charlie Elphicke trial

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Tulip Siddiq

“Decade of Conservative neglect has left early years providers unable to cope” – Tulip Siddiq

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds

UK-France cooperation on illegal immigration – Nick Thomas-Symonds responds

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Women and Equalities

Jess Philips responds to the government’s Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Northern Ireland

Full text of Baroness Chapman’s response to Lord Frost on Northern Ireland Protocol

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Emily Thornberry

Truss ‘Green Trade’ Report an abdication of global leadership, says Labour

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Northern Ireland

Baroness Chapman comments ahead of Lord Frost’s statement on Northern Ireland Protocol

Wednesday 21 July 2021 DWP / Vicky Foxcroft

Labour responds to government’s Green Paper on disability

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Andy McDonald / Workers' Rights

Labour calls for workers to be protected from extreme heat

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds responds to Social Mobility Commission report

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Health / Liz Kendall / Social Care

Government’s plans on social care have been delayed yet again – Liz Kendall

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Education / Kate Green

Labour slams Conservatives’ inaction to keep children learning as new data shows over a million children are missing school

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson responds to Treasury Select Committee call for tougher regulations for non-bank lenders after Greensill collapse

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Angela Rayner / Cronyism

Angela Rayner responds to the Treasury Select Committee report on the Greensill scandal

Tuesday 20 July 2021 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to comments by Boris Johnson revealed in Dominic Cummings’ BBC interview

Monday 19 July 2021 Preet Gill

Preet Kaur Gill sets out Labour’s vision to achieve “a sustainable world, delivered locally”

Monday 19 July 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour comments on Second Reading Debate of the Nationality and Borders Bill

Monday 19 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Government’s statement on covid

Monday 19 July 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard

Media announcements don’t save animals from cruelty and extinction – Luke Pollard

Monday 19 July 2021 Jim McMahon / Transport

Labour demands clarity on ‘chaotic’ traffic light changes and support for travel sector over the summer

Monday 19 July 2021 Foreign Policy / Stephen Kinnock

Stephen Kinnock responds to Foreign Affairs Committee recommendations on Myanmar

Monday 19 July 2021 Anna McMorrin / Prisons

Labour responds to Justice Select Committee’s report on conditions at Rainsbrook STC

Monday 19 July 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer speech on today’s lifting of all lockdown restrictions

Monday 19 July 2021 Emily Thornberry / International Trade

Labour demands answers on Truss human rights ‘simplifications’

Sunday 18 July 2021 Jim McMahon

Boris Johnson’s claims about TfL workers ‘rushed out to provide cover’ for him and Rishi Sunak

Sunday 18 July 2021 Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer asks how Boris Johnson and ministers ‘magically selected’ for self isolation trial

Sunday 18 July 2021 Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer: Johnson and Sunak ‘busted’ for thinking rules don’t apply to them

Sunday 18 July 2021 Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth comments on news that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are not self isolating

Saturday 17 July 2021 Education / Kate Green

Kate Green responds to letter on teacher training reforms

Friday 16 July 2021 Coronavirus / Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds