All articles written by Jonathan Reynolds MP on PoliticsHome.com

03 Apr Economy

Government To Consult On Potential UK Retaliation To Trump's Tariffs

The government is to consult on possible retaliation to US tariffs on UK goods announced by US President Donald Trump.

03 Dec 2024 Communities

Keir Starmer Says Small Businesses Will Get The "Certainty And Stability" They "Need"

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sought to assure small business leaders that the Government will bring "instability" and "uncertainty" to an end.

22 Sep 2024 Economy

Jonathan Reynolds: 'You don’t get the nice things unless you’ve got discipline'

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds talks to Sienna Rodgers about how ‘nice things’ require fiscal discipline, finding the ‘balance’ on workers’ rights, and his opposition to assisted dying

18 Mar 2023 Economy

The Jonathan Reynolds interview: "Vulnerability could and should be a universal standard"

Jonathan Reynolds talks to Tali Fraser about a universal standard of vulnerability when it comes to energy policy – and his faith as a Christian where, he says, ‘questions of poverty and vulnerability are central’. Photography by Baldo Sciacca

03 Apr 2022 Energy

Government Rules Out Rationing Energy After Labour Suggests They Should Plan For It In Wake Of Ukraine Crisis

A senior Cabinet minister has ruled out the UK having to ration oil and gas after the Ukraine invasion has caused a global energy crisis.

07 Mar 2022 Defence

Boris Johnson Urged To Act In "Days Not Months" On Oligarch Money in London

Labour has demanded that Boris Johnson enforces new laws to prevent money laundering by Vladimir Putin’s cronies in London within "days not months" as MPs gather to debate the Economic Crime Bill in Parliament today.

18 Jan 2021 Coronavirus

MPs Vote To Keep £20 A Week Universal Credit Increase In Labour's Motion, Including Six Tory Rebels

The Commons has passed a motion calling for the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit payments to be kept after the majority of Tories abstained on Labour’s opposition day debate.

25 Nov 2020 Economy

Cutting Universal Credit will plunge families further into poverty and gut-wrenching hardship

Cutting the £20 Universal Credit uplift while unemployment is growing and many families are struggling to make ends meet is unbelievable. This money is what enables some families to put food on the table at the end of the week.

16 Sep 2020 Economy

Scrap Universal Credit and replace it with a system that offers a safety net for all

We should support people back to work, not push them into poverty. Current social security measures are inadequate, and children are paying the price.

23 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Ministers accused of 'pulling life raft away while storm still rages' as Labour warns of job loss crisis

Labour has accused the Government of "pulling the life raft away while the storm is still raging" as it warned some regions of the UK are set to be disproportionately hit by a looming redundancy crisis.

21 Aug 2020 Health

Anger as bereaved NHS and care families stripped of benefits if they receive coronavirus payout

Ministers have come under fire after it emerged families of frontline workers who have died from coronavirus will lose access to welfare payments if they receive compensation from the Government.

23 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Labour and Lib Dems urge DWP to overhaul funeral help as student forced into debt to pay for dad’s burial

The Department for Work and Pensions is facing calls to ramp up the help it provides to people who have lost loved ones after a student was pushed into debt to pay for her father’s burial.

05 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Jonathan Reynolds interview: “Universal Credit is predicated on a Victorian attitude to poor people. The very ethos of it is mean"

With the country heading towards a severe recession, the social security system is facing unprecedented pressure. Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds talks to Georgina Bailey about why he would scrap the “Victorian” Universal Credit system – and replace it with a programme “fit for purpose” in the post-Covid economy

05 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Exclusive: Welfare should reflect ‘what you put in’ to tackle public mistrust, says Labour’s shadow DWP secretary

Britain’s welfare system needs a stronger link between “what you put in and what you get out” to tackle cynicism among working people, Labour’s new Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has said.

10 Jan 2020 Communities

Labour’s revival begins with a leader who can balance credibility with radicalism

Ambitious policies for a truly green economy and a competitive stance based on creating world-class infrastructure can be vote winners, writes Jonathan Reynolds MP

09 Sep 2019 Economy

A no deal exit would mean a cliff edge disaster for the UK finance sector

Financial services are one of our biggest export sectors – but the Government is woefully unprepared for the impact a no deal Brexit would have on them, writes Jonathan Reynolds

24 Nov 2017 Economy

Brexit uncertainty could force financial services firms to enact contingency plans

The City’s ability to adapt to change is one of its great strengths – but if it is to succeed after Brexit it must be given a coherent and clear framework, warns Jonathan Reynolds