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Jonathan Ashworth responds to the SAGE minutes

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the SAGE minutes, said: “The revelations in this paper are alarming. “The fact that the Prime Minister chose to publish it an hour after his press conference is yet more evidence that he is treating the British people with contempt. “Labour…

People are angry and frustrated …

… They need answers from the Prime Minister. #PMQs

Matt Hancock admits he doesn’t know how many people are spreading Covid-19 due to Government Excel blunder

Matt Hancock has admitted in the House of Commons today (Tuesday) that he doesn’t know how many people could be spreading Covid-19 unknowingly as a result of the Government’s Excel blunder. At Health and Social Care Questions this morning, Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary asked: “Given…

We need a plan …

… from the Government to give people hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Families and businesses need reassurance an end is in sight …

… and clarity over-rules and support. Ministers must bring forward a plan to drive infections down and fix Test and Trace.

My promise to Britain: Labour will be the party of opportunity, family and security – Starmer

Keir Starmer today spelt out his vision for Britain to be the “best place to grow up in and the best place to grow old in,” as he vows that Labour will be the party of opportunity, family and security. He told his party “it’s time to get serious about…

RECOVER, RETRAIN, REBUILD: SHADOW CHANCELLOR SETS OUT STEPS TO A BETTER, MORE SECURE FUTURE FOR BRITAIN

Anneliese Dodds, Labour Shadow Chancellor, today set out Labour’s alternative three-step approach to a better, more secure future for Britain: Recover Jobs, Retrain Workers, Rebuild Business. The Shadow Chancellor also published a damning “file of failure” that exposes the billions of pounds wasted and mismanaged by the Conservative government during the…

The Government must get the testing system fixed.

The Government promised a “world-beating” test, track and trace system. It has failed to deliver. It must get grip on this crisis and get the testing system fixed.

“Show some imagination and act in national interest,” Keir tells Government

Keir Starmer will today (Tuesday 15 September) call on the government to replace the furlough scheme and outlaw ‘firing and re-hiring’ practices as part of a “genuine national plan” for jobs. Speaking at the TUC Congress 2020, Starmer will accuse the Prime Minister of failing to get the basics of…

Ed Miliband takes Boris to task over Internal Market bill

Last night, the Government voted for a bill that would undermine parts of its supposed “oven-ready” deal thereby breaking international law. Watch a clip from Ed Miliband’s blistering takedown of the Prime Minister below.

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