Rishi Sunak faced questions from 3 Lib Dem MPs today.
First up as Ed Davey, giving voice to so many people’s fears as Cancer waiting times soar:
“I lost both my parents to cancer as a child… I know the devastating impact of treatment delays,” says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey who asks when cancer backlogs will be cleared
Rishi Sunak says cancer treatment rates are “back at pre-pandemic levels”#PMQs https://t.co/30dg6Nh6ge pic.twitter.com/tUnrdoZF54
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 14, 2022
Next came Sarah Olney, who asked for a ban on evictions over the festive period:
Mortgage costs are soaring, housing repossessions are up 30%, and 500,000 renters are behind on payments.
Nobody deserves to be forced out of their home this Christmss.
We need a temporary eviction and repossession ban to end this Dickensian nightmare. https://t.co/kUNXAz6uPU
— Sarah Olney (@sarahjolney1) December 14, 2022
Finally Wendy Chamberlain got in the last question of the year when she asked why carers were denied Carer’s Allowance if they earned more than £132 per week. Carers need hard cash, not the platitudes that came out of Sunak’s mouth.
Today at PMQs I challenged Rishi Sunak over carer's allowance.
Unpaid carers are the backbone of society yet anyone earning more than a £132 a week is classed as in gainful employment by the government and therefore misses out on carer's allowance.
Frankly they deserve better. pic.twitter.com/U53BnHvzPx
— Wendy Chamberlain MP (@wendychambLD) December 14, 2022
It’s good to se our parliamentarians challenging the Government on the issues which are causing so much misery and anxiety to people this Christmas.
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No one deserves to be forced out of a home through these circumstances.
Those with cancer, I have great sympathy for. How callous is this government? those suffering with cancer and yet more concerns.
My little 3 year old granddaughter is at last in hospital, she is autistic and has suffered with a heart murmur. A very bad cause of a flu like condition, she couldn’t even keep the medication down. No ambulance, a 12 hour wait at the RUH. How can you tell if someone is ill if there is very little access to a doctor?
There is also a another shortage of vet’s how the farmers are managing is another thought. This too is urgent for all animals.
As more come to this country, services are stretched and stretched.
We need an election desperately.