By Joey Gardiner2021-05-10T10:33:00+01:00
Manchester Central MP given the role after incumbent Thangam Debbonaire promoted
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Lucy Powell to be the shadow housing secretary as part of a reshuffle of roles in the wake of last week’s local elections.
Lucy Powell, who has been Manchester Central MP since 2012, comes to the role from a year-long stint as shadow business secretary.
Her appointment follows the promotion of previous shadow housing secretary, Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, to shadow leader of the House of Commons.
While media attention has focused on the sacking of deputy leader Angela Rayner as Labour Party chair and national campaign co-ordinator, there have been changes in a number of front bench roles.
By Joey Gardiner 2021-05-10T10:51:00+01:00
Manchester Central MP given the role after incumbent Thangam Debbonaire promoted
Labour leader Keir Starmer has appointed Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell as shadow housing secretary as part of a reshuffle of roles in the wake of last week’s local elections.
Lucy Powell, who has been Manchester Central MP since 2012, comes to the role from a year-long stint as shadow business secretary.
Her appointment comes after the previous shadow housing secretary, Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, was promoted to be shadow leader of the House of Commons in the latest reshuffle.
Media attention has focused on the sacking of deputy leader Angela Rayner as Labour Party chair and national campaign co-ordinator, amid changes in a number of front bench roles.
SIR KEIR STARMER was under increasing pressure today following Labour’s dismal election results across Britain, with socialists calling for an emergency party conference and MPs refusing to rule out a leadership challenge.
The Labour leader continued to face heavy criticism for the party’s lack of vision ahead of Thursday’s polls, as well as over his own reaction to the results which emerged over the weekend.
Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs secretary and former shadow cabinet member Richard Burgon MP called for a special party conference to address the party’s poor performance at the polls and to allow the leadership to outline its plans.
Keir Starmer struggling to contain Labour civil war over disastrous round of elections on Super Thursday
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000
Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley with a whopping 73 per cent share of vote
Conservatives gained control of councils including Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Dudley and Harlow
Shadow home secretary says pandemic has restricted opportunities for Sir Keir Starmer to set out vision
Starmer responded by sacking Angela Rayner with more firings expected as Labour descended into civil war
What is there to be said about Keir Starmer’s mystifyingly stupid, self-discrediting and self-destructive decision to sack Angela Rayner as Labour Party chair? Other than the obvious, which is that unless it emerges in relatively short order that Rayner has been quietly defrauding Labour Party funds or running an illicit drug ring, it is mystifyingly stupid, self-discrediting and self-destructive. Bluntly, there is no intelligent analysis of the local elections that would pin the blame on Labour’s deputy leader. These are elections in which the incumbent governments in England, Scotland and Wales have all seen major gains: a picture that defies the idea that what we are seeing is either about a deep-rooted and enduring realignment of the so-called Red Wall behind the Conservative Party or that it is a particular commentary on anything within the gift of Labour.