The Government must bring to an end the costly failure that is privatised rail - Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow
Transport Secretary, responding
to the failure
of the East Coast franchise, said:
“The Government
is trying to bury the news that they’re giving Stagecoach and Virgin a get out
of jail free card to walk away from their franchise and a potential £2billion
of payments to...Read More »
Google legal challenge seeks to bring justice to millions who may have had data unlawfully collected - Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Digital Minister, responding to the news that Google are facing legal action for alleged unlawful data collection, said:
“The scale of this case shows the imbalance of power between everyday people and the companies that hoover up their data to make money.
“Google ‘You Owe Us’ legal...Read More »
This is just the latest evidence that the Government should abandon their privatisation of the student loan book - Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education
Secretary, commenting on reports the Government are set to lose £800m from the
private sale of student loans, said:
“This is just the latest evidence that the Government should abandon
their privatisation of the student loan book.
“In the Budget, they promised to assess value for...Read More »
Tories need to act on resounding verdict of CMA & end cuts to local authority budgets - Barbara Keeley
Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow
Minister for Social Care,
commenting on a report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which
has found that the current system
for providing social care is not sustainable without additional funding,
said:
“The Tory Government needs to act on
the resounding verdict of the Competition and...Read More »
This will mean more and more patients waiting longer and longer in pain, discomfort and distress for elective operations - Jonathan Ashworth
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s
Shadow Health Secretary, responding to NHS England’s Board Meeting confirming
waiting times standards will not be met next year, said:
“NHS England’s unprecedented
confirmation that NHS constitution waiting times standards ‘will not be fully
funded and met next year’ is the direct result of Philip Hammond’s...Read More »