Labour, Lucy Powell and deputy leader
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At the start of this race the Westminster consensus was that any serving minister would lose. The election would be framed as a referendum on the government – which 64 per cent of party members believe is heading in the wrong direction – and a backbench champion would triumph.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and ex-Commons leader Lucy Powell will go head-to-head in the race to replace Angela Rayner as Labour deputy leader. The pair secured enough nominations to make it through the first stage of the contest.
Lucy Powell, the leader of Britain's House of Commons, was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday as part of a wider government reshuffle triggered by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's resignation over a tax error.
The MP representing, Lucy Powell, has been dismissed from her role as Leader of the House of Commons as part of a major
Sky's Beth Rigby announces the beginning of a Cabinet reshuffle with Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, leaving Government.