Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer congratulates Lucy Powell after she is announced as the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party at an event in central London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell called on Sir Keir Starmer to be bolder and show “whose side we are on” as a Cabinet minister said the party had to change after the Caerphilly humiliation.

Ms Powell, who was sacked from the Prime Minister’s Cabinet last month, said Sir Keir’s Government had to show a “stronger sense of our purpose”.