Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said ahead of the Government’s announcement of the revised Feed-in tariff scheme:


"If the Government think major energy policies should be dictated by phoney stories, rumour and spin, they are out of touch.  The Feed-in tariff changes, which could cause chaos in the solar industry and affect tens of thousands of jobs, should be announced in the Commons Chamber, so MPs can hold the Government to account.

Catherine McKinnell MP, Shadow Children and Young Families Minister, responding to the publication of the ‘Children in Care and Adoption and Performance Tables’, said: 

“The true test of a good society is how it provides for its most vulnerable, in particular children in care. It is clearly important for some local authorities and parts of the court system to improve their performance when it comes to identifying children who are suitable for adoption, and then ensuring that they are placed in a timely fashion. 

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, said in response to Theresa May's proposed changes to the way police and immigration services work to remove foreigners who are operating in British gangs:

"Whatever promises the Tory-led Government makes the truth is they are making it harder not easier to crackdown on gangs and foreign criminals. By cutting 16,000 police officers they are weakening the fight against urban crime and gangs.
 

Ed Balls MP, the Shadow Chancellor, said in advance of Tuesday’s figures for UK economic growth in the third quarter of 2011:

“2011 should have been the year when we secured the recovery and saw strong growth in our economy. But Britain has not grown since last autumn – well before the eurozone crisis of recent months – and only Greece and Portugal have grown more slowly in the whole of the EU.

Today Ed Miliband said in response to Income Data Services' report on directors' pay:

“This is not the something-for-something economy we believe in.

Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, has written to William Hague requesting clarification on the Government's position on Europe following the contradictory comments given by Cabinet members.

In response to the news of Colonel Gaddafi's death, Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said:

"The death of Colonel Gaddafi marks the end of a tragic period in Libyan history marked by brutality and repression.

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to today's inflation figures said:

"It's now clear we have the worst of all worlds - high inflation, rising unemployment and a stagnant economy since last autumn. When Britain now has the highest inflation of any EU country except Estonia, families and pensioners feeling the squeeze want out of touch Ministers to take some responsibility and take action now.

Sharon Hodgson MP, Labour's Shadow Children's and Families Minister, has today published new research that shows that 47 Sure Start Children’s Centres have either closed or been earmarked for closure within the next year. 

Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, has written to Justine Greening MP, the new Secretary of State for Transport, urging her to look again at the decision made by her predecessor to award the Thameslink contract to a company that will build the trains in Germany.