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Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says she wants Starmer to succeed but party must change – as it happened

Powell, who was sacked from cabinet in September, says party must be ‘more principled and strategic, less tactical, and strongly guided by our values’

The Guardian - UK

Powell expected to be named Labour’s new deputy leader

Labour’s struggles in the polls have already led to some questions among backbenchers about Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the party.

Evening Standard

Powell on course to become Labour deputy leader as polls close

A survey of party members found 57% back the former Commons leader, against 40% supporting Bridget Phillipson.

Evening Standard

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Lucy Powell urged ministers to rethink legal action against Labour donor’s firm

Exclusive: Intervention by deputy leadership contender could have saved company based in her Manchester constituency millions

The Guardian - UK

‘We must turn Labour around’, deputy leadership frontrunner warns Starmer as she hits out at ‘mistakes’

Exclusive: Lucy Powell takes aim at PM over ‘missteps and mistakes’, saying she was sacked for opposing cuts and that the party must reconnect with lost voters – but not by copying Reform

The Independent UK

Labour deputy leadership contest may only cause more trouble for Starmer

Victory for Lucy Powell or Bridget Phillipson, the rivals at the centre of the race, could be reckoning for the party

The Guardian - UK

Labour deputy leader rivals begin their final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Evening Standard

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Lucy Powell hits out at anonymous briefing in Labour deputy leadership race

Her opponent Bridget Phillipson said she had also been subjected to ‘vicious’ briefing.

Evening Standard

Budget must be ‘line in the sand’ after first year’s mistakes, says Powell

Labour deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell said it should give ‘a clear articulation of the core purpose of the Labour Government’.

Evening Standard

Tories seek to keep up pressure over collapse of Chinese spying case

The director of public prosecutions has been asked if the case could be resumed if the Government declares Beijing is a threat to national security.

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell calls on Labour not to ‘write off’ May local elections

Deputy leadership favourite says budget can revive party’s appeal, while Bridget Phillipson pitches to channel grassroots views to cabinet

The Guardian - UK

‘We'll do the right thing’: Cabinet minister signals two-child benefit cap will be scrapped

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she’ll be ‘arguing’ the case for the change

Evening Standard

Phillipson signals Government will ‘do the right thing’ and lift benefit cap

The Education Secretary said she will be ‘arguing’ the case for the change in Cabinet.

The Independent UK

Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates

As party members prepare to choose between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, the pair give their views on wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right

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Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full

Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in November’s budget most cost-effective way to tackle child poverty

The Independent UK

Labour deputy leadership candidate say government is in ‘fight of our lives’

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The Independent UK

Phillipson accuses Powell of ‘energising our opponents’ as voting begins

Ballots opened on Wednesday for members and affiliates in the Labour deputy leadership race.

The Independent UK

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, deputy leadership candidate says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’

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Evening Standard

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, Lucy Powell says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’.

The Guardian - UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

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

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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’

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