Jeremy Corbyn makes frontbench appointments
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, has made the following appointments to Labour’s frontbench team:
Shadow Minister for Pensions – Jack Dromey MP
Shadow Minister for Labour – Laura Pidcock MP
Shadow Minister for Planning – Roberta Blackman-Woods MP
Shadow Minister for Social Care and Mental Health – Paula Sherriff MP
Shadow Minister for...Read More »
Jonathan Ashworth responds to the news that Calais Hospital is advertising for NHS patients
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the news that Calais Hospital is advertising for NHS patients, said:
“This is very worrying and shows that the NHS clearly isn’t ‘better prepared’ for winter than ever before and that Theresa May really has lost control.
“Under the Tories, 14,000...Read More »
The consequences of deep Tory cuts to HMRC risk undermining efforts to tackle tax avoidance - Dowd
Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to reports that HMRC is struggling to deal with the growing number of cases of tax avoidance, said:
“The consequences of deep Tory cuts to HMRC are being felt, and risk undermining its efforts to tackle tax avoidance and evasion....Read More »
The plan published today simply fails to match the scale of the environmental problems we face - Hayman
Sue Hayman MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, commenting following the PM’s speech, said:
“The Government has missed a crucial opportunity to make significant progress on the environment with this insubstantial, weak and long overdue 25 year plan.
“The plan published today simply fails to match the scale of the environmental problems...Read More »
Today’s stats reveal a relentlessly bleak picture for patients - Ashworth
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the latest NHS performance data,
said:
“Today’s stats reveal a relentlessly bleak picture for patients at the start of the NHS’s 70th Birthday. Eight years of severe austerity has left our health service woefully underfunded, understaffed and unprepared for the...Read More »