Monday 7 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour warns blanket withdrawal of furlough scheme threatens future of high streets and night life Continue Reading
Friday 4 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that Co-op is creating 1000 jobs and opening 50 new stores Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Tories turning their back on “levelling up” pledge by failing to support struggling automotive sector Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell M&S job losses are devastating for workers and threat to our high streets – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Tuesday 11 August 2020 Business / Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah responds to latest business loan scheme statistics Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business Anneliese Dodds comments on news that the Chancellor may increase business rates Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to the Annual CIPD/High Pay Centre report findings on CEOs pay Continue Reading
Tuesday 4 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to news Pizza Express may close 67 outlets and cut 1,100 jobs Continue Reading
Monday 3 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to HSBC and DW sports job losses Continue Reading
Friday 31 July 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Johnson’s Jobs Squeeze to hit struggling sectors as government begins severing furlough support Continue Reading
Thursday 30 July 2020 Business Coronavirus loans open to businesses ‘in difficulty’ – Ed Miliband responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 July 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to Amazon’s announcement of free deliveries for online food orders Continue Reading
Tuesday 28 July 2020 Business UK is facing the biggest recession in 300 years – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Friday 24 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on latest retail figures Continue Reading
Monday 20 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to the Business Secretary’s announcement on grants for aerospace research and technology Continue Reading
Thursday 16 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell on analysis on airlines breaking the law on cancelled holidays Continue Reading
Thursday 9 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on the announcement of store closures and job losses at John Lewis and Boots Continue Reading
Thursday 9 July 2020 Bridget Phillipson / Business Bridget Phillipson responds to Rishi Sunak’s “deadweight” comments Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell 1 in 6 automotive jobs threatened – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on job losses in the aerospace industry at Bombardier Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to confirmation that non essential retail will re-open on 15 June Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 June 2020 Business / Ed Miliband New figures show CBILS not doing enough to save our businesses – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 May 2020 Business / Coronavirus / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to McLaren announcement about job cuts Continue Reading
Monday 25 May 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Business / Economy Shadow Chancellor responds to details of Project Birch Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 May 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to news that Rolls-Royce are set to cut 9000 jobs Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 May 2020 Business / Coronavirus We must do more to help companies through this crisis – Patrick McFadden Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 May 2020 Andy McDonald / Business / Coronavirus Andy McDonald responds to new government advice on working safely during Covid-19 Continue Reading
Sunday 3 May 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that Rolls-Royce is slashing up to 8,000 jobs Continue Reading
Monday 27 April 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to the Chancellor’s announcement of 100% underwriting for the smallest business loans Continue Reading
Saturday 25 April 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Response to reports that Tata steel is seeking a bailout Continue Reading
Friday 24 April 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to reports that Rishi Sunak is preparing to offer 100% guarantees on small business loans Continue Reading
Thursday 23 April 2020 Business / Ed Miliband Ed Miliband responds to the CBI’s call for faster support for struggling firms Continue Reading
Thursday 23 April 2020 Business / Ed Miliband ‘Today’s figures show that the CBIL scheme is in no way equal to the scale of economic distress facing our firms’ – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 April 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell on travel operators and airlines refusing to refund consumers Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 April 2020 Business / Ed Miliband These figures show that the CBIL scheme is simply not working well enough. We need change now – Ed Miliband Continue Reading
Tuesday 7 April 2020 Bridget Phillipson / Business Bridget Phillipson responds to news that just 2,022 Coronavirus business loans have been approved so far Continue Reading
Thursday 26 March 2020 Business / Coronavirus / John McDonnell McDonnell responds to Chancellor’s Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Continue Reading
Thursday 26 March 2020 Business / Coronavirus / Rebecca Long Bailey Banks under fire for coronavirus loan tactics – Long-Bailey responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 24 March 2020 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey No one should be asked to work if they are not providing an essential function – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour calls on Prime Minister to act over the future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant Continue Reading
Thursday 23 January 2020 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour supported proposal for parental bereavement leave from inception – Rebecca Long Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 January 2020 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to Jaguar Land Rover redundancies Continue Reading
Friday 17 January 2020 Business / Health / Jon Trickett Trickett responds to reports that new hospitals are delayed for years because of Carillion’s collapse Continue Reading
Monday 4 November 2019 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey comment on Mothercare preparing to enter administration Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 October 2019 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Long Bailey responds to Thomas Cook chief executive evidence at BEIS committee Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 October 2019 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey There must be a full public inquiry – Rebecca Long Bailey responds after sale of Thomas Cook stores Continue Reading
Thursday 29 August 2019 Business / Rebecca Long Bailey Drop in car production rings alarm bells that government mismanagement is destroying manufacturing industry – Long Bailey Continue Reading
Saturday 10 August 2019 Brexit / Business / John McDonnell The lack of detail around Operation Kingfisher shows how half-baked this Government’s preparations are – McDonnell Continue Reading
Saturday 10 August 2019 Business / Energy / Press Releases / Rebecca Long Bailey National Grid must provide a full account of what went wrong and why – Long Bailey Continue Reading