Ministers should cancel their latest multi-billion pound tax break for bankers and start protecting the most vulnerable children instead – Emma Lewell-Buck
Emma
Lewell-Buck MP, Labour’s
Shadow Education Minister for Children and Families, commenting on the
recent findings made by the NSPCC that 90 referrals are made per-week to local
agencies over fears of sexual abuse, said:
“This is
the latest evidence that demand for child protection services is going up, just
as funding...Read More »
Teachers’ pay being cut due to lack of annual pay rises says NEU survey - Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner MP, Shadow
Secretary of State for Education, commenting on NEU survey showing
Teachers’ pay being cut due to lack of annual pay rises and performance related
pay progression, said:
“This survey is the
latest evidence that the Tories have left schools and teachers in an impossible
position. After...Read More »
PIP assessment process is not fit for purpose – Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP,
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on the Government’s
response to Paul Gray’s second independent review of the personal independence
payment assessment, said:
“It is clear the Personal
Independent Payment (PIP) assessment process is not fit for purpose. Instead of
supporting people, the process leaves...Read More »
There is a real danger that our prisons will move beyond crisis to a full-blown emergency - Burgon
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the speech by Secretary of State David Lidington on prison reform, said:
“This speech was shockingly complacent, failing to outline a serious plan to tackle the prisons crisis caused by Tory cuts to staff numbers and budgets.
“One in four prisons has seen...Read More »
Ministers have already been told that building safety rules need to be rewritten - Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, responding to Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim report into the Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, said:
“This interim report is welcome but Ministers have already been told that building safety rules need to be rewritten.
“It is now four and a half years since...Read More »