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

Lucy Powell said: ‘We must give a stronger sense of our purpose, whose side we are on and of our Labour values and beliefs.’

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Meet Lucy Powell, the minister ousted by Starmer who is now his deputy

Lucy Powell’s victory is likely to be seen as a call from the Labour membership for a change of direction amid growing unhappiness with Keir Starmer’s government

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Labour left piles pressure on Starmer as sacked critic elected to be his deputy leader

Lucy Powell beats Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate Bridget Phillipson in the contest to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Angela Rayner says resignation was ‘incredibly tough’ on her family as she breaks silence

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for ‘an honestly made mistake’ over unpaid stamp duty

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

Rayner vows to pay any taxes owed over home purchase in resignation statement

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for a ‘mistake’ she made over unpaid stamp duty.

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

Lucy Powell urged ministers to rethink legal action against Labour donor’s firm

Exclusive: Intervention by deputy leadership contender could have saved company based in her Manchester constituency millions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025

Labour deputy leadership contest may only cause more trouble for Starmer

Victory for Lucy Powell or Bridget Phillipson, the rivals at the centre of the race, could be reckoning for the party

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025

Labour deputy leader rivals begin their final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2025

Lucy Powell hits out at anonymous briefing in Labour deputy leadership race

Her opponent Bridget Phillipson said she had also been subjected to ‘vicious’ briefing.

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2025

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025