Lisa Nandy: ‘Levelling up under the Tories is dead. Labour is the only answer’ Shadow levelling up secretary says her party is coming back to finish the job of the New Labour government The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022
'Laughable': Indy parties hit back at claims SNP 'pretend' they're left-wing Lisa Nandy took aim at the party during Labour’s annual conference - saying the SNP were peddling a “regressive ideology”. The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2022
Sniffer dog spoils Jeremy Clarkson’s big day Launching a new cider, The Grand Tour star also told us about his pesky neighbours Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022
Labour Party conference: Plan to ban ‘no pet’ rules for renters and make evictions harder Labour has laid out plans for sweeping housing reforms that would reduce landlord powers to kick out tenants or stop them keeping pets. Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022
Lisa Nandy vows to give tenants more rights with 'portable' desposits under Renters' Charter The shadow levelling up secretary will pledge to abolish no fault evictions and 'tilt the balance of power' back to renters in her speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Jubilant Labour MPs say ‘we will win’ after years of ‘awful’ opposition Labourstaff and members filled a hall inside a Liverpool hotel with cheers and whoops for shadow cabinet members at the Labour to Win event after what appeared to be a successful day at conference. Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Labour Party Conference 2022: From Gary Neville to Mick Lynch, here's what to expect Labour leader Keir Starmer will spell out why he should be the next Prime Minister after months of polls which will have been pleasing for party strategists, but there will be plenty of banana skins to navigate Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Budget tax breaks for ‘affluent’ Tory areas will take funds from poorer places, Labour warns Wealthier counties containing seats of Liz Truss and her deputy earmarked for ‘investment zones’ The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022
Revealed: levelling up fund allocated south-east England twice as much as north-east New figures raise further questions about failure of government fund to reach the poorest areas of UK The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022
50,000 Ukrainian refugees in UK facing homelessness ‘disaster’ next year The government has been accused of offering no new support packages to sponsors on its Homes for Ukraine scheme as the first group of six-month placements is set to come to an end The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022
Fewer than one in eight English homes for rent affordable with housing benefit It is also estimated that nearly half of local authority areas have had less than 20 truly affordable one-bed properties listed over the last year Wales Online · Aug 25, 2022
Fury as thousands of Ukrainian refugees face homelessness 'due to Tory inaction' A government insider said refugees minister is trying to "embarrass" the government into action amid fears thousands of Ukrainian refugees could be made homeless this winter due to spiralling bills British sponsors are facing Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022
Anger as 66% of Tory Levelling Up staff are based in LONDON - with just 3% in North East Only 2.4% – 82 people – work for the department in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined despite the government's department's mission to spread “opportunity and prosperity around the UK” Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022
Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer by joining striking train drivers on picket line ‘If you can’t support a picket line maybe you shouldn’t be a Labour MP’, says Aslef union boss The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022
Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022 Northerners earn £8,404 less despite years of Tory promises to 'level-up' The figures were revealed to the Mirror by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership as the Conservative Party leadership hustings roll into the heart of the Red Wall
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022 Sunak’s boast about diverting money from ‘deprived urban areas’ divides Tories One minister describes remark as ‘dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’ but other Tories defend ex-chancellor as ‘misunderstood’
Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022 Liz Truss won't say if her campaign leaked bombshell video of Rishi Sunak The video saw Rishi Sunak admit to having diverted funding from deprived urban areas towards more prosperous towns - but Liz Truss would only say she was running a "positive campaign"
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022 Sunak’s remarks on diverting funds from ‘deprived urban areas’ divides Tories Conservative former minister Andrew Mitchell defended the Tory leadership hopeful, saying his comments had been ‘misunderstood’.
Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022 Piers Morgan fumes as Coronation Street's Stu takes swipe at presenter Stu Carpenter made a dig at Piers Morgan during Friday night's episode of Coronation Street, with the Talk TV presenter addressing the incident on Twitter
Chronicle Live · Aug 5, 2022 Rishi Sunak gloats about taking cash from 'deprived urban areas' in leaked video The Prime Minister hopeful has also recently been called 'out of touch' after previously admitting he has no working class friends.
Manchester Evening News · Aug 5, 2022 The Mancunian Way: An odd boast Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Friday August 5, 2022
Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022 'Scandalous' Rishi Sunak brag about taking cash from deprived areas sparks probe calls Labour Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy has called on her Tory counterpart, Greg Clark, to investigate after Mr Sunak was recorded saying he had changed funding formulas which "shoved all funding into deprived urban areas".
Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022 Rishi Sunak boasts of taking money from ‘deprived urban areas’ in leaked clip The former chancellor told Tory members that he was proud of his work diverting public funds to wealthier towns
Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022 Rishi Sunak brags about taking cash from 'deprived urban areas' in leaked video A leaked video taken in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at the end of last month shows the former chancellor saying Labour formulas targeting poorer areas "needed to be undone" - which Labour branded "scandalous"
Manchester Evening News · Aug 4, 2022 Andy Burnham brings out the tunes during Manchester-inspired DJ set at Ancoats bar “I’m out having dinner and (the) Andy Burnham is the dj. I love Manchester.”