Press release: Milestone reached for Ipswich Flood Barrier scheme
The latest stage of the Environment Agency’s £58million Ipswich Flood Barrier Scheme has been completed. read more
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Speech: First Sea Lord speech on the Royal Navy in 2017
The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones spoke at the Founders’ Day dinner at the Navy Club in London, 2 Feb 2017. read more
State Council safeguards migrant workers’ rights
China’s State Council on Friday pledged to press ahead with addressing wage arrears for migrant workers to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. The pledge was made at a meeting presided over by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Attendees of the … read more
Theresa May should take urgent action to stand up for bill payers – Clive Lewis
Clive Lewis MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, commenting on the energy price increases from Npower, said:
“This government is doing nothing to enforce their own regulator’s strong advice that there should be no price hike.
“They have done nothing to increase the number of families getting help to insulate their home. And they are not doing enough to ensure better customer treatment. Theresa May should take urgent action to stand up for bill payers”
read moreNew evidence of NHS recruitment crisis as winter pressures continue – Jonathan Ashworth
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on the latest winter pressures data from NHS England, said:
“The NHS has been stretched to its limits this winter, with wards closed, operations cancelled and treatments delayed. Over 3 million people have had to go to A&E since the start of December and A&E diverts are 86 per cent up on last winter.
“But this week brought further evidence of an NHS recruitment crisis – with 2.7 million breaches of the Government’s agency cap in nine months, applications for nursing degrees driven down 23 per cent and news today that in 2016 only half of junior doctors progressed to specialty training. It will be patients who suffer further as a consequence.
“Theresa May and her ministers simply cannot keep burying their hands in the sand. The Prime Minister’s utter disregard is letting patients and their families down.
“The Government is failing to protect our NHS for the future. Urgent action is required and Labour is calling for a sustainable funding package for health and social care to be brought forward in the March Budget, so that the NHS and its patients never have to go through a winter like this again.”
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