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7 February 2023 – yesterday’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Wed 8th February 2023 - 11:47 am

Rudderless reshuffle could cost taxpayers £60m
Sharp evidence undermines Johnson’s claims
Welsh Agriculture Bill a Once in a Lifetime Chance to Provide a Sustainable and Profitable Future for Welsh Farmers

Rudderless reshuffle could cost taxpayers £60m

The Government is likely to spend an estimated £60 million of taxpayers’ money as it sets up four new Departments.

Liberal Democrat analysis shows that the public money being spent on setting up new departments could pay for almost 25 million free school meals. That would equate to enough for a full year of free school meals for over 127,000 children.

The Liberal Democrats have blasted the move as …

Posted in News and Press releases | Also tagged alexander boris de pfeffel johnson, cabinet reshuffle, christine jardine, jane dodds, Wales and wendy chamberlain | 1 Comment

18 May 2020 – today’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Mon 18th May 2020 - 10:50 pm

Lib Dems launch calls for more mental health support for health and care staff
Lib Dems lead cross party push to keep pubs in business
People deserve an upfront answer from Powys MPs
Govt must increase testing capacity to maintain credibility

Lib Dems launch calls for more mental health support for health and care staff

The Liberal Democrats are today calling on the Government to ramp up mental health support for health and care staff to ensure “world-class” support for those tackling the virus head on.

Highlighting the “deep scar” coronavirus will leave on health and care staff, the party have put forward a package of mental health measures designed for rapid roll-out across the NHS and care sectors, including:

24/7 access to mental health support for health and social care workers, through a dedicated helpline
Guarantees that health and care staff will no longer be penalised for time off due to mental or physical ill health by scrapping the Bradford scoring system and other HR practices that can create a culture of presenteeism
Introduce an ‘occupational health passport’ so workers do not have to relive mental health traumas if or when they change jobs
Additional training to ensure there are mental health first-aiders in every health and care workforce
Steps to standardise the quality and service offer to ensure that every health and social care worker can access the same, high standard of mental care support regardless of the region in which they are based