Lucy Powell

Sheffield United have been placed under a transfer embargo after defaulting on a payment to another club

Labour would move money from Premier League to smaller clubs

Channel 4's HQ is in Leeds.

The Government needs to scrap the damaging Channel 4 sell-off - Lucy Powell MP

Channel 4 headquarters in London (PA)

Privatisation of Channel 4 will 'cost jobs in Yorkshire' Labour says

The Government said it proposed privatisation because it is concerned about the broadcaster’s long-term future

MPs to discuss plans to privatise Channel 4 this week

Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Photo: PA

Government accused of 'short-changing the North' over business support

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves No 11 Downing Street last week for the House of Commons to give MPs details of his Winter Economy Plan. Photo: PA

Nearly 100,000 workers in industries deemed not 'viable' in Yorkshire

Would you be happy to return to the office?

Is it safe to go back to offices? New back to work campaign explained

Labour is demanding for more support for workers and businesses in areas of West Yorkshire hit by local lockdown restrictions in a bid to safeguard hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Labour calls for support to prevent 'ghost town' high streets in West Yorkshire

Sheffield's visitor economy is facing a 500m hit as a result of coronavirus. Picture: Welcome to Yorkshire

Yorkshire city forecasting 5,000 tourism and hospitality job losses

Doncaster North Labour candidate Ed Miliband at the count for the December 2019 General Election, pictured. Picture: Marie Caley

Ed Miliband says Labour 'red wall' was crumbling long before 2019 election loss

Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband. Photo: PA

Protect steel industry or 'decimate communities', Labour warns

Government datta discriminates against the North's schools, it is claimed.

Stop writing off the North’s schools by using flawed data to measure success and...

Henri Murison, Director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Photo: JPI Media

League tables which ignore disadvantages ‘punish and reward wrong schools’ in th...

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers

Anger at Government as almost half of primary pupils do not make the grade in to...

Parents protesting against controversial Sats tests.

Ministers under fire as they blame a '˜rogue marker' for Sats test leak

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. Photo: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire

Morgan avoids question on councils running academies

Lucy Powell.

Labour attack '˜forced academies plan' in Opposition day debate

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell

Powell points to local control as key to better school results

A new NAO report raises concern about teacher recruitment

Watchdog warning of growing teacher shortage as targets missed for four years

More than 1,500 primary pupils in Yorkshire 'taught in classes of more than 40'

More than 1,500 primary pupils in Yorkshire 'taught in classes of more than 40'
THERE are around 70,000 primary school pupils in Yorkshire being taught in 'super size' classes because of the pressure on places, Labour has claimed.

Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell.

Oversized classes 'have trebled'

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. Photo: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Morgan to suggest move back to formal testing of seven-year-olds

Warning over teacher crisis as almost 50,000 quit in a year

Caroline Flint has ruled out serving in Jeremy Corbyn's team.

Flint joins Labour exodus as divisions laid bare in Corbyn’s top team

William Hague, Anne McIntosh and David Blunkett

William Hague and Anne McIntosh elevated to Lords amid ‘cronyism’ claims

Douglas Alexander MP

Labour’s £250,000-raising tea towel

Blunkett calls for careers advice to help shape verdicts in Ofsted inspections

MP hits out at focus on women

Pay boost urged for men on paternity leave