Staff and patients are being failed by Government neglect of NHS workforce - Ashworth
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to new NHS Improvement data showing at least 36,000 nurse vacancies in England and new UCAS data showing a fall in the number of students starting health degrees, said:
“These new figures are stark evidence of the Tory Government’s complete mismanagement of the...Read More »
Andy McDonald comment on Sustrans walking and cycling study
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, commenting on a new study from Transport charity Sustrans which has analysed the Government’s walking and cycling targets, said:
“The Government should match Labour’s commitment to raise spending on cycling and walking to £10 per head and back our calls for a new Clean...Read More »
It is appalling that DVSA senior managers and ministers have allowed this dispute to escalate - Rachael Maskell
Rachael
Maskell MP, Labour’s Shadow Rail Minister, commenting on the driving examiners
strike, said:
“It
is appalling that DVSA senior managers and ministers have allowed this dispute
to escalate, meaning thousands of driving tests are having to be cancelled.
"Driving
examiners have told me they have serious and genuine concerns about the...Read More »
If these allegations are true, British taxpayers will be rightly outraged - Osamor
Kate Osamor MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for
International Development, commenting on allegations that the British aid
budget has contributed towards human rights violations and terrorist
groups in Syria, to be aired tonight following a six
month Panorama investigation, said:
“Spent properly, Britain’s aid budget achieves incredible
results and we must not shy away from working in...Read More »
A 700,000 increase in the number of children and older people in poverty is totally unacceptable - Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP,
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,
commenting on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation state of the nation report,
said:
“A 700,000 increase
in the number of children and older people in poverty is totally
unacceptable.
"The last seven
years of flat-lining wages and austerity cuts, now combined with sharply rising
costs of household...Read More »