Be different Quote by Lucy Powell

Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and…

— Lucy Powell

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving…

— Lucy Powell

As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when…

— Lucy Powell

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal…

— Lucy Powell

We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an…

— Lucy Powell

You're wrong if you think young people don't deserve the vote.

— Lucy Powell

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close…

— Lucy Powell

The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is…

— Lucy Powell

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour.

— Lucy Powell

In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for…

— Lucy Powell

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.

— Lucy Powell

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.

— Lucy Powell