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Friday 14 August 2020 Education / Keir Starmer

Labour calls for Government U-turn on exams fiasco

Thursday 13 August 2020 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to quarantine measures for people returning from France and the Netherlands

Thursday 13 August 2020 Foreign Policy / Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy responds to diplomatic agreement between Israel and the UAE

Thursday 13 August 2020 Education / Kate Green

Labour calls for all A Level appeals fees to be waived as thousands of pupils’ results are downgraded

Thursday 13 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders / NHS

Patient wait times reaching worrying new lows – Justin Madders

Thursday 13 August 2020 Andy McDonald / Workers' Rights

Government’s record on workplace safety was poor even before the pandemic – Andy McDonald

Thursday 13 August 2020 Education / Kate Green

Kate Green responds to the confirmation that thousands of pupils’ A-level results have been downgraded

Thursday 13 August 2020 Emily Thornberry / International Trade

Emily Thornberry responds to the Trump administration’s maintenance of punitive tariffs against a number of key British exports to the United States

Thursday 13 August 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire

With the recession more people are likely to struggle with the cost of housing – Thangam Debbonaire

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to Chris Hopson’s remarks that the government’s test and trace system is not ‘fit for purpose’

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Emma Hardy / University

Action must be taken to prevent high student drop out rates – Emma Hardy

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Andy McDonald / Employment

Labour calls for protection of rights of pregnant women affected by Covid-19

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Anneliese Dodds

Shadow Chancellor condemns ‘Johnson’s jobs crisis’ as UK faces worst recession in Europe

Wednesday 12 August 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to England’s chief nurse calling for more people to study nursing

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Cat Smith / Youth

Labour calls for more support for young people as new evidence reveals massive salary gaps outside London

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Education / Keir Starmer / Youth

Starmer: Johnson risks ‘robbing a generation of their future’ over unfairness in exam system

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Jonathan Reynolds / Universal Credit

Universal Credit hits 5.5 million: Government must reconsider its position on sanctions and conditionality – Jonathan Reynolds

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Business / Chi Onwurah

Chi Onwurah responds to latest business loan scheme statistics

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Jonathan Reynolds / Work and Pensions

UK employment has fallen by the largest amount in over a decade – Jonathan Reynolds response

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Digital / Jo Stevens

Molly Russell’s father backs Labour’s plan to tackle online harms as government drag its heels

Tuesday 11 August 2020 International Development / Preet Gill

The Prime Minister’s Whitehall restructure expected to cost at least £50 million to the taxpayer

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