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Rachel Reeves has told the government and the EU to "drop the posturing" as the European Commission has announced legal action over the controversial internal market bill passed recently by the Commons. Commenting as the European bloc this…
I personally wanted to see a pop quiz on the Covid restrictions this afternoon, following Boris Johnson's clear failure to grasp the rules yesterday. But Keir Starmer opted for a different tack. He did mention Johnson's embarrassing mix-up…
Asking government ministers about restrictions that they have put into place with little debate or scrutiny, affecting millions of people in the country, has a “gotcha” element to it. That is according to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, who…
Labour has criticised the government for suggesting the army could be used to enforce Covid restrictions, pointing out that the move lays bare “the extent to which the police have been cut over the last ten years”. Opposition frontbencher…
The Andrew Marr Show Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, set out Labour's position on Brexit and the controversial internal market bill. She concluded by telling the government: "Get Brexit done, get a deal, and…
Several of Keir Starmer's Labour frontbench MPs have joined Labour Friends of Israel as newly appointed vice-chairs of the organisation that now includes a third of shadow cabinet members. LFI has announced six new vice-chairs as follows…
Rachel Reeves has described the test, trace and isolate programme as "on the verge of collapse" and said that "people are being sent on wild goose chases around the country for tests". In an interview with Sky News this morning, the Shadow…
We were treated to a genuinely pathetic performance from Boris Johnson at the first PMQs after summer recess yesterday. It was his worst yet – and that’s saying something. Utterly incoherent at times, the Prime Minister appeared to have…
Labour has slammed the Prime Minister for "going back on his word" and refusing to meet with bereaved families in the pandemic after having previously announced on TV that he would. Rachel Reeves described reports that Boris Johnson had…
We've recently seen scandals develop around government procurement during the pandemic. As journalists, campaigners and lawyers begin to scratch beneath the surface of public spending during lockdown, examples of profoundly poor governance…
The Andrew Marr Show Rachel Reeves, the shadow cabinet member who opposes Michael Gove, revealed Labour's support for mandatory face masks when shopping and appeared to say that Labour is opposed to post-Brexit European Court of Justice…
Labour is still working out its response to the Chancellor’s summer statement on Wednesday. The party came up with a sound bite to criticise the meal discount scheme, comparing the promised “New Deal” to the delivered “meal deal”. The…
