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Monday 3 August 2020 Crime

New analysis shows the Tories’ decade long failure to tackle knife crime

Monday 3 August 2020 Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell responds to news that Hays Travel may cut 878 jobs

Monday 3 August 2020 Andy McDonald / Employment

Andy McDonald responds to survey showing workers are not yet confident to go back to work

Monday 3 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell reacts to HSBC and DW sports job losses

Monday 3 August 2020 Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer reacts to the news of John Hume’s death

Sunday 2 August 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care

Govt abandons care homes testing pledge – Jonathan Ashworth responds

Friday 31 July 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Johnson’s Jobs Squeeze to hit struggling sectors as government begins severing furlough support

Friday 31 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to appointment of panel on reform of judicial review process

Friday 31 July 2020 Coronavirus / Disabilities / Vicky Foxcroft

Vicky Foxcroft comments on the end of the national shielding scheme today

Friday 31 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

PM must answer twelve questions at today’s press conference

Thursday 30 July 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Economy

‘24 hours to save British jobs’: Labour launches ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’ campaign

Thursday 30 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall comments on the delay faced by care home staff and residents for coronavirus testing

Thursday 30 July 2020 Ed Miliband / Energy

Ed Miliband comments on the Government’s annual UK energy statistics

Thursday 30 July 2020 Brexit / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves demands clarity from Government over “chaotic” post-Brexit customs plan on visit to proposed lorry park in Kent

Thursday 30 July 2020 Health / Justin Madders

Justin Madders responds to the publication of the NHS People Plan

Thursday 30 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to record high for self-harm incidents in custody

Thursday 30 July 2020 Justice

Lord Falconer responds to CPS measures to tackle low level of rape prosecutions

Thursday 30 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the latest ONS statistics on excess deaths

Thursday 30 July 2020 Business

Coronavirus loans open to businesses ‘in difficulty’ – Ed Miliband responds

Thursday 30 July 2020 Kate Green / Poverty

Shameful Prime Minister is unable to tell the truth about hardships faced by families – Kate Green

Thursday 30 July 2020 Cat Smith / Youth

Cat Smith responds to Children’s Society survey

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Anneliese Dodds / Employment

Anneliese Dodds responds to Govt’s public sector recruitment

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Childcare / Kate Green

Labour analysis finds “perfect storm” of rising childcare costs and risk of childcare providers closing

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Culture / Jo Stevens

Jo Stevens responds to 1200 job losses at the National Trust

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Business / Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband responds to Amazon’s announcement of free deliveries for online food orders

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Luke Pollard

Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report – Luke Pollard responds

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova

Marsha de Cordova responds to news that scientists are to examine coronavirus link with ethnicity

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Anna McMorrin / Foreign Aid

Labour urges Government to press for cross-border delivery of humanitarian assistance in Syria

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Transport

Department for Transport needs to get a grip on its Cycle Repair Scheme – Kerry McCarthy

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care

Liz Kendall responds to Public Accounts Committee report

Wednesday 29 July 2020 Culture / Jo Stevens

Jo Stevens responds to details of Government support for creative industries

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Keir Starmer

Covid jobs crisis hitting tourist towns as Labour urges support for domestic tourism sector

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Bridget Phillipson / Economy

Bridget Phillipson responds to Steve Barclay admission that further targeted economic measures may be necessary

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Cat Smith / Voter Engagement

Ministers accused of misleading the House as key Voter ID evidence proven to not exist

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Jo Stevens / Media

Jo Stevens responds to reports that Twitter has stopped Donald Trump Junior from tweeting

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Business

UK is facing the biggest recession in 300 years – Ed Miliband

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Marsha de Cordova

Inequality between lower and higher income households was worsening before the crisis hit – Marsha de Cordova

Tuesday 28 July 2020 Tulip Siddiq

Physical and mental health of children with SEND has deteriorated in this pandemic – Tulip Siddiq

Monday 27 July 2020 Press Releases

Five months since the Government first announced funding for cycling – Kerry McCarthy

Monday 27 July 2020 Jim McMahon / Transport

Government support is needed to protect travel jobs following change in quarantine rules

Monday 27 July 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities

Shocking figures show the impact of deep rooted and systematic racial injustice in the UK – Marsha de Cordova

Monday 27 July 2020 Health

‘An effective obesity strategy needs action, not consultation’ – Alex Norris

Monday 27 July 2020 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Gov’t needs ‘proper contingency plans’ for those returning from Spain who may not be able to work flexibly – Nick Thomas-Symonds

Sunday 26 July 2020 Jo Stevens

Labour slams government for delay to Online Harms Bill

Saturday 25 July 2020 Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to reports that tourists returning to the UK from Spain will have to quarantine for two weeks

Friday 24 July 2020 Alison McGovern / Press Releases / Sport

Alison McGovern responding to the reopening of gyms and leisure centres

Friday 24 July 2020 Coronavirus / Jonathan Ashworth

Jonathan Ashworth responds to the Prime Minister’s interview with the BBC

Friday 24 July 2020 Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner responds to reports that Russian tycoon behind Aquind cannot be publicly identified

Friday 24 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell comments on latest retail figures

Friday 24 July 2020 Health / Jonathan Ashworth