This week Theresa May’s dysfunctional government descended into farce. It’s clear that the Tory government is unable to even get on with the day job – far less deliver a fairer country. Go to Source Author: read more
The austerity obsession of this Tory Government is driving more people, particularly children, into poverty. While the Tories like to imply that work is the answer to all ills, the main issue facing people is growing inequality. Go to … read more
Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to Michael Gove’s comments on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, said:
“It appears Gove is more interested in protecting Johnson’s job than the liberty of a British citizen in jail in Iran.
“Theresa May must ensure Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe does not pay the price for her ministers’ bungling.”
read moreSue Hayman MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, commenting on proposals for a new environmental watchdog, said:
“We will have to wait to see whether
the proposed watchdog will have the independence, powers and funding it needs
to properly enforce environmental law after Brexit. The Government must now put
its warm words into action by supporting Labour’s environmental amendments to
the Withdrawal Bill next week.
“Securing the future of our environment and the natural world requires more
than just movement on governance and enforcement. Ensuring that environmental
standards and protections are properly protected after Brexit requires a series
of further changes to the Withdrawal Bill including the incorporation of the
precautionary and polluter pays principles into UK law.
“Labour will be urging the Government to go further next week and take
additional steps to guard against the desire of some in the Tory party to use
Brexit as an opportunity to undermine hard-won environmental gains”.
The nation falls silent as The Queen and members of the Royal Family join the traditional Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London read more