Barbara Keeley comment on Government's decision to abandon the care cost cap
Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Social Care, commenting on today’s Ministerial Statement confirming the Government’s abandonment of the care cost cap, said:
“In abandoning their pledge to cap care costs, the Tory Government has left vulnerable people facing catastrophic costs for their care, while wasting £1 million of...Read More »
There is deep concern about police resources - Abbott
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, in response to the latest data on terrorism arrests, said:
“Labour is deeply concerned about the cuts that have been made to police officer numbers. As the recent Anderson report showed, counter-terrorism police and security services want to move towards greater reliance on community...Read More »
Labour reveals “winter of misery” as 20,000 patients stuck in ambulances for over 30 minutes in just two weeks - Ashworth
Labour’s
analysis of the first two weeks of winter data (20 November to 3 December)
released today by NHS England, reveals 20,818 patients were stuck in the back
of ambulances for over 30 minutes.
Jonathan
Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on
Labour’s analysis of the first weekly situation reports...Read More »
Labour demand Commons debate on controversial new Tory health plans
Labour has
today called for a series of controversial changes to the NHS to be debated in the House of Commons, after it emerged
that Ministers had planned to force through new regulations without debate in
the New Year.
Labour has
tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons...Read More »
Tories have shown their utter contempt for parliamentary democracy - Angela Rayner
Angela
Rayner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education, responding to the
Government’s announcement that it will not follow the decision of the House of
Commons to reverse the increase in tuition fees, said:
“Yet again,
the Tories have shown their utter contempt for parliamentary democracy. Instead
of listening to elected...Read More »