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Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going

Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Neil Kinnock backs Lucy Powell in Labour deputy leadership race

The result of the contest to replace Angela Rayner will be announced on October 25.

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2025

Lucy Powell dismisses ‘ridiculous’ claims she would bring division to Labour

Labour needs to ‘tell a much stronger story’ about the purpose of this Government, the deputy leadership hopeful said.

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2025

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Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap

Campaigners say it pulls more than 100 children across the UK into poverty every day.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Labour members feel disconnected from government, says Lucy Powell

Deputy leadership candidate tells hustings party is not heeding feedback from doorstep, with impact on activists

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Stop trying to ‘out-Reform, Reform’, deputy Labour leadership candidate warns Starmer

In a damning indictment of the government, Lucy Powell said her 21-year-old son had ‘struggled’ with her being part of the Labour government because ‘we’ve not got some of the politics right’

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Powell and Phillipson vie for votes as Labour conference draws to a close

The pair displayed little disagreement during a hustings at the end of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025

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Labour is pleasing no one by trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’, Powell says

The former Commons leader challenged Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to use its position in power to ‘set the terms of the debate’.

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025

Starmer faces calls to scrap two-child benefit cap as MPs head to Liverpool

The Prime Minister will be joined in Liverpool by delegates and activists for Labour’s annual conference.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025

Elections watchdog rules out fresh probe into Morgan McSweeney think tank

THE elections watchdog will not reopen an investigation into secret donations to a group which helped propel Keir Starmer to power – despite…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2025

Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling Reform

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025

Lucy Powell: Labour must grab ‘political microphone’ back from Nigel Farage

The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Andy Burnham: Labour MPs are privately urging me to oust Keir Starmer

ANDY Burnham has said MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership in an intervention likely to fuel speculation…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 25, 2025

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The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Labour MPs are privately urging me to challenge Starmer, Andy Burnham says

Manchester mayor accuses No 10 of creating a ‘climate of fear’ in remarks likely to be seen as a pitch for a future leadership bid

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Andy Burnham reveals Labour MPs privately urging him to challenge Starmer as he accuses PM of creating 'climate of fear'

The Manchester mayor’s vision to ‘turn the country around’ includes higher council tax on London homes and a 50p top rate of income tax

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Who is Andy Burnham? The ‘King of the North’ threatening Starmer’s premiership

PROFILE: The writing appears to be on the wall for Sir Keir Starmer, and Labour desperately needs a leader who can see off the dual threats of the Greens and Reform UK. Sean O’Grady asks whether the ‘King of the North’ could be the party’s knight in shining armour, even…

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Andy Burnham urges ‘wholesale change’ to see off ‘existential’ threat to Labour

The Mayor of Greater Manchester criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s running of the Government ahead of the Labour conference.

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The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Britain needs ‘wholesale change’, Andy Burnham says in challenge to Starmer days before Labour conference

The Greater Manchester mayor is being talked up for a parliamentary comeback to take over from Keir Starmer with Labour struggling in the polls

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Labour deputy leader contender warns party faces 'big threat' from left wing and Reform in London

Lucy Powell said that while campaigning in Lewisham she spoke to ‘a lot of traditional Labour voters who are frustrated’ with how the Government has acted since coming to power last July

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025

I’ve seen Labour’s cursed deputy leader role up close. It should finally be abolished

I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025

Bridget Phillipson pledges to deliver workers’ rights bill in full if deputy leader

Exclusive: Unions endorse education secretary as she vows to ensure measures are not watered down – ‘no ifs or buts’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025

Yes, a working-class woman will be Labour’s next deputy leader, but what about those still sidelined?

Until politicians address and improve the lives of all working class women – white and ethnic minority – these advances will feel minimal, says academic Jennifer Jasmine White

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025

Lucy Powell: Labour should raise gambling taxes to axe two-child benefit cap

Deputy leadership candidate says party needs to be ‘clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty’

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025

Labour should consider gambling tax rise to fund axing two-child cap – Powell

The MP said she would be ‘a strong independent choice’ for deputy Labour leader.

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