Comment For the online safety bill to be effective, the government must grow a backbone As the Prime Minister shuffles the deckchairs, so much in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport that… Lucy Powell 20th February, 2023, 9:41 am
Comment “Labour demands a new settlement for the digital age” – Powell’s speech Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the Labour Party conference by Shadow Culture Secretary… Lucy Powell 27th September, 2022, 1:17 pm
Comment The job of the government is to keep the UK moving, but the Tories aren’t working Inflation forecast to reach 13%, the threat of recession looming, the cost of food, energy and petrol spiralling.… Angela Rayner & Lucy Powell 5th August, 2022, 9:09 am
Comment “The party of homeowners and tenants” – Lucy Powell’s full conference speech Below is the full text of the speech delivered this afternoon by Shadow Housing Secretary Lucy Powell to… Lucy Powell 26th September, 2021, 2:32 pm
Comment Free movement, state aid, European courts – a Common Market 2.0 mythbuster This evening, parliament will again consider different Brexit options through the indicative vote process. Theresa May hasn’t been… Lucy Powell 1st April, 2019, 3:21 pm
Comment Jon Lansman is right. Facebook is a barrier to a better political culture in Labour I warmly welcome the intervention made yesterday by Momentum chair Jon Lansman on the antisemitism damaging our party.… Lucy Powell 26th February, 2019, 9:52 am
Comment Jeremy’s latest Brexit move is the right one for our country Jeremy Corbyn’s overnight letter to the Prime Minister is a big strategic move. It is a meaningful attempt… Lucy Powell 7th February, 2019, 5:39 pm
Comment Lucy Powell: Common Market 2.0 can break the Brexit deadlock Next week, barring Houdini-esque contortions from the DUP and Tory European Research Group hardliners, Theresa May’s Brexit deal… Lucy Powell 7th January, 2019, 3:37 pm
Comment Lucy Powell: The Tories’ childcare failures are leading to a lost generation of kids If Theresa May was so keen on tackling the burning injustices facing Britain she’d be prioritising early years… Lucy Powell 1st September, 2017, 8:16 am
Comment Lucy Powell: We can’t afford not to tackle Britain’s social mobility problem Social mobility — and the lack thereof for the many — is the defining issue of our time,… Lucy Powell 12th July, 2017, 8:27 am