Set the record straight over Boris Johnson’s misleading Brexit claims, Starmer tells Barclay
Labour demands minister ‘sets the record straight’ over Boris Johnson’s misleading Brexit claims
Keir Starmer has written to the Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay calling on him to “set the record straight” in Parliament later today over Boris Johnson’s misleading Brexit claims. The letter comes ahead of Brexit questions in the House...Read More »
NAO Data report – Jo Platt responds
Jo Platt MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to the NAO’s report showing that data is not seen as a priority by government, said:
“The Conservatives are a party unfit for the digital age.
“A cocktail of poor leadership, ignorance and austerity has left the Government unable to capitalise...Read More »
Tory race is choice between man who broke NHS and man who will sell it to Trump
Andrew Gwynne MP, Labour’s National Campaign Co-ordinator, commenting on the run-off between Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, said:
“What a choice: the man who broke the NHS or the man who wants to sell it to Donald Trump.
“A handful of unrepresentative Conservative members should not be choosing our next Prime Minister....Read More »
National Audit Office report on UK ODA spending shows government’s approach to aid budget is failing – Preet Gill
Responding to today’s National Audit Office report on UK ODA spending, Labour’s Shadow Minister for International Development, Preet Gill, said:
“It is clear that the government’s approach of spending huge chunks of the aid budget through departments other than DFID is failing.
“The government needs to urgently step up transparency across all departments...Read More »
Ministers wilfully disregarded evidence Saudi Arabia was violating international humanitarian law – Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to the judgement by the court of appeal that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful, said:
“This devastating judgement proves everything Labour has been saying for years: that Ministers have wilfully disregarded the evidence that Saudi Arabia was violating international humanitarian...Read More »