“It's not something you can straightforwardly, instantly, do, but something we'll have to consider in the round,” Lucy Powell tells i.
more than £100,000 worth of freebiesAnd while it has been an unwelcome distraction for the Government as it seeks to push forward with its agenda to reboot Britain, the PM’s Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, says there is a greater need for transparency, not less.
“So, I was attending those in an official capacity, but the ministers attending those same events didn’t have to declare those gifts in the same way, with a monetary value applied to them. So, will Labour look at reversing this? After all, Powell is keen to emphasise Labour’s commitment to transparency throughout the interview.
If they attend an event in their official capacity as a minister, they are not required to declare it on their MP register of interest. Instead, the gift or hospitality is released in transparency data by their department. She has two offices in which to complete her increased workload – one in the Commons and one in the Cabinet Office.
Farage has accused Powell of limiting free speech by suggesting that an MP’s primary role should be to serve their constituents. He claimed any move to take away his broadcast gig is “censorship – Starmer Stasi style”.“Certainly, his cry that I’m personally trying to stop free speech is absolutely not the case. He’ll always be free to go on any news channel whenever he wants.
“We are about restoring trust in politics, holding ourselves to the highest standards, tackling some of the culture and behavioural challenges in Parliament and also making Parliament more effective and relatable to people,” she says. “There has been lots of big spending commitments made or that needed to be made with absolutely no budget for them.
“We totally understand that, and that’s why, we are doing a massive communications drive, working with charities and others to get people on pension credit.
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