‘Nandy’s bruising demotion tells us a lot about Starmerism’
Good afternoon, and welcome to LabourList‘s afternoon update. The long expected shadow cabinet reshuffle has come at last,…
Jon Ashworth
Labour’s £1.5bn private school tax windfall leaves education cash to spare
Good morning on a busy day in Labourland. First up, the party’s education team will be cheering a…
Jon Ashworth is right: the government must adopt an ‘into work guarantee’
Jon Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has thrown the gauntlet down on welfare reform.…
In the era of pandemics, we need to adopt a ‘one health’ approach
Today, April 7th, marks World Health Day. After a year unlike any we’ve experienced before, it is a…
Hancock: Return to tiered Covid system will see majority of England enter Tier 2
The full list of allocated coronavirus tier restrictions to different areas of England have been unveiled this morning…
Missing chance for circuit breaker has put “Christmas at risk”, says Ashworth
Jonathan Ashworth has declared that the government “put Christmas at risk” by failing to implement a national ‘circuit…
“We can’t defeat this virus on the cheap” – Ashworth on South Yorkshire restrictions
Below is the full text of Jonathan Ashworth’s House of Commons response to the South Yorkshire coronavirus restrictions.…
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…
Labour calls for “rapid review” into 10pm hospitality curfew
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to carry out a “rapid review” into the effectiveness of…
“Not so much test and trace, more like trace a test” – Ashworth’s full Covid-19 speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth this morning in…
