Jeremy Corbyn statement following House of Commons’ approval of the Queen’s Speech

Jeremy
Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party said:

“The
Conservatives survived by the skin of their teeth today, supported by the DUP,
but this is a government in chaos.

“The
Conservatives are all over the place on Brexit, with ministers contradicting
each other. On public sector pay, they say one thing and then do another,
voting yesterday to continue the cutting the pay of our nurses, firefighters,
police and other public sector workers. And today, they were forced to finally
promise that women from Northern Ireland will no longer have to pay for
abortions on the NHS under opposition and public pressure.

“This
Government is out of control, with no mandate for continued cuts to our
schools, hospitals, police and other vital public services or for a
race-to-the-bottom Brexit. Labour will oppose these policies every step of the
way.

“Labour
offers a clear alternative, laid out in our manifesto, which would put wealth,
power and opportunity back in the hands of the many not the few.”