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Labour has called on the government to back struggling families and cancel the planned cut to Universal Credit after it was confirmed that the £20-per-week uplift to the benefit will not be extended beyond the autumn. Theresa Coffey told a…
Keir Starmer is making a "jobs promise" to young people as part of wider proposals to "boost employment and increase opportunities right across the country" with a green economic recovery package involving 400,000 new jobs. Labour's jobs…
Labour representatives confirmed on the Sunday shows that the party will now be opposing Rishi Sunak's income tax personal allowance freeze, and voting against it. This represents a U-turn, as Anneliese Dodds had said on Thursday that…
Jonathan Reynolds has declared that the government is "running out of time to do the right thing" and reverse its decision to press ahead with the £20-per-week cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits. Following the publication of a…
MPs have passed, with 278 votes in favour and none against, a Labour motion calling on the government not to cut Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits after the Prime Minister ordered Conservatives to abstain. 65 northern Tory MPs, many…
Sophy Ridge on Sunday Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Reynolds this morning described reported government plans to replace the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit with a £500 one-off payment as a "terrible policy". On the…
Jack Dromey, Fleur Anderson, Matt Rodda and Sam Tarry have been given new roles in a Labour frontbench reshuffle that has changed the teams headed by Rachel Reeves, Jonathan Reynolds and Jim McMahon. LabourList can reveal that the…
Jonathan Reynolds has called on the government to provide more support for families struggling over the winter this year following the publication of a new report showing an "appalling" rise in the number of people facing destitution…
The government has voted down by a majority of 100 votes an amendment to the pension schemes bill that would have required schemes in the UK to develop strategies to comply with the Paris agreement on climate change by 2050. 256 MPs backed…
Below is the full text of Jonathan Ashworth's House of Commons response to the South Yorkshire coronavirus restrictions. So another great swathe of the North is put into lockdown. Sheffield went into Tier 2 last Wednesday, so did ministers…
Below is the full speech delivered by Jonathan Ashworth tonight in response to Matt Hancock's House of Commons statement. Tonight, people across Manchester, Bury, Bolton, Leigh, Stockport, Trafford will be watching the news worried asking…
Wes Streeting, James Murray and Abena Oppong-Asare have been given new roles by Keir Starmer today, LabourList can reveal, as a Labour frontbench reshuffle takes place following resignations this week. Shadow ministers Dan Carden and…
