Labour challenges Chancellor to use Budget to reverse Conservatives’ abysmal house-building record
Ahead of
the Budget tomorrow, Labour has revealed that no new ‘starter homes’ have been
built in three years, despite the Conservatives’ promise to build 200,000 of
them.
‘Starter
homes’ are a flagship Conservative commitment to first-time buyers, first
announced in December 2014. In the Conservatives’ 2015 manifesto, they promised
to...Read More »
Theresa May's weak leadership has left our country increasingly isolated and ignored - Thornberry
Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the UK losing its place on the International Court of Justice for the first time in its 71 year history, said:
“While we congratulate our friends in India on maintaining their place on the International Court of Justice, it remains a shocking indictment...Read More »
John McDonnell comment on latest Public Sector Finance figures
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow
Chancellor, commenting
on Public Sector Finance figures published today by the ONS, which show
borrowing has increased by £500 million to £8 billion from last year, and that
£147.8 billion has been added to the national debt since October 2016, said:
“These figures are a reminder of...Read More »
Jonathan Ashworth responds to the decision to relocate the European Medicines Agency away from London
Jonathan
Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the European Council’s decision to
relocate the European Medicines Agency from London to Amsterdam, said:
“This decision is extremely
disappointing. Labour has been clear all along that Britain should seek to
maintain membership of the European Medicines Agency.
“Not only
will this...Read More »
Corbyn demands Government acts to end suffering of the Yemeni people
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, has today (Monday) written to Prime Minister Theresa May demanding her Government acts to end the conflict in Yemen.
The letter follows repeated reports from the United Nations (UN) and other agencies about the scale of the “devastation and destruction in Yemen”, with...Read More »