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Leasehold Reform Update – Labour Delivering on Its Promise

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23 February 2026

Supporting Constituents in Cheetham

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26 January 2026

£20 Million Secured for Clayton and Newton Heath

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23 January 2026

What’s On for Kids This Summer in Manchester and Failsworth

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04 August 2025

Lucy Powell joins GMP to seize and crush vehicles for criminal activity

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22 April 2025

Free and Fun Things to Do with your Kids This Easter Holiday in Manchester and Failsworth

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03 April 2025

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

Well, that must have been some politically impartial class, and I thank my hon. Friend for allowing us to end this statement on that note, sending a very important signal to the country, and to...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

That is an excellent question and it raises a very good point. The hon. Gentleman talks about being a father. As a mother, I too have had to have these conversations at home and it is important...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that, and once again put on record my thanks to Sir David Bell and his team for the way in which they conducted themselves, not just for the outcome of their review. My...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Lady for sharing her family history. It is really important that we do keep sharing those stories as well, and I thank her for being a governor of what I am sure is an excellent...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for what sounds like incredibly important inter-faith work in Birmingham. She is absolutely right: modern, contemporary forms of antisemitism—the conspiracy theories...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

As ever, the right hon. Gentleman makes a profound point and he is absolutely right to do so. I remember his review from 2004. It was important then and he is right that every generation needs to...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that question, and for all the work she is doing in her community with Joe Burchell and others. There are, obviously, big questions for all our public services. This is...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Lady for another testimony from students who feel they have to hide their faith. Indeed, we heard many accounts in the review of teachers doing the same in their schools and...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution and for agreeing with the findings of the report. Absolutely, Sir David has recommended the safeguarding as an explicit duty and we have accepted that...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

As ever, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for all the work he has done on this issue over many years. I must say that I find it hard to believe that he has done so for over 40 years; it cannot...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

First, I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on these issues over many years and for the role he is currently playing on the board of the IHRA. I am glad that he welcomes the...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for that question, and he is absolutely right about the scale and the urgency. How this exists everywhere in every part of society is absolutely shocking and something we...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend’s words. Zionism is not racism, which is why the motion passed by the Green party is so wholly wrong and is antisemitic, and I want people to hear...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Lady for her powerful contribution. She is absolutely right to suggest that antisemitism has got worse, not better, since David Bell began his review a few months ago. We have...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for her leadership, and for the work that she continues to do as Chair of the Education Committee. I know of the incident involving her constituent, which we have discussed...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

I thank the right hon. Lady for what she has said, for discussing these issues with me yesterday, and for her contribution to the review; I know that she spent time speaking to Sir David, which...

Antisemitism in Schools and Colleges

Commons debates

With permission, I will make a statement on Sir David Bell’s review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England. First, let me just apologise for some of the reporting in the...

Sir David Bell review into antisemitism in schools and colleges

Department for Education

Written Ministerial Statements

Today I am publishing the government's response to the independent review of antisemitism in schools and colleges in England, led by Sir David Bell. Sir David's review presents a stark and timely...

Topical Questions

Lucy Powell made a speech in the House of Commons

I miss the exchanges that I had with the hon. Gentleman when I was Leader of the House, but now that he is in his new place, I look forward to having them again. This is obviously a matter for...

Topical Questions

Lucy Powell made a speech in the House of Commons

I absolutely hear the hon. Lady. I know how closely related transport and its costs are with young people having access to the education and training that they need. Rest assured, this is a...

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