Tag Archives: eu vaccine scheme

Mark Valladares

10 July 2020 – today’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Fri 10th July 2020 - 10:30 pm
  • Cross-party group urge BBC to save Politics Live
  • Homeless covid deaths should act as a wake up call
  • Government unwillingness to work with EU is unforgivable

Cross-party group urge BBC to save Politics Live

A cross-party group of MP​s have called on the BBC to adhere to its obligations as a public service broadcaster and make a “firm commitment” to the future of Politics Live amidst reports the show could be axed.

Liberal Democrat MP Daisy Cooper, who coordinated the cross-party group, warned the BBC that dropping the show would “seriously harm the ability of the BBC to scrutinise and explain the consequences of …

Continue reading »
Posted in News and Press releases | Also tagged , , , , and | Leave a comment
Mark Valladares

3 July 2020 – the day’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Sat 4th July 2020 - 1:50 pm

Govt’s claim of protective ring around care homes “completely bogus”

Responding to the latest ONS figures showing almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus, Liberal Democrat Health, Wellbeing and Social Care spokesperson Munira Wilson said:

The devastating scale of the coronavirus crisis in our care homes is heartbreaking. It shows the Government’s claim that they had a “protective ring” in place was completely bogus.

We must learn the lessons of this crisis in real time. Alongside adequate protective equipment, routine testing for residents and care workers could not be more important. The Government must ensure every care home

…

Continue reading »
Posted in News and Press releases | Also tagged , , and | 6 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Andy Daer
    We're talking about two different things here. The reasons our potential workforce doesn't fit with what the economy and society require are one thing, and the ...
  • David Raw
    Very sorry to mention this, but I'm old enough to remember when Rumswoth in Bolton West had a a Liberal M.P. (my late friend Arthur Holt). But now, sadly, in a ...
  • Peter Wrigley
    Here's an extract from a Jonathan Liew article in today's Guardian (4th August): " . . .[W]hat if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? Wh...
  • Rif Winfield
    One thing we should bear in mind is that Andy Burnham seems genuinely convinced of the need for adopting proportional representation (although he will have diff...
  • Peter Martin
    "the jobs are there, the young people are there........." It's not so simple. We aren't talking about fitting round pegs into round holes. The...