Full text: Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech - Politics.co.uk
WEB6 days ago · Tuesday, 24 Sep, 2024 3:38 pm. Keir Starmer / Labour Party. The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Keir Starmer said he will not offer “false hope” in his first Labour conference speech as prime minister. Addressing Labour activists in Liverpool, the PM acknowledged that the public was “exhausted by and ...
UK latest country affected as floods wreak havoc around the world ...
WEB5 days ago · UK latest country affected as floods wreak havoc around the world – Greenpeace reaction. 24 September 2024, London – Reacting to news of widespread flooding across parts of England after a month’s rain fell in a day, Aakash Naik, Campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: “The UK is the latest country to be hit by extreme weather that …
Keir Starmer: No apology needed for accepting ‘freebies’
WEB5 days ago · Keir Starmer has insisted that he will not apologise for accepting thousands of pounds worth of free clothes. The prime minister has faced criticism after it emerged he had received clothing donations including suits and glasses from Lord Alli, a Labour peer and his biggest personal donor. Starmer has received — and disclosed — gifts from ...
Labour conference: Wes Streeting’s speech in full - Politics.co.uk
WEB5 days ago · Labour won’t ‘kill the NHS with kindness’ — Wes Streeting’s conference speech in full. The Labour government will not kill the NHS with kindness, Wes Streeting has said. The health secretary defended calling the NHS “broken” and doubled down on his view that the service must “reform or die.”. In his speech to the Labour party ...
TUC leader - PM showed he's ready to deliver change working …
WEB5 days ago · TUC leader – PM showed he’s ready to deliver change working people desperately need. In response to the Prime Minister’s speech at Labour Party Conference today (Tuesday), TUC’s General Secretary Paul Nowak said: “After 14 years of stagnation and decline under the Conservatives, workers and their families desperately need …
Labour conference demands urgent action to prevent another …
WEB5 days ago · Labour Party conference has unanimously passed a motion demanding urgent government action to tackle the building safety crisis in the wake of the damning Grenfell Tower Inquiry report. The motion, submitted by the Fire Brigades Union, condemns deregulation and austerity as central causes of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. It demands …
Labour’s negative rhetoric is damaging to the NHS - Politics.co.uk
WEB3 days ago · However, Labour’s choice of words and generalisation of the NHS serves not only to damage the morale of our hard-working NHS staff, who so often go above and beyond to help their patients, but also has a worrying knock-on effect, scaring off patients from seeking medical attention in their time of need. The NHS was built to provide …
Eight pharmacies closing every week in England - Politics.co.uk
WEB4 days ago · Between January 1 and December 31, 2023, a total of 436 pharmacies closed, according to Healthwatch England, reportedly impacting people’s access to care and undermining confidence in the expansion of pharmacy services. This research comes at a critical time as pharmacies aim to broaden their services through the Pharmacy First …
The NHS needs long-term treatment to heal - Politics.co.uk
WEB5 days ago · There’s no silver bullet. The government’s positive commitments need to form part of a long-term strategic plan for beating cancer together. There will be no progress on cancer without backing innovation and research, and the NHS plays a key role in this. It’s vital that staff have protected time for research within their contracts, to ...
Make UK comment on Apprenticeships announcement by the …
WEB5 days ago · Commenting on the speech by the Prime Minister and the announcement on Apprenticeships, Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, said: “This announcement demonstrates real intent from the Government to fix England’s broken apprenticeship system. For too long, manufacturers have been held back from investing in critical trade …