Wednesday 16 June 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Labour launches roadmap to bring Britain together with policies for the post-Covid age Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 June 2021 Coronavirus / Economy / Rachel Reeves Government’s border failure to cost UK economy more than £4 billion Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 June 2021 Coronavirus / Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds Full text of Nick Thomas-Symonds speech on government failure to secure our borders against Covid Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s statement on Coronavirus restrictions Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Coronavirus / Seema Malhotra Labour responds to Prime Minister’s announcement on wedding restrictions Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour responds to Prime Minister’s announcement on lockdown restrictions continuing after 21 June Continue Reading
Monday 14 June 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus Angela Rayner comments on Serco’s £200m profit forecast from failed Test and Trace programme Continue Reading
Friday 11 June 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to Public Health England figures showing sharp rise in Delta variant cases Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Ashworth demands confusing guidance on local lockdowns is withdrawn & local public health leaders are consulted Continue Reading
Thursday 20 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to reports that test and trace failures helped the Indian Covid variant to spread Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour tables motion to require Government to publish lessons learned from the pandemic to protect June 21 unlocking Continue Reading
Tuesday 11 May 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus Labour responds to PM’s commitment for public inquiry into Government’s handling of Covid pandemic within this session of Parliament Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus Angela Rayner comments on confirmation that the Prime Minister said he would rather see “bodies pile high” than order a lockdown Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth / Lisa Nandy Labour calls on UK government to show “real leadership” by extending offer of support to India Continue Reading
Monday 26 April 2021 Coronavirus Labour responds to reports that Boris Johnson said he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown Continue Reading
Monday 19 April 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on India being added to travel “red list” Continue Reading
Friday 16 April 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on discovery of Covid variant in UK first identified in India Continue Reading
Tuesday 13 April 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to identification of the South African variant of coronavirus in London Continue Reading
Wednesday 7 April 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer statement on the AstraZeneca vaccine Continue Reading
Monday 29 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to vaccine statistics released by the ONS Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth ‘The tragic reality is we’ve seen a litany of errors from Boris Johnson’ – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 March 2021 Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves comments on the National Day of Reflection a year on from the first Coronavirus lockdown Continue Reading
Monday 22 March 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to comments by the Prime Minister about a third wave of Covid in Europe Continue Reading
Saturday 20 March 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Shadow Home Secretary demands move to comprehensive hotel quarantine system as European Covid cases rise Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Labour exposes Government’s failure on publishing 100 outstanding PPE contracts Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Coronavirus / James Murray James Murray responds to reports a Sage advisor said Chancellor was main person responsible for second Coronavirus wave Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Continue Reading
Friday 5 March 2021 Budget / Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls on Health Secretary to explain cuts to health workers’ pay despite claiming he would reward “heroes” Continue Reading
Friday 5 March 2021 Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves responds to reports dozens of Covid contracts are yet to be published contrary to PM’s claims Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Health Secretary’s statement on coronavirus Continue Reading
Sunday 28 February 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds It is deeply concerning that the Brazil COVID variant has been found in this country. Continue Reading
Sunday 28 February 2021 Coronavirus / Education / Kate Green Kate Green responds to news that families of school children can recieve home Covid tests Continue Reading
Thursday 25 February 2021 Coronavirus / Liz Kendall Liz Kendall responds to figures showing nearly a third of care home staff are yet to receive a Covid vaccine Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Coronavirus / Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to reports 150,000 people with learning disabilities will be prioritised for vaccines Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls on Matt Hancock to commit to recovering taxpayers’ money from companies who provided useless PPE Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons on roadmap out of Coronavirus lockdown Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Coronavirus / Economy Labour calls for expansion of support for self-isolation to avoid fourth national lockdown Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Coronavirus / Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to reports that disabled people accounted for six in 10 Covid-19 deaths last year Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to the hotel quarantine booking system crashing just hours after it launched Continue Reading
Monday 8 February 2021 Conor McGinn / Coronavirus / Security Conor McGinn responds to reports hundreds of people have arrived in the UK via Dublin to avoid quarantine restrictions Continue Reading
Sunday 7 February 2021 Coronavirus / Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves calls on Government to clean up crony contracts Continue Reading
Sunday 7 February 2021 Coronavirus / Home / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on revelations that Government’s hotel quarantine plans only apply to 29 of 41 countries with proven cases of South African variant Continue Reading
Sunday 7 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth responds to the government’s announcement of planned change in workplace testing Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 February 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Ashworth comments on Dido Harding remarks at Science and Technology Committee Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 February 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Shadow Home Secretary demands Government publish full SAGE advice on border quarantining Continue Reading
Monday 1 February 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Nick Thomas-Symonds comments on the South African variant of Coronavirus being identified in eight areas of England Continue Reading
Friday 29 January 2021 Coronavirus / Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour announces it will force a vote to secure our borders and prevent vaccine being undermined Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 Bridget Phillipson / Coronavirus Bridget Phillipson comments on reports the UK Government spent £800 million on unreliable Covid-19 tests Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 Coronavirus / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer comments on Novavax vaccine showing 89 per cent efficacy in UK trials Continue Reading
Wednesday 27 January 2021 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth Labour calls for the Government to prioritise key workers in ramped up vaccination strategy Continue Reading