8 h. ago 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.

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14 h. ago Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson in Labour’s deputy leadership race

He said she would help bring back voters drifting away from Labour.

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8 d. ago Truth about 'next deputy Labour leader' Bridget Phillipson's poverty

In the battle to become Labour 's deputy leader, Bridget Phillipson has spoken more than once of her working class roots - growing up on 'a tough street of council houses'.

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8 d. ago Labour must get on front foot against Farage's 'extreme' views says Bridget Phillipson

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is running to deputy Labour leader, says the party must be more assertive over Nigel Farage's 'dangerous and divisive' messages

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1 week ago Unison and GMB unions back Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

The Education Secretary said her campaign ‘is getting support from every part of our movement’.

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1 week ago GMB union backs Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

The Education Secretary said it was ‘humbling’ to receive the nomination of her own trade union.

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1 week ago John Swinney has 'let down' working class kids 'time and again', claims Labour's Bridget Phillipson

EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Phillipson, who is standing to become Labour's next deputy leader, admitted "we haven't done everything right in our first year in Government".

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2 w. ago Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to compete for Labour deputy leadership

They will take part in a hustings on the last day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool before members vote in October.

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2 w. ago Phillipson bids to revive flagging Labour deputy campaign with call to scrap ‘spiteful’ two child benefit cap

Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate is behind rival Lucy Powell among members, who will decide the contest to replace Angela Rayner, poll suggests

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2 w. ago Who should be Labour’s deputy leader? Whoever can tell a good Labour story – and take the fight to Reform | Polly Toynbee

The political differences between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell are slight. What the party needs is someone able to unite and persuadeYou might think the last thing Labour needs now is this deputy leadership contest, the unavoidable fallout from Angela Rayner’s sad plunge from grace. But these two combatants, Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, may ignite exactly the rethinking Labour needs. Like it or not, whoever the contestants were, this would be framed as establishment v insurgent, or as proxies for Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham. It’s for Phillipson and Powell to strike out and show they are their own people. In truth, Phillipson is not very establishment and Powell not very insurgent.Any party would be in a state of ferment after falling further than any previous government in its it first 14 months, with inflation stubbornly high and growth flatlining. It reels from the shock of scoring 20% in opinion polls while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK rides high on 31%.Polly Toynbee i...

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2 w. ago Focusing on Burnham speculation rather than deputy Labour leadership contest is sexist, says Lucy Powell

The former Commons leader said it is ‘sexist’ that everybody is talking about Andy Burnham’s return, rather than focussing on the deputy Labour leadership contest between ‘two strong women’

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3 w. ago Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol in Labour’s deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on mistakes made by the party in its first year of government.The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bridget Phillipson sets her sights on Labour beating Reform and WINNING the next election as she launches deputy leadership campaign

The Education Secretary kicked off her campaign in her home town of Sunderland seeking to reunify the fractious party after the resignation of Angela Rayner.

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3 w. ago Phillipson urges Labour members to look ahead at launch of deputy leadership bid

The Education Secretary is up against her former Cabinet colleague Lucy Powell for the role.

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3 w. ago Phillipson warns divided Labour cannot win as she vies to become deputy leader

She is one of only two candidates to secure enough support from fellow MPs to make it past the first round of nominations.

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3 w. ago Labour deputy leader race: Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell battle for union endorsements

Two candidates remain in the contest to replace Angela Rayner as deputy party leader

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3 w. ago Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to seek union backing in Labour deputy race

The Education Secretary and former Commons leader are going head-to-head in the contest to succeed Angela Rayner.

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3 w. ago Phillipson faces Powell in final stage of Labour deputy leader race

Contest to replace Angela Rayner is an unwelcome distraction for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

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3 w. ago Labour deputy leadership race appears set for Phillipson v Powell contest

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and former Commons leader Lucy Powell have picked up the most nominations from MPs so far.

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3 w. ago Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set to face off in Labour deputy leader contest

The education secretary is first to get the 80 MP signatures needed for her nomination, but sacked former Commons leader Lucy Powell is just three short with 24 hours before the final deadline

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