Comment “Child poverty is a pandemic of its own” – Kate Green’s free school meals speech Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the House of Commons by Shadow Education Secretary… Kate Green 21st October, 2020, 5:18 pm
News Ashworth asks: “how many more deaths” before government adopts circuit break? Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to adopt a national ‘circuit-break’ lockdown and asked the Health… Andrew Kersley 15th October, 2020, 12:57 pm
News MPs reject Labour motion to put test and trace in hands of public health teams The House of Commons has voted down a Labour motion that called on the government to drop private… Andrew Kersley 14th October, 2020, 7:50 pm
News 23 Labour MPs vote against 10pm Covid rule after being given free vote 23 Labour MPs have voted against the government’s 10pm hospitality curfew as the legislation was passed in the… Elliot Chappell 13th October, 2020, 6:55 pm
News MPs reject Labour-backed amendments to Brexit agriculture bill The House of Commons has tonight voted down a range of Labour-supported agriculture bill amendments that had sought… Andrew Kersley 12th October, 2020, 10:18 pm
News Labour calls for transparency on Covid rules as MPs back ‘rule of six’ Justin Madders has called for transparency from the government on coronavirus restrictions introduced during the pandemic as MPs… Elliot Chappell 6th October, 2020, 7:05 pm
News Hancock cannot say how many are spreading Covid due to Excel blunder Jonathan Ashworth has criticised the government’s “incompetence” after the Health Secretary told the Commons that he does not… Andrew Kersley 6th October, 2020, 4:24 pm
News Labour slams government as 48,000 Covid contacts not traced Jonathan Ashworth has slammed the government after analysis by Labour found that the error in the test and… Andrew Kersley 5th October, 2020, 6:11 pm
News “People need clarity”: Ashworth grills Hancock on Covid measures Jonathan Ashworth has questioned Matt Hancock on the Covid measures, the local lockdown strategy and testing, declaring that… Elliot Chappell 1st October, 2020, 12:55 pm
News Six Labour MPs vote against renewing Coronavirus Act provisions Six Labour MPs have joined with other parliamentary colleagues in a group of 24 to vote against renewing… Elliot Chappell & Sienna Rodgers 30th September, 2020, 8:29 pm