The Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, speaking today at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester said: (Check against delivery) “OK. It’s time for some optimism. It doesn’t seem like a year since we last met … read more
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, responding to the speech by David Lidington at the Conservative Party conference, said:
“It is clear that the Conservatives have abandoned any attempt to fix the crisis they created in our prisons and justice system. David Lidington’s speech was mostly a rehashing of previous announcements, presumably he hopes no one will noticed that the Conservatives have run out of ideas.
“Talk of reform and rehabilitation is empty rhetoric unless staff numbers are substantially increased. One third of prisons have seen further cuts in their officer numbers this year alone, while officer leaving rates are up three fold under this Government and plans for a further real terms pay cut for prison officers will deepen the crisis further.
“It is shocking that David Lidington didn’t even bother to mention legal aid, let alone outline solutions to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have been priced out of the justice system by the Conservatives’ cuts.”
read moreDavid Lidington, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, speaking today at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, said: (Check against delivery) “Yesterday morning, as Lord Chancellor, I joined our country’s senior judges and lawyers in Westminster Abbey to mark … read more
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that interlinking of rivers and protection of rivers is a sacred duty of everyone in the country. read more
A quality programme of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for in-service untrained teachers training Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) was launched by Union Human Resource Developement Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi today. The Teacher Training Programme read more