Monday 8 February 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Businesses face £50 billion ‘bombshell’ in April as coronavirus support packages end Continue Reading
Monday 1 February 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on ASOS completing purchase of Arcadia brands Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to fall in number of cars built in the UK Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that Rolls-Royce expects a loss of £2bn in 2021 Continue Reading
Monday 25 January 2021 Business / Pat McFadden Pat McFadden comments on reports MasterCard could increase fees for UK purchases from the EU Continue Reading
Monday 25 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news Boohoo will not take on high street stores or workforce as part of Debenhams purchase Continue Reading
Sunday 24 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband Government considers ripping up right to work no more than a 48-hour week – risking a 15 per cent rise in those working longer hours Continue Reading
Friday 22 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on report showing Coronavirus crisis led to closure of thousands of licensed premises Continue Reading
Thursday 21 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to comments by Sage scientists that hospitality businesses should be closed until May Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to Kwasi Kwarteng’s admission that employment protections are to be reviewed Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on British Retail Consortium 2020 figures Continue Reading
Monday 11 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband Sunak must come up with plan to support small businesses – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Friday 8 January 2021 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to Alok Sharma & Kwasi Kwarteng’s appointments Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Monday 21 December 2020 Business / Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Labour urges Government to use spare COVID testing capacity in ports chaos Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business Government waives through “smuggler’s charter” as it struggles to avert Brexit gridlock at UK ports Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business Anneliese Dodds responds to latest GDP figures Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour tells government to get a grip as ports chaos threatens Christmas orders Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 December 2020 Brexit / Business / Ed Miliband Businesses have been sounding alarm for weeks about problems at ports – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 8 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband PM’s failure to deliver caused the loss of major employers in Bridgend Continue Reading
Saturday 5 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Keir Starmer Labour hails monumental effort of local businesses during pandemic on Small Business Saturday Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Thursday 3 December 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to BiFab entering administration Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 1 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to Debenhams talks collapsing Continue Reading
Monday 30 November 2020 Business / Chi Onwurah / Security / Stephen Kinnock Labour pushes Ministers to strengthen national security and protect UK businesses Continue Reading
Monday 30 November 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Business grants scheme ‘betrayal’ will level down, Labour warns Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution Continue Reading
Monday 2 November 2020 Business / Keir Starmer British people and British businesses badly let down by this Government – Keir Starmer speech to CBI Conference Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Thursday 22 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Half of businesses have operating costs exceeding turnover according to ONS survey Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Friday 16 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Government is washing its hands of hospitality industry – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to reports of notice of administration at Edinburgh Woollen Mill Continue Reading
Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour condemns ‘smash and grab raid’ on struggling businesses Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Friday 2 October 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Labour warns of employers having to choose between workers in struggling sectors Continue Reading
Thursday 1 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell MP responds to British Chambers of Commerce’s quarterly economic survey findings Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 29 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Business Minister admits businesses shut out of Government support are still “viable” Continue Reading
Thursday 24 September 2020 Brexit / Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to British Chambers of Commerce unanswered questions on Brexit Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 September 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Essential that public health measures go hand in hand with economic support – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 September 2020 Alan Whitehead / Business Wylfa project cancellation could have huge consequences – Alan Whitehead Continue Reading
Monday 14 September 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Government needs to clarify whether Nvidia takeover of ARM has legally binding assurances – Ed Miliband Continue Reading