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Sharon Hodgson MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health, reacting to Cancer Research UK’s report into women’s cancer rates rising faster than men’s, said:

“Cancer Research UK’s warning of cancer rates amongst women rising faster than those amongst men in the next 20 years due to a lack of prevention measures should be a warning shot to Ministers that their policies are failing the health of our nation.

“Despite the radical upgrade we were promised in the Five Year Forward View two years ago, the Government’s mishandling of the NHS has seen this upgrade fall by the wayside and has been exacerbated by the deep cuts to public health funding we have seen.

“The Government has a lot of work to do when it comes to their Cancer Strategy, but they cannot let it be undermined by weakening preventative measures which can address these issues at source. Ministers need a serious rethink when it comes to their approach to public health.”

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Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the first report of the Northern Powerhouse, said:

“This report from George Osborne’s think tank is all very well, but let’s not forget that he was a Chancellor in a Tory Government that presided over falling school budgets, a chronic teacher shortage and not enough good school places.

“The Tories’ huge cuts to schools funding will hit schools in the North hard, making the problems highlighted in this report even worse. The Northern Powerhouse means nothing unless the Government is prepared to invest in education, skills and infrastructure.

“Theresa May must take action or the divisions between North and South will become even deeper, with working people paying the price for inequality. The Government must stop undermining our schools’ ability to deliver an excellent education for all by failing to invest in our children’s future.”