Nearly 20,000 badgers have been culled this year, the highest number ever - David Drew
David
Drew MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural affairs, commenting on
the Government’s release of badger cull statistics today, said:
“The
Government have released these high figures on the first day of Christmas
recess. Nearly 20,000 badgers have been culled this year, the highest number
ever, as...Read More »
Labour criticise Government for doing nothing about Bombardier tariffs imposed by US - Owen Smith
Owen Smith MP, Labour’s Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, criticising the failure of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to act on the Bombardier Tariff imposed by the US Department of Commerce, said:
“The Government has let these workers down again and again by not taking a hard enough line...Read More »
Government defeat in a landmark court case against PIP legislation – Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and Pensions
Secretary, commenting on the Government defeat in a landmark
court case against “discriminatory” Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
legislation, said:
“This landmark ruling is a damning indictment of
the Government’s discriminatory approach to PIP support and its refusal to make
this support available to people...Read More »
“Appalling winter downturn” as almost 50,000 patients languish in ambulances for over 30 minutes
Labour’s analysis of the latest weekly winter data (11 December to 17 December) released today by NHS England reveals that in the first month of winter:
• 46,993 patients have been stuck in the back of ambulances for over 30 minutes and 9,775 have had to wait longer than one hour. There...Read More »
John McDonnell responds to Public Sector Finance figures
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on Public Sector Finance
figures published today by the ONS, said:
“These figures are further bad news just before Christmas following on from the
IMF’s gloomy outlook issued yesterday. They only remind us yet again of the
broken Tory promises to eliminate the deficit by...Read More »