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23 Labour MPs have voted against the government's 10pm hospitality curfew as the legislation was passed in the House of Commons by a majority of 217 with 82 voting against the Covid restriction. Backbench Labour MPs were given a free vote…
While every other lobby journalist was distracted by the publication of the September scientific advisory group for emergencies (SAGE) minutes, LabourList was closely following the Parliamentary Labour Party meeting taking place over Zoom…
Justin Madders has called for transparency from the government on coronavirus restrictions introduced during the pandemic as MPs retrospectively back the 'rule of six' by 287 to 17 votes. Contributing to the debate ahead of the vote in…
Jonathan Ashworth has criticised the government's "incompetence" after the Health Secretary told the Commons that he does not know how many people could be unknowingly spreading Covid due to the Excel blunder. Matt Hancock made the…
Kate Green has called on the Education Secretary to "end his 'Invisible Man' act" and "get to grips with the situation" facing students who have recently returned to universities in the pandemic. Commenting ahead of a parliamentary…
Labour's Wes Streeting has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of returning to "Thatcher's sink or swim mentality" on jobs after a government minister defended the decision to refuse support to worst-hit sectors such as hospitality. Reacting to…
Labour's Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has urged the government to do more to support NHS workers after new figures revealed that staff took over 500,000 mental health sick days in May alone. The shadow mental health minister said the figures should…
Labour has called for a "national effort" to prevent a fresh UK-wide Covid lockdown and blamed the recent increase in the number of coronavirus cases on "incompetence and failure" by the government. Commenting after a coronavirus briefing…
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting has called on leader Keir Starmer to launch an independent investigation into the party disciplinary case concerning council leader Jas Athwal amid claims of a "stitch up". The leader of Redbridge Council…
Labour has described the increase in UK coronavirus cases as "deeply worrying" rise and suggested that the rise is a result of the government creating a "fiasco" in testing and contact tracing across the country. Shadow Health Secretary…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth in parliament this morning. Mr Speaker, we welcome the restrictions the government is imposing. In recent days cases have risen sharply and across…
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth is calling on Boris Johnson to implement a "radical obesity plan" to protect the health of children as new figures from NHS England reveal a growing crisis made worse by coronavirus. The lockdown brought about by…
