Labour deputy leadership race: Who is in the running to replace Angela Rayner? Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the early frontrunner The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
Who is running in the race to become Labour’s new deputy leader? Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the early frontrunner. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson pulls ahead in Labour deputy leadership race Six Labour figures are standing to succeed Angela Rayner, who quit last week. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Cabinet minister Phillipson one of six contenders for Labour deputy leadership Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is the most senior figure going for the vacant role. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
I’m running for Labour deputy leader because we can’t out-Reform Reform. But we can be more Labour Whether it’s on Gaza or the state of public services, people feel as if they are not being listened to. That has to change, says Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
Voices: Sorry, Bridget Phillipson – you’re not going to be Labour’s deputy leader. Here’s why… COMMENT: The education secretary is one of the more popular cabinet ministers – but, says John Rentoul, no frontbencher has a hope of winning a contest that’s decided by party members The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
Latest contenders for Labour deputy leadership election confirmed IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
Candidates vye for MPs’ backing in Labour deputy leadership race Lucy Powell, who was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Commons last week, on Tuesday became the fourth MP to announce their candidacy. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Risk of Labour war over deputy leader race as first poll reveals frontrunner The short deputy leader contest has led some to accuse the party leadership of orchestrating a ‘stitch-up’, while candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy described it as ‘unfair’ Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Thornberry and Phillipson join contest for Labour deputy leadership Backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, meanwhile, appears set to be the main candidate from the left of the party. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
'We're haemorrhaging votes': London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy launches bid for deputy Labour leader with blast at Starmer ‘All we seem to do at the moment is chase down Reform and we cannot do that’ - Bell Ribeiro-Addy Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Phillipson announces bid for Labour deputy leadership The Education Secretary is the second MP to put themselves forward for the post after Angela Rayner’s resignation. Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025
Keir Starmer refuses to protect UK civilians sailing to Gaza in historic mission Keir Starmer has refused to offer protection to the UK citizens taking part in a historic aid mission to Gaza ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 3, 2025
Plan to strip citizenship from ‘extremists’ during appeals clears Commons Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy said certain communities will be ‘alarmed’ by the legislation which she said creates ‘second-class citizens’. Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025
Al Jazeera · Jun 11, 2025 UK MPs react to report alleging David Cameron ‘threatened’ ICC withdrawal Cameron told ICC’s Khan arrest warrants for Israeli officials would be like ‘dropping hydrogen bomb’, media report says.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025 Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025 Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says
The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025 No slave trade reparations, minister says, amid warning UK is ‘resented’ abroad Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds vowed to work with Caribbean governments on ‘the most pressuring challenges of today and the future’.
The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025 Labour rebels push for four-day week in employment rights drive More than a dozen Labour MPs, and one Green MP, have challenged Angela Rayner to commit to exploring a transition ‘across the economy’ from five working days to four – with no reduction in pay
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025 Genuine asylum seekers could be criminalised under Government plans – Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said those who are fleeing war could have their rights abolished under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025 Government denies talks with Caribbean nations over slave trade reparations Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy calls on Foreign Office to talk to Caribbean representatives on reparations for the historic slave trade
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025 Labour MP who threatened to smash reporter’s face with bat made trade envoy by Starmer Kate Osamor has been named the UK’s representative to East Africa, four years after she was ordered to apologise to the House of Commons
Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025 Labour MPs say not compensating Waspi women undermines trust in politics The debate heard from MPs that the decision announced in December, not to compensate the women was a ‘profound misjustice’
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025 Miscarriage of justice claim rejected as peer suspended for ‘Lord Poppadom’ slur Conservative peer Baroness Meyer has been suspended from Parliament for three weeks after breaching harassment rules.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024 Dozens of Lords defend Tory peer who called colleague ‘Lord Poppadom’ Catherine Meyer may receive three week suspension, which her defenders say goes against ‘principles of natural justice’