Lucy Powell

Labour’s start a ‘fill-your-boots all-you-can-eat blunderfest’

Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman said Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has been ‘beset by petty scandals from the beginning’.

By Will Durrant, PA Political Staff

MPs urged not to get ‘bogged down’ in process of assisted dying Bill

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the Government will work with MPs to make the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ‘operable’.

By Rhiannon James and Will Durrant, PA Political Staff

Commons Leader says she hears the concerns of charities affected by NI rise

Liberal Democrat Marie Goldman said an air ambulance charity in her Chelmsford constituency could face an additional cost of £100,000.

By Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff

Minister tries to ease MP concerns over time available for assisted dying Bill

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the committee stage for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would likely last for ‘several weeks’.

By Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor

MPs concerned at loss of ‘vital lifeline’ amid Post Office closures threat

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said Labour inherited a Post Office that is ‘not fit for purpose’ and the organisation needs a ‘serious culture change’.

By Claudia Savage and Harry Taylor, PA Political Staff

Minister ‘misinterpreted’ after referring to ‘blob activist’ Tory MP

Commons Leader Lucy Powell and Conservative MP Sir John Hayes shared a series of light-hearted exchanges in the House.

By Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor

Tories were running a ‘zombie Parliament’, Commons Leader Lucy Powell claims

The Commons Leader criticised the Tories for failing to bring forward legislation on renters’ rights, the football regulator and Martyn’s law.

By Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff

Minister: Tory MPs should Shake It Off when it comes to Taylor Swift questions

Conservative MP Chris Philp asked the Government to ‘come clean and tell the truth’ over the police escort arrangements for Swift.

By Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor

Government urged to speed up Holocaust memorial so survivors see completion

Conservative MP Bob Blackman said ‘it is now even more vital as the Holocaust survivors sadly pass away’ that the memorial is built.

By Claudia Savage, PA

Watchdog urged to investigate Government’s handling of winter fuel payment cuts

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the Conservatives were ‘reaching desperately for a conspiracy when there just isn’t one’.

By Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor