Labour, Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson
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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.
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.