Thursday 1 April 2021 Lucy Powell / Steel Labour reveal that UK’s steel production has nosedived by a fifth during a decade of Conservative indifference – in £1 billion hit to the economy Continue Reading
Thursday 25 March 2021 Lucy Powell / Steel Government has no real plan to safeguard steel jobs – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 March 2021 Business / Energy / Lucy Powell / Steel British steel needs “guarantees, not guff” as Labour accuses Prime Minister of “playing fast and loose with reality” Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 March 2021 Lucy Powell Labour calls for stronger Buy British steel guarantees as failure to back steel industry exposed Continue Reading
Thursday 11 March 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on reports that John Lewis could close more of its high street stores Continue Reading
Thursday 11 March 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on Rolls-Royce’s worse-than-expected £4 billion annual loss Continue Reading
Monday 8 March 2021 Lucy Powell / Steel Lucy Powell comments on reports 5,000 jobs are at risk at Liberty Steel and other firms Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 February 2021 Lucy Powell The Sunak effect: new data reveals impact of Chancellor’s economic mis-management on number of planned redundancies Continue Reading
Friday 19 February 2021 Lucy Powell More than a million jobs in hospitality on the line as furlough cliff edge approaches Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 February 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that beer sales plummeted 56% in 2020 Continue Reading
Monday 8 February 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Businesses face £50 billion ‘bombshell’ in April as coronavirus support packages end Continue Reading
Saturday 6 February 2021 Economy / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to reports that pubs and restaurants could reopen in April if they agree not to sell alcohol Continue Reading
Monday 1 February 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on ASOS completing purchase of Arcadia brands Continue Reading
Saturday 30 January 2021 Lucy Powell 650,000 hospitality businesses at risk of collapse before lockdown ends as Labour accuses Ministers of economic negligence 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 / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news Boohoo will not take on high street stores or workforce as part of Debenhams purchase Continue Reading
Friday 22 January 2021 Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that British retail sales saw their largest annual fall in history last year 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
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
Wednesday 30 December 2020 Brexit / Lucy Powell Boris Johnson not being honest about barriers to trade – Powell Continue Reading
Saturday 26 December 2020 Lucy Powell Not such a Merry Christmas as majority of Britain’s pubs and bars miss out on billions in sales – Lucy Powell 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
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 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 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 / 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
Thursday 19 November 2020 Lucy Powell Labour warns businesses face ‘triple whammy cash crisis’ as Chancellor’s ‘sleight of hand’ on lockdown support revealed Continue Reading
Friday 13 November 2020 Lucy Powell / Steel Lucy Powell comments on the possible sale of Tata Steel’s continental European Steel business Continue Reading
Thursday 22 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Half of businesses have operating costs exceeding turnover according to ONS survey 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
Monday 5 October 2020 Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on SMMT figures showing the worst September for UK car sales this century 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
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Brexit / Lucy Powell Government must deliver on promised trade deal with the EU – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Tuesday 29 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Business Minister admits businesses shut out of Government support are still “viable” Continue Reading
Sunday 27 September 2020 Lucy Powell Sunak’s scrap heap – more than a million jobs at risk in sectors the Chancellor has dismissed as “unviable” Continue Reading
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 Lucy Powell Govt warns workers should return to office – Lucy Powell responds 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
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to the Annual CIPD/High Pay Centre report findings on CEOs pay Continue Reading