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
Comment Lucy Powell: Grammar schools are education for the elite, not the many Teacher shortages caused by a recruitment crisis. Teacher retention in free fall with more teachers leaving than joining… Lucy Powell 7th March, 2017, 11:15 am
Comment Lucy Powell: £240m grammar school splurge shows ministers are backing the wrong horse in the social mobility race In a budget which barely mentioned education there was one stand-out pledge from the chancellor, a staggering commitment… Lucy Powell 24th November, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment The forced academisation u-turn must signal the end of the Government’s fixation with school sctructures During Prime Minister’s Questions last week, David Cameron was unequivocal: “We are going to have academies for all,… Lucy Powell 8th May, 2016, 9:39 am
Comment Labour will fight to retain parents’ voice in the schools system Last week the Tory mask slipped and their real agenda for our schools system was revealed. Forcing schools… Lucy Powell 21st March, 2016, 5:00 pm