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…
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“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…
WATCH: Rees-Mogg says test and trace going “as well as could be expected”
Conservative minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has defended the government’s much-criticised test and trace programme, saying that it is going…
“How on earth does he expect to hit his moonshot?” – Ashworth’s full Covid-19 response
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth in parliament this…
Labour accuses government of “rewarding private sector failings” in test and trace
Labour’s shadow health team railed against the failures of the Conservative government’s privatised coronavirus testing regime as MPs…
5 Labour stories you might’ve missed over the weekend
1. Laura and the oatcake LabourList has an advance copy of Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour…
Labour demands clarity on PHE abolition and outsourcing during Covid crisis
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock seeking urgent clarity on who will be responsible…
Government must protect travel jobs under new quarantine rules, says Labour
Labour has told the government to abandon its “one-size-fits-all” approach to Covid support and protect travel jobs after…
WATCH: Labour accuses government of making Covid decisions in “chaotic way”
Nick Thomas-Symonds has criticised the government for making decisions in a “chaotic way that doesn’t breed confidence” and…
Tory faith in the private sector is proving calamitous – Ashworth’s Covid-19 update
It’s been a calamitous week for the government and its supposedly “world-beating” test and trace system. First, we…
