Lucy Powell election: “country doesn't have any time for internal party factions or feuds”

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Responding to the news that Lucy Powell has been elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:

“The fact that media were not allowed in to this announcement says it all. Labour just doesn’t listen.

“People are feeling frustrated and disappointed that the Government has failed to deliver the change they promised, after years of Conservative chaos and neglect.

“We need to see far more urgency and ambition. Instead of punishing policies like the jobs tax and family farm tax, we need a much bolder plan for growth and the cost of living, for repairing our relationship with Europe and for fixing the NHS and care.

“That must be Labour’s focus. The country doesn't have any time for internal party factions or feuds.”

ENDS