Powell, who beat Bridget Phillipson in the election, says she will try to "wrestle back the political megaphone" as Labour ...

Becoming Deputy Leader of the Labour Party at the moment is a bit like being appointed Second Officer of the Titanic just as ...

Lucy Powell’s victory is likely to be seen as a call from the Labour membership for a change of direction amid growing ...

Lucy Powell has won Labour’s deputy leadership election, beating her rival Bridget Phillipson. The result was announced this ...

The former Commons leader beat the education secretary in a two-horse race that was widely seen as a referendum on Sir Keir ...

Education Secretary and Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson has lost the Labour deputy leadership to ...

Lucy Powell has beaten Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate education secretary Bridget Phillipson in the contest to replace ...

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down in September over a row about her tax affairs.

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising ...

Lucy Powell's had quite the political comeback. Sacked from cabinet by the prime minister but weeks ago, she's back with her ...

Powell, who was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 2012, has a history of taking principled stands that have at times ...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell has urged Sir Keir Starmer to be bolder and give a “stronger sense of our purpose”. Ms ...