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Matthew Pennycook

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Gender Male
Age 42
Born Hammersmith
London
United Kingdom
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Party Labour Party
Job Politician
Education Balliol College
London School of Economics and Political Science
Coombe Boys' School
Official site parliament.uk
Position Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015
Leader Keir Starmer
Previous positionShadow Minister for Climate Change of the United Kingdom (2020–2021)
Date of birth January 1,1982
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Matthew Thomas Pennycook is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning since 2021.

Leasehold ban not included in housing reform law

Leasehold ban not included in housing reform law
Nov 29,2023 2:21 pm

... " Not only does this long overdue piece of legislation not ensure that new flats will be sold as freehold, contrary to what ministers have claimed it doesn t even do what it says on the tin and ban the sale of new leasehold houses, " Labour s shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook said...

Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister

Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister
Oct 29,2023 3:31 pm

... Labour s shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook dismissed the government s plans, saying: " If this thin gruel is all we re getting in the King s Speech, leaseholders will have been failed...

Labour fears no-fault eviction ban will be delayed

Labour fears no-fault eviction ban will be delayed
Oct 22,2023 5:51 pm

... That response caught the attention of shadow housing minister, Matthew Pennycook, who said " court improvements could take years" and could amount to " an effective deferral of the abolition of Section 21"...

Social housing bosses could need formal qualifications

Social housing bosses could need formal qualifications
Feb 26,2023 10:01 am

... " Shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook said: " We know from the circumstances leading up to the fire at Grenfell and those surrounding the death of Awaab Ishak that poorly managed social housing can literally kill...

Cladding: Michael Gove to vow to pursue firms behind safety problems

Cladding: Michael Gove to vow to pursue firms behind safety problems
Jan 8,2022 9:10 pm

... Shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook called on the government to amend the Building Safety Bill, adding leaseholders should be " fully protected in law from the costs of fixing all historic defects"...

Brexit: What's behind Corbyn's letter to May?

Brexit: What's behind Corbyn's letter to May?
Feb 16,2020 2:48 am

... One frontbencher - Matthew Pennycook - has suggested the party must move to support a referendum, if Labour s new offer isn t accepted...

Brexit: What's behind Corbyn's letter to May?

Feb 16,2020 2:48 am

Jeremy Corbyn has outlined Labour's five demands for supporting a Brexit deal in a letter to the Prime Minister . But Labour MPs campaigning for another referendum are not happy and some are considering leaving The Party .

What's missing from Jeremy Corbyn 's Brexit demands is as important as their content.

While his office insists that his basis for a deal represents the "practical application" of, it is significant that there is no mention of this one: Does it deliver the "exact same benefits" as we currently have as members of the Single Market and Customs Union ?

This was a test which Labour believed could not be met and cheekily played back to the - then Brexit Secretary - David Davis , his own words.

Its purpose was to give Labour cover to vote down any Conservative deal while "respecting" the result of the referendum.

Its absence now is designed to signify that Labour is serious about a deal.

On one level, it is astute politics.

EU negotiators have signalled their willingness to have a "closer relationship" with the UK than the May deal would allow.

And that they are willing to be more flexible if a proposal could command a solid majority in Parliament.

Win-win-win?

Politically, the Labour leadership believe they have a "win, win, win" scenario.

Win: They appear reasonable but Theresa May won't play ball for fear of sacrificing her party's unity on the altar of a customs Union . She is potentially blamed by voters if Brexit goes badly.

Win: Theresa May accepts their customs Union proposal - and splits her party.

Win: While pushing this option, any talk of a "public vote" is put off. It's party policy to keep the referendum option on the table, but it's teetering at The Edge .

But by expressing a willingness to do a Brexit deal, those Labour MPs campaigning for a 'People's Vote' are expressing, at the very least, their dismay. And some are going Further .

Owen Smith unsuccessfully challenged Mr Corbyn for the leadership in 2016

Former party leadership challenger Owen Smith - a strong supporter of EU membership who was sacked from The Front bench for supporting another referendum - has told the BBC.

And a handful of others are considering when, or if, to resign the Labour whip.

Some on The Left of The Party will say Good Riddance to people they see as "centrists" or "Blairites/Brownites".

But The Left -wing campaign group Another Europe Is Possible - led by a member of Momentum - is pushing emergency motions to Labour constituencies urging MPs to vote down any Brexit deal which Theresa May supports.

Michael Chessum, from The Group , told me recently that the morale of young pro-EU activists is waning because The Party leadership has not been outspoken enough against Brexit and has suggested the whole Corbyn project - putting power in the hands of members - was in danger.

That said, some non-Corbynista Labour MPs who back "Norway Plus" - single market participation and a customs Union - have welcomed the leadership's stance.

The People's Vote has support among many members of the Labour Party

As Labour's offer to the Prime Minister is presented as a serious offer, its terms will come under increasing scrutiny.

In particular, that as part of a customs Union the UK would get a say over EU trade deals.

That would, in effect, mean a non-member state would have more influence over the EU's future trading relationships than any one member state currently has.

Labour supporters of the People's Vote campaign regard this as the equivalent of a herd of unicorns and are pressing for Labour to put this forward as an amendment in next Thursday's parliamentary votes - in The Hope it's defeated.

The Campaign itself, suggesting Brussels won't buy it.

One frontbencher - Matthew Pennycook - has suggested The Party must move to support a referendum, if Labour's new offer isn't accepted.

And his boss, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer , has had to reassure concerned Labour members that Thursday's offer to the Prime Minister does not rule out the option of another referendum - and that Jeremy Corbyn will be writing another letter, spelling this out.

So the Brexit Rule applies to Labour as well as to the government: Every Solution Brings A Problem .



owen smith, jeremy corbyn, labour party, brexit

Source of news: bbc.com

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