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Friday 15 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on Supreme Court ruling in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption insurance

Tuesday 12 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on British Retail Consortium 2020 figures

Monday 11 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband

Sunak must come up with plan to support small businesses – Ed Miliband

Friday 8 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to Alok Sharma & Kwasi Kwarteng’s appointments

Monday 28 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Jo Stevens

More than £3bn wiped from UK’s visitor economy this winter as Labour calls for Ministers to support struggling hotels, hospitality and high streets

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

Monday 21 December 2020 Business / Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves

Labour urges Government to use spare COVID testing capacity in ports chaos

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

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

Thursday 10 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business

Government waives through “smuggler’s charter” as it struggles to avert Brexit gridlock at UK ports

Thursday 10 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business

Anneliese Dodds responds to latest GDP figures

Wednesday 9 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Labour tells government to get a grip as ports chaos threatens Christmas orders

Wednesday 9 December 2020 Brexit / Business / Ed Miliband

Businesses have been sounding alarm for weeks about problems at ports – Ed Miliband

Wednesday 9 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on Institute of Directors survey showing more than a quarter of businesses unclear on Brexit readiness

Tuesday 8 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

PM’s failure to deliver caused the loss of major employers in Bridgend

Saturday 5 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Keir Starmer

Labour hails monumental effort of local businesses during pandemic on Small Business Saturday

Friday 4 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

New analysis ahead of Small Business Saturday reveals hundreds of thousands of small businesses might not make it to Spring

Thursday 3 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to BiFab entering administration

Tuesday 1 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Last-minute payment for pubs forced to close will leave most more than £3,000 a month worse off

Tuesday 1 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell responds to Debenhams talks collapsing

Monday 30 November 2020 Business / Chi Onwurah / Security / Stephen Kinnock

Labour pushes Ministers to strengthen national security and protect UK businesses

Monday 30 November 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Business grants scheme ‘betrayal’ will level down, Labour warns

Sunday 22 November 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Labour calls on Ministers to set out clear blueprint for business ahead of 2nd December or risk many going bust in Winter crisis

Tuesday 17 November 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Environment

Ed Miliband responds to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution

Monday 2 November 2020 Business / Keir Starmer

British people and British businesses badly let down by this Government – Keir Starmer speech to CBI Conference

Friday 23 October 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Half a million people left in the lurch as grants for the self-employed now worth just two fifths of their usual income

Thursday 22 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Half of businesses have operating costs exceeding turnover according to ONS survey

Wednesday 21 October 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Business owners face legal action if they are struggling to stay afloat through the crisis but don’t cease trading

Friday 16 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Government is washing its hands of hospitality industry – Lucy Powell

Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell responds to reports of notice of administration at Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Labour condemns ‘smash and grab raid’ on struggling businesses

Tuesday 6 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on the warning by UKHospitality that pubs, clubs and restaurants are set to lose more than 500,000 jobs by Christmas

Friday 2 October 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Labour warns of employers having to choose between workers in struggling sectors

Thursday 1 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell MP responds to British Chambers of Commerce’s quarterly economic survey findings

Thursday 1 October 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to new study showing 1 in 3 employers likely to make redundancies over next 3 months

Tuesday 29 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Business Minister admits businesses shut out of Government support are still “viable”

Thursday 24 September 2020 Brexit / Business / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to British Chambers of Commerce unanswered questions on Brexit

Wednesday 23 September 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Essential that public health measures go hand in hand with economic support – Ed Miliband

Wednesday 16 September 2020 Alan Whitehead / Business

Wylfa project cancellation could have huge consequences – Alan Whitehead

Monday 14 September 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Government needs to clarify whether Nvidia takeover of ARM has legally binding assurances – Ed Miliband

Monday 7 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Labour warns blanket withdrawal of furlough scheme threatens future of high streets and night life

Friday 4 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on news that Co-op is creating 1000 jobs and opening 50 new stores

Thursday 27 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Tories turning their back on “levelling up” pledge by failing to support struggling automotive sector

Saturday 22 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Labour warns of ‘shuttered streets, and jobs meltdown’ in renewed call for fightback fund to save businesses and livelihoods

Tuesday 18 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

M&S job losses are devastating for workers and threat to our high streets – Lucy Powell

Tuesday 11 August 2020 Business / Chi Onwurah

Chi Onwurah responds to latest business loan scheme statistics

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business

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

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 Business / Lucy Powell

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

Monday 3 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

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