Mum’s the word
Whenever I speak out, as I frequently do, championing working parents and the contribution they make to businesses,…
Lucy Powell
Parents snub Cameron’s parenting scheme
To much Prime Ministerial fanfare David Cameron launched free parenting classes for parents in High Peak in Derbyshire,…
Labour has plans to tackle the childcare crunch
As parents begin another week managing work and family life, many will be dismayed that yet again the…
Labour is making the running on childcare – Join me selling it on the doorstep
Labour’s bold announcements on childcare have put a spring in the step of our activists and Parliamentary candidates.…
Wraparound childcare is the type of help that ordinary families want
When the alarm goes off at 6.45am on Monday, for myself and like most parents across the country,…
We must grasp the nettle on Childcare
It has been a good week for parents, children and Labour’s front bench Education team. However, the chaotic…
The Child Poverty Crisis made in Downing Street
47% of children in my constituency of Manchester Central live in poverty. That’s 47% too many. With the…
The Childcare Crisis: The Government’s plans are confused and dangerous
This week saw the government unveil part of its much-heralded plan to help families meet the costs of…
It’s not small beer, we need to support our pubs
By Lucy Powell The strength of public feeling in support of post offices has showed how much care…
Squeezing the Lib Dems
By Lucy Powell I’ve written before about the return of two-party politics and the impact this is already…
