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Recent events, including the publication of the final report into the Manchester Arena bombing, have highlighted the ongoing problems that families caught up through no fault of their own in public disasters face when dealing with the…
Angela Eagle has questioned Andrew Bailey on his call employers to show "restraint" in awarding pay increases and compared the £575,000 salary of the Bank of England governor to that of a care worker. Bailey failed to remember how much he…
No sooner have we come to terms with the very difficult – if understandable – news that Margaret Hodge is standing down from parliament, now we know that Harriet Harman will no longer be in parliament after the next election. I have had to…
Angela Eagle is set to join Labour's national executive committee after winning the by-election to replace Shabana Mahmood as a parliamentary party representative on the ruling body. The Wallasey MP won the internal contest against Grahame…
I had just finished a virtual meeting with The House magazine to talk about Maureen Colquhoun, the first out lesbian MP, as part of this year’s LGBT history month celebrations when I heard that she had died aged 92. Maureen Colquhoun was a…
Labour's online conference replacement 'Connected' kicked off today with a new slogan – 'A New Leadership' – and events for women. Party chair Angela Rayner opened proceedings, along with Marsha de Cordova, who talked about gender…
Labour MPs Siobhain McDonagh and Angela Eagle have challenged Rishi Sunak on the lack of childcare support for female workers in his summer economic update last week. Appearing before members of the Treasury committee this afternoon, the…
Dawn Butler has called on Boris Johnson to "urgently reconsider" the decision to omit domestic violence professionals from the list of 'key workers'. Labour's women and equalities spokesperson wrote to the Prime Minister today after the…
Emily Thornberry accused leadership rival Rebecca Long-Bailey of being silent on antisemitism in the most striking moment of the first televised debate on Wednesday evening. During the BBC Newsnight hustings, Keir Starmer said: "The idea…
Emily Thornberry has defended Labour's decision to nominate John Bercow for a peerage despite a fresh accusation of bullying from a former staffer. Asked about the ex-Speaker being nominated by her party, the leadership candidate said: "I…
Rarely in my 26 years as an MP have I witnessed a British Prime Minister forced into such a humiliating situation by the actions of members of their own party. After finally alighting upon a botched Brexit deal, Theresa May has at last…
Today Dawn Butler said Theresa May can be personally accused of racism and held the Prime Minister responsible for "racist legislation". Speaking to Niall Paterson on Sky about the Windrush crisis, the Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary…
