The Latest Breaking News from Lisa Nandy

Rishi Sunak gives his own wealthy constituency £19m to 'level-up'

The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

Redistributing power is only route out of national malaise – Nandy

Labour has promised to replace the Government’s levelling up missions with more ‘tangible’ targets.

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Poorer people in UK feel system ‘rigged against them’, says Penny Mordaunt

Democracy and capitalism hang in balance as UK faces huge challenges, leader of Commons tells thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

‘Not our lived experience’: Tunbridge Wells leaders rubbish Sunak levelling up boast

Exclusive: Council says only one competitive bid for central government money has been successful in six years

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak told to stump up more cash for homelessness after 'excruciating' chat

It comes after PM Rishi Sunak was branded 'out of touch' for enthusing 'do you work in a business' to a man who replied: 'No, I'm homeless. I'm actually a homeless person'

Daily Mirror · Dec 25, 2022

Michael Gove accused of 'vandalism' over new coal mine and blasted by Speaker

A Commons debate on the approval of the UK's first coal mine in decades descended into chaos after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle savaged Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove for failing to provide a copy of the statement

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Gove defends housing targets climbdown to avert Tory revolt

Michael Gove said the new system would put ‘beauty and local democracy’ at the heart of the planning system.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Sunak to scrap housebuilding targets after pressure from Tory MPs

PM caves in as up to 100 Tory MPs threaten to rebel, leading Labour to accuse him of putting party before country

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

All In by Lisa Nandy review – why Labour must give power to the people

The shadow levelling up secretary argues that communities should have more control in her persuasive manifesto for a better Britain

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

Keir Starmer rules out return of free movement between Britain and EU

Labour leader says it will be a ‘red line’ if party takes power, despite backing the policy three years ago

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022