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Labour calls for pre-departure Covid tests for anyone travelling to the UK

Monday 29 November 2021 Thangam Debbonaire

Thangam Debbonaire comments on the Committee on Standards’ Review of the Code of Conduct report

Monday 29 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner’s speech setting out Labour’s plans to clean up politics

Friday 26 November 2021 Jo Stevens / Sport

Jo Stevens comments on the ECB’s action plan to tackle racism in cricket

Friday 26 November 2021 Home Affairs / Immigration / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on France withdrawing Priti Patel’s invitation to Calais meeting

Friday 26 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Government ‘muzzled its own watchdog’ after Hammond let off for breaking lobbying rules

Thursday 25 November 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall’s speech to the National Children and Adult Services Conference

Thursday 25 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Labour accuses Government of a corruption cover-up over £3.5 billion of Tory-linked Covid contracts

Wednesday 24 November 2021 Jo Stevens / Sport

Jo Stevens responds to publication of the fan-led review of football governance

Wednesday 24 November 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to tragic deaths of people crossing the English Channel

Wednesday 24 November 2021 Crime / Jess Phillips / Women and Equalities

Jess Phillips responds to latest ONS figures on domestic abuse

Wednesday 24 November 2021 Keir Starmer / Social Care

Revealed: How far Boris Johnson’s manifesto-breaking ‘working-class dementia tax’ changes will deepen regional inequality

Monday 22 November 2021 Business / Ed Miliband / Energy

Ed Miliband responds to Bulb going into special administration

Monday 22 November 2021 Business / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer’s speech to the CBI annual conference

Monday 22 November 2021 Education / Employment / Kate Green / Keir Starmer

Labour announces Council of Skills Advisors

Monday 22 November 2021 Business / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to the Prime Minister’s CBI speech

Monday 22 November 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus

Labour demands independent investigation into secret meetings after Minister admits no minutes of meeting with Randox

Friday 19 November 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Crime / Equalities / LGBT+

Labour pledges “tougher, fairer” hate crime laws to keep LGBT+ people safer

Friday 19 November 2021 Jack Dromey

Labour demands end of emergency rules used to hand out Government Covid contracts

Thursday 18 November 2021 Home Affairs / Immigration

Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on reports that the Government is speaking to Albania about offshore processing of migrants

Wednesday 17 November 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall comments on the publication of details of the social care cap

Wednesday 17 November 2021 Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds’ Opposition Day Debate speech on Strengthening Standards in Public Life

Wednesday 17 November 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus

Angela Rayner’s Opposition Day Debate speech on Randox Covid Contracts

Wednesday 17 November 2021 Keir Starmer / Press Releases

Keir Starmer responds to Conservative’s corruption

Tuesday 16 November 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus

Michael Gove helped his personal donor David Meller get contracts worth almost £50 million

Monday 15 November 2021 Climate Change / Environment / Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer responds to the Prime Minister’s COP26 statement

Monday 15 November 2021 Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Security

Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on terror threat level being raised to ‘severe’

Monday 15 November 2021 Keir Starmer

Labour calls on Tory MPs to do the right thing and stop another Owen Paterson scandal

Friday 12 November 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment

Ed Miliband comments on the latest COP draft text

Friday 12 November 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus

Labour demands Government sack Deloitte from Test and Trace public inquiry “strategy” contract

Thursday 11 November 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson comment on new GDP figures

Thursday 11 November 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth / NHS

Jonathan Ashworth responds to highest NHS waiting list on record

Wednesday 10 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner responds to Boris Johnson’s press conference

Wednesday 10 November 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment

Ed Miliband comments on the draft COP26 text

Tuesday 9 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Labour demands Deputy Prime Minister withdraw remarks saying a Conservative MP working from and advising a tax haven was “quite important” work

Tuesday 9 November 2021 Anneliese Dodds

Labour calls for Prime Minister to launch investigation into Caribbean-based barrister MP

Saturday 6 November 2021 Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds comments on reports in the Sunday Times about donations and peerages

Friday 5 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Labour demands sleaze inquiry into Prime Minister after his attempts to undermine Commissioner who is set to investigate him

Friday 5 November 2021 Crime / Justice / Policing / Sarah Jones

Charge rate falls to a new record low under the Conservatives

Friday 5 November 2021 Angela Rayner

Labour demands sleaze inquiry into Prime Minister breaking the rules over latest luxury holiday donation

Wednesday 27 October 2021 Budget / Economy / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to the Budget

Thursday 21 October 2021 Emily Thornberry / International Trade / Luke Pollard

Labour condemns ‘broken promises’ over role of Trade and Agriculture Commission

Wednesday 20 October 2021 Home / Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to reports of women being spiked by needle at night clubs

Wednesday 20 October 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson comments on new inflation data

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment

Ed Miliband on the Government Net Zero Strategy

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Health / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth speech in the House of Commons on the Motion to renew the Coronavirus Act

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall responds to Care UK report on unpaid carers

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment

Full text of Ed Miliband statement in the House on the Government’s Net Zero strategy

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Education / Kate Green

Kate Green responds to figures showing 208,000 children were out of school on 14 October

Tuesday 19 October 2021 Foreign Policy / Lisa Nandy