Barbara Keeley responds to the rise in Mental Health Act detentions
Barbara
Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, commenting on the rise in Mental
Health Act detentions, said:
“There is no
doubt that severe Tory cuts to the community services that intervene before
people’s mental health reaches crisis point, alongside cuts to other local
treatments have contributed massively to...Read More »
National debt continues to grow under the Tories - Dowd
Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to today’s public
sector finance figures from the ONS, said:
“Three years after the Tories
promised they would close the deficit, the Government is still on track to
borrow around £50 billion this year. And the national debt continues to...Read More »
CMA right to say purchase of Sky would hand too much power to the Murdoch's - Watson
Tom Watson MP, Labour’s Shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, responding to the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority to provisionally block Rupert Murdoch’s sky takeover bid, said:
“The CMA is right to say the proposed purchase of Sky by Fox would hand too much power and influence to...Read More »
Labour demands urgent investigation into A&E winter data
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, has today written to Jeremy Hunt to call for an “urgent investigation” into claims A&E performance figures have been inconsistently recorded this winter.
He has also raised concerns with the secretive manner in which changes to recording practice have been conducted, calling the lack...Read More »
It should shame Ministers that only three tower blocks with dangerous cladding have been replaced - Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, commenting on new figures showing that since the Grenfell Tower fire only three other tower blocks have had flammable cladding replaced, said:
“More than seven months after the Grenfell Tower fire, it should shame Ministers that only three tower blocks with dangerous cladding have...Read More »