PIP assessment process is not fit for purpose – Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP,
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on the Government’s
response to Paul Gray’s second independent review of the personal independence
payment assessment, said:
“It is clear the Personal
Independent Payment (PIP) assessment process is not fit for purpose. Instead of
supporting people, the process leaves...Read More »
There is a real danger that our prisons will move beyond crisis to a full-blown emergency - Burgon
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the speech by Secretary of State David Lidington on prison reform, said:
“This speech was shockingly complacent, failing to outline a serious plan to tackle the prisons crisis caused by Tory cuts to staff numbers and budgets.
“One in four prisons has seen...Read More »
Ministers have already been told that building safety rules need to be rewritten - Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary, responding to Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim report into the Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, said:
“This interim report is welcome but Ministers have already been told that building safety rules need to be rewritten.
“It is now four and a half years since...Read More »
Hundreds of thousands of part-time and temporary workers excluded from workplace pension – Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and
Pensions Secretary,
commenting on the Government’s announcement to extend auto-enrolment to workers
aged 18, said:
“The Government’s announcement to
extend auto-enrolment to workers aged 18 is a small step in the right
direction. However, it is worrying that the income threshold still means people
on...Read More »
Senior Tories want to use Brexit to rip up workers' rights – Rebecca Long-Bailey
Rebecca
Long-Bailey MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy, commenting on reports today that Brexit ministers urge
Theresa May to scrap EU working directive, said:
“This yet more
evidence that senior Tories, including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, want to
use Brexit as an excuse to rip up workers’ rights.
“Theresa May