Thursday 16 December 2021 Defence / John Healey / Women and Equalities Government’s target for female recruits into armed forces won’t be reached for forty years Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 November 2021 Crime / Jess Phillips / Women and Equalities Jess Phillips responds to latest ONS figures on domestic abuse Continue Reading
Tuesday 21 September 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Women and Equalities Labour leader appoints new Shadow Equalities team Continue Reading
Wednesday 28 July 2021 Vicky Foxcroft / Women and Equalities Labour responds to Government’s National Strategy for Disabled People Continue Reading
Wednesday 21 July 2021 Women and Equalities Jess Philips responds to the government’s Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy Continue Reading
Sunday 4 July 2021 Jess Phillips / Women and Equalities Jess Phillips responds to Robert Jenrick’s comments on funding for refuges Continue Reading
Saturday 29 May 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour commits to stronger laws to protect new mothers from redundancy discrimination Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 May 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour responds to findings of independent review into alleged Islamophobia & discrimination in the Conservative Party Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 May 2021 Women and Equalities Starmer, Lammy and De Cordova reaffirm Labour’s commitment to tackling racial injustice on anniversary of George Floyd’s death Continue Reading
Monday 17 May 2021 Ellie Reeves. / Women and Equalities Ellie Reeves responds to reports that the government will allow rape victims to give evidence on video before trial Continue Reading
Friday 26 March 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities / Workers' Rights Marsha de Cordova comments on Supreme Court ruling against Asda in workers’ equal pay case Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 March 2021 Home Affairs / Jess Phillips / Women and Equalities Labour analysis shows women made up over half the victims of all violent crime for the last 3 years Continue Reading
Monday 15 March 2021 Home / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Women and Equalities Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to Government defeat in the Lords on stalking Continue Reading
Thursday 11 March 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on the Minister for Women and Equalities not attending the International Women’s Day debate in Parliament Continue Reading
Monday 8 March 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour reveals almost 4 in 5 of those affected by NHS pay cut are women Continue Reading
Friday 26 February 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to the Government’s second quarterly report on Covid disparities for Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 February 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on ONS figures showing unemployment rate for Black, Asian and ethnic minority people now more than double unemployment rate for white people Continue Reading
Monday 22 February 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on the Government’s decision to delay gender pay gap reporting for another 6 months Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 January 2021 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour responds to TUC report showing Black, Asian and ethnic minority employment has “plummeted” during pandemic Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities When Liz Truss dismisses ‘fashionable’ causes she actually dismisses the devastating impact of discrimination – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 15 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to Govt scrapping unconscious bias training for civil service Continue Reading
Thursday 10 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to 1 in 3 BME workers having had to self-isolate during the pandemic Continue Reading
Thursday 15 October 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on call by senior business leaders to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting Continue Reading
Thursday 24 September 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to IPPR research showing Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities most at risk of debt due to economic downturn Continue Reading
Thursday 3 September 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Trade / Women and Equalities Labour calls for Government U-turn on “completely unacceptable” appointment of Tony Abbott Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Friday 10 July 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova commenting on the restriction in the range of treatments beauty salons can offer upon reopening Continue Reading
Friday 19 June 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to ONS statistics on Covid-19 deaths by ethnic group Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 June 2020 Coronavirus / Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to publication of PHE report on impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups Continue Reading
Monday 15 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to announcement about commission on BAME issues Continue Reading
Friday 5 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on the news that the EHRC will lead an inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minorities Continue Reading
Thursday 4 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour calls on the government’s Race Disparity Unit to immediately publish recommendations following Public Health England’s Review into the impact of Covid-19 on the BAME community Continue Reading
Monday 1 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Review into BAME deaths delay – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 21 May 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour demands that the Government undertake and publish equality impact assessments on its Coronavirus Recovery Strategy Continue Reading
Thursday 7 May 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Immense pressure on women during Covid-19 crisis – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Friday 1 May 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to IFS report on BAME deaths from Covid-19 Continue Reading
Thursday 30 April 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova reacts to PHE’s call to risk assess frontline BAME staff Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 April 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Standard PPE not protecting female frontline workers – Marsha de Cordova responds Continue Reading
Friday 24 April 2020 Keir Starmer / Women and Equalities Keir Starmer appoints Doreen Lawrence as race relations adviser Continue Reading
Thursday 26 March 2020 Coronavirus / Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Rise in domestic violence linked to coronavirus – Dawn Butler Continue Reading
Saturday 7 December 2019 Naz Shah / Women and Equalities Boris Johnson clearly has a real problem with women – Naz Shah Continue Reading
Friday 29 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Women and Equalities Boris Johnson is a liar and a sexist – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Shami Chakrabarti / Women and Equalities Newly-unearthed comments further expose Boris Johnson’s contempt for women Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 November 2019 Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Labour will close the gender pay gap by 2030 Continue Reading
Friday 8 November 2019 Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Labour launches major package of reforms to deliver a workplace revolution for women Continue Reading
Thursday 7 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Women and Equalities The fact that Boris Johnson has stood by Nick Conrad shows Tories are infected with sexism – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Thursday 7 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Women and Equalities The Conservatives must immediately drop Nick Conrad as their candidate – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Monday 28 October 2019 Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Gender pay gap widest for people in their 50s – Dawn Butler responds Continue Reading
Friday 27 September 2019 Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Desmond Swayne defends his use of blackface – Butler responds Continue Reading
Saturday 21 September 2019 Dawn Butler / Women and Equalities Labour announces independent review into the rise of the far-right Continue Reading