Beijing plans to restore and add 11,000 hectares of wetlands between 2016 and 2020, local authorities said. By 2020, 60 percent of the total wetlands in Beijing are expected to be under protection, the Beijing Municipal Gardening and Greening Bureau s… read more
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on Amber Rudd’s speech at Tory Party conference, said:
“More laws to combat terrorism and violent crime won’t be enough on their own when the Tories are cutting police numbers and cutting budgets.
“The public is rightly worried about the growing threats of terrorism and violent crime, but cutting police numbers by 20,000 is no way to tackle them.
“You can’t have security on the cheap. Rising incidents and new laws both require more resources. Grandstanding speeches at Tory party conference aren’t a substitute for police officers.”
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Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care, commenting on Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference, said:
“In his speech Jeremy Hunt failed to address the crisis in social care which his Government has created.
“Tory cuts to local authority budgets have led to falling care quality, cuts to care services and people stuck in hospitals because there is no care available for them in their community.
“The next Labour government will deal with the crisis by investing £8 billion in this Parliament, with £1 billion up front this year, and further develop our plans to build a National Care Service.“
Dawn Butler MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, commenting on Theresa May’s trail of next week’s publication of the Government’s audit of public services to reveal racial disparities, said:
“The delay in publishing this report is yet more evidence of a Government that is all talk and little action. Theresa May promised to publish the findings of this audit before summer 2017, but has instead sat on the data for months.
“I am glad the data I requested from the Prime Minister three months ago when Parliament was sitting will finally be published, but Theresa May has questions to answer on why it he taken so long to shine a light on the “burning injustices” she promised to address over a year ago.
“This morning, the Prime Minister said the audit’s findings would prove difficult reading. When the report is published, it must be in a full and transparent manner and proposals must immediately be brought forward to tackle racial disparities. We cannot wait another year.”
read moreIn the Chinese classic “Dream of Red Mansions,” the main character Jia Baoyu was depicted as being born with a magical piece of jade in his mouth. The story seemed to come true when a girl was born in east China’s Zhejiang Province with a transparent … read more