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Jonathan Reynolds, Labour's new Shadow Business and Industrial Strategy Secretary, has urged people not to "pre-emptively" cancel their Christmas parties amid conflicting advice from government officials. Speaking to Times Radio this…
Jonathan Reynolds has criticised Theresé Coffey as footage emerged of the Work and Pensions Secretary singing "I’ve had the time of my life" at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. The footage, which emerged in the early hours…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to Labour conference 2021 in Brighton. Conference, I am so proud to stand here as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. This…
An opposition day motion tabled by the Labour Party, calling on the government to cancel the £20-per-week cut to Universal Credit due to take effect next month, has been passed by the Commons by 253 votes to zero against. Commenting after…
Labour has criticised Tory "warped priorities" as Boris Johnson this afternoon embarked on a reshuffle of his cabinet ministers while MPs prepared to debate an opposition day motion calling for the Universal Credit cut to be abandoned. A…
Labour will force a vote on Universal Credit today. Jonathan Reynolds has appealed to Conservative MPs to back the motion, which opposes the government plan to cut the £20-per-week uplift introduced earlier in the pandemic. The Shadow Work…
Labour will use an opposition day debate on Wednesday to force a vote on the government's plan to cut the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits, which ministers have insisted they will press ahead with. Commenting…
Jonathan Reynolds has not ruled out the possibility of Labour supporting a rise in the rate of National Insurance in order to fund the government's plans for social care – but has warned that the party wants to see a "fair tax rise". In an…
One in three working-age families with children across 413 parliamentary constituencies will be hit by the government's planned £1,040-a-year cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit on October 6th, a new report has found. The…
Jonathan Reynolds has outlined the Labour proposal to replace Universal Credit with a fairer welfare system allowing low-paid people to keep more of the money they earn as part of a wider plan to tackle in-work poverty. In a speech in…
The TUC has warned that government policies are set to worsen child poverty – and revealed research showing that more than one million children of key workers are currently living below the breadline. The trade union federation general…
Labour has declared that the Universal Credit uplift of £20 per week introduced during the pandemic "should remain in place permanently" and that the government must not break the Tory manifesto promise to keep the triple lock on pensions…
