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Pow, Rebecca

Conservative MP for Taunton Deane. Junior environment minister. Scientist, who was an environmental correspondent for Channel 4, BBC, and ITV. Later ran her own PR firm.

No Confidence Vote – The views of each individual Conservative MP on Boris Johnson

 On the 6th June, the Conservative parliamentary party held a vote on the future of the prime minister. Some 211 Conservative MPs voted to have confidence in Boris Johnson, with 148 Conservative MPs voting for the prime minister to go. In a secret ballot it is impossible to know exactly which Conservative MPs lack confidence… Read more »

How every MP voted on the Rwanda Bill

MPs voted 320-276 this evening — a majority of 44 — in favour of the government’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and  Immigration) Bill at its commons third reading stage. It came after 61 Conservative rebels backed former immigration minister Robert Jenrick’s Amendment 23 during the bill’s committee stage. The amendment sought to block last-minute injunctions… Read more »

Every rebel Conservative MP who voted to amend Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill

The Conservative rebels’ Bill Cash amendment has been defeated by 529 votes to 68 in the House of Commons this evening – a majority of 461. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) voted for this amendment, so eight of the 68 votes come from them. 2 of the “aye” votes come from independent MPs, Andrew Bridgen… Read more »

Greenpeace response to the King’s Speech

Responding to the King’s Speech, Greenpeace UK’s head of politics, Rebecca Newsom, said: “From annual oil and gas licences to giving landlords more powers to kick tenants out of their homes – this King’s Speech just served as a vehicle for Sunak to further his desperate pursuit of short-term political point scoring, at the expense of… Read more »

Greenpeace responds to Labour’s clean energy grid announcement

Responding to Labour’s announcement on the clean energy grid, Greenpeace UK’s Head of Politics, Rebecca Newsom, said: “It’s encouraging to see Labour taking this critical step to unlocking the UK’s renewable potential. Our outdated energy grid is one of the biggest barriers to the clean energy transition, it’s blocking us from genuine energy security, lower… Read more »

Greenpeace responds to Sunak’s conference speech

Responding to Rishi Sunak’s party conference speech, Greenpeace UK’s head of politics, Rebecca Newsom, said: “In his desperate attempts to cling on to power, Sunak chose to sow division and distract people from the real problems the country faces, like the cost of living crisis, crumbling public services, and the climate crisis. “While he had… Read more »

Care For Our Future: The roadmap to a sustainable future for adult social care

‘Pragmatic and Deliverable’ New Plan Has Cross-Sector Backing Care England, the largest and most diverse representative body for independent providers of adult social care, is pleased to announce the launch of Care For Our Future, a roadmap for delivering sustainable adult social care. Setting out the sector’s priorities across three key themes – workforce, funding and… Read more »

Labour reshuffle underlines the strategic coherence of ‘Starmerism’

What is a reshuffle? On the surface, it is a way to rework your top team, refine briefs and ensure that the parliamentary party’s best are afforded bargaining power in the policy battles to come.  This view can be described as encompassing those things Starmer had to accomplish with his reshuffle yesterday. See also: ensuring… Read more »

Rishi Sunak’s by-election triple threat — results and analysis as it happened

It’s one-a-piece for the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conservative Party. The Lib Dems have won in Somerton and Frome, overturning a majority of 19,000 at the last general election. The Conservatives held on in Uxbridge and Ruislip, winning narrowly with a majority of 495. They have ULEZ and Sadiq Khan to thank for that. Selby and Ainsty flipped for… Read more »

Labour energy & insulation package announcement

Labour has announced a new package of measures around the energy price cap and insulating houses, among other elements, to be unveiled by Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the Fabian Conference on Saturday. Responding, Rebecca Newsom, Head of Politics at Greenpeace UK, said: “Labour’s been vocal this week in laying out some of the bold… Read more »

A quiet psychodrama: The story of how Keir Starmer transformed Labour in 1000 days

Sir Keir Starmer was elected Labour leader on April 4, 2020, with a resounding mandate. He received 275,780 votes, 56.2% of those cast, well ahead of left-wing candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey on 27% and Lisa Nandy on 16.2%. The Labour leader has now been in office for over 1000 days, in what has been a period… Read more »

WRAP’S retail survey shows retailers are taking steps to reduce household food waste, but more needs to be done

WRAP’S latest Retail Survey shows that actions are being taken on how food is labelled by retailers and brands to help people avoid food waste happening at home. However, with COP27 fresh in people’s minds, the climate action NGO also warns that more needs to be done to help curb the impact the UK’s food waste is… Read more »

LIVE: How many MPs have resigned from the government?

Tuesday evening’s announcements that health secretary Sajid Javid, and chancellor Rishi Sunak quit the cabinet have since been followed by a string of other resignations. As it stands, the total tally of resignations is 59. This includes: Rishi Sunak – chancellor Sajid Javid – health secretary Bin Afolami – vice chair Simon Hart- Welsh secretary… Read more »

St Mungo’s responds to renters reform legislation proposals

Leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s has welcomed Government’s plans to give people who rent their homes more powers and protections. Ministers say the new policies, detailed in a new white paper entitled “A Fairer Private Rented Sector”  which has been published today 16 June 2022 – will end the injustice of unfit homes and help protect renters from rising… Read more »

St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots Garden wins Silver Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s in Partnership with Cityscapes has scooped a Silver Medal for its innovative Putting Down Roots Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Winning in the Show Garden category, the garden showcases St Mungo’s horticultural training programme that supports people with experience of homelessness to develop their confidence, learn new skills and rebuild their… Read more »

Excitement ‘grows’ as St Mungo’s prepares for RHS Chelsea Flower Show

With just days to go until the opening of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, staff and clients from leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s are busy adding the final touches to its impressive ‘Putting Down Roots Garden’. St Mungo’s, which supports people to recover from homelessness across London and the South of England, has been… Read more »

Energy Strategy ‘comprehensively fails’ with Johnson easily distracted and Sunak an active block

At a time when households are facing unprecedented energy bills and the UK needs a quick and effective fix, which also addresses the urgency of the climate crisis, this strategy: Prioritises new nuclear, an eye-wateringly expensive and unreliable form of energy; Backs new oil and gas licences, which take on average 28 years to start production and… Read more »

Government urges water industry to ‘do more’ to protect the environment

Ofwat must ensure that England’s water industry is doing more to protect the environment, the government has announced today. The new Strategic Policy Statement (SPS), which will be set by the government and formally laid in parliament this afternoon, will stress the importance of protecting the environment for the water sector’s economic regulator. It will… Read more »