Nia Griffith responds to Armed Forces Diversity Statistics
Nia Griffith MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary for Defence, responding to today’s Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics, said:
“What today’s findings show is that progress has been very slow and the proportion of female representation in the UK Regular Forces has risen by less than a percent since October 2012. Although things...Read More »
Jonathan Ashworth responds to Care Quality Commission's findings
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the Care Quality Commission’s findings that many independent clinics that provide residential detoxification are not providing safe or good quality care, said:
“This damning report illustrates a disgraceful failure by the private sector to provide vulnerable drug and alcohol addicts with the...Read More »
The Government must bring to an end the costly failure that is privatised rail - Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow
Transport Secretary, responding
to the failure
of the East Coast franchise, said:
“The Government
is trying to bury the news that they’re giving Stagecoach and Virgin a get out
of jail free card to walk away from their franchise and a potential £2billion
of payments to...Read More »
Google legal challenge seeks to bring justice to millions who may have had data unlawfully collected - Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Digital Minister, responding to the news that Google are facing legal action for alleged unlawful data collection, said:
“The scale of this case shows the imbalance of power between everyday people and the companies that hoover up their data to make money.
“Google ‘You Owe Us’ legal...Read More »
This is just the latest evidence that the Government should abandon their privatisation of the student loan book - Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education
Secretary, commenting on reports the Government are set to lose £800m from the
private sale of student loans, said:
“This is just the latest evidence that the Government should abandon
their privatisation of the student loan book.
“In the Budget, they promised to assess value for...Read More »