The Government has conceded their plans for EU citizens are unfair and unworkable – Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott
MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the Government admitting that the current system
for EU citizens applying for permanent residency in the UK is unfit, said:
“Labour
consistently argued that the Government’s plans were unfair and unworkable. Now
the government has conceded as much.
"But
a lot of...Read More »
New research shows there are far too many young people gambling in Britain today - Tom Watson
Tom Watson MP,
Labour’s Shadow Secretary State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, responding to the
Gambling Commission’s ‘Young People and Gambling 2017 Survey’, said:
“This new
research from the gambling commission shows that there are still far too many
young people gambling in Britain today.
“It is worrying
that children continue...Read More »
Labour Leader sends message of hope and peace for...
Labour Leader sends message of hope and peace for Christmas
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is sending out a message of hope and peace in his 2017 Christmas card.
The design echoes the cover of the party’s general election manifesto, ‘For the Many, not the Few’, that helped inspire Labour’s biggest increase in...Read More »
Inflation rise hits millions of working-class families and highlights Tory failures – Dowd
Peter Dowd MP,
Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to
today’s inflation figures, said:
“Today’s rise in
inflation to its highest level in over five-and-half years is extremely
concerning, and once again reveals that after seven years of Tory economic
failure, this Government has no answers to the problem of...Read More »
Rebecca Long-Bailey MP responds to Resolution Foundation report
Rebecca
Long-Bailey MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy,
commenting on the recent Resolution Foundation report, said:
“Britain
needs a pay rise – and this applies to both standard and overtime hours. The
fact that fewer workers get overtime pay coupled with a fall in the number