Embed from Getty Images Last week a study highlighted that almost a million EU workers could leave the UK after Brexit simply because they “feel less welcome and valued” in the country and in their jobs. The impact that is going to have on our health service and the wider economy is severe. Today, it […]
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The Press Pack: A round-up of Lib Dem media comments – 22 August 2017
Here’s a roundup of media comments made by Lib Dem parliamentarians and spokespeople today. GP numbers Norman Lamb slammed the Government for failing to deliver more GPs: The government’s promise to recruit 5,000 more GPs by 2020 lies in tatters, with fewer GPs now than when this pledge was first made. “The pitiful increase we have seen […]
The Press Pack: A round-up of Lib Dem media comments – 22 August 2017
Here’s a roundup of media comments made by Lib Dem parliamentarians and spokespeople today. GP numbers Norman Lamb slammed the Government for failing to deliver more GPs: The government’s promise to recruit 5,000 more GPs by 2020 lies in tatters, with fewer GPs now than when this pledge was first made. “The pitiful increase we have seen […]
LibLink: Paddy Ashdown: Tories’ Royal Marine cut plays fast and loose with UK defence
It makes sense that Paddy should write for the Plymouth Herald on defence given the city’s strategic importance. He took the Government to task for cutting the Marines – about which he knows more than most people: For more than three centuries – from Gibraltar and Trafalgar to Normandy and Afghanistan – the Royal Marines […]
LibLink: Paddy Ashdown: Tories’ Royal Marine cut plays fast and loose with UK defence
It makes sense that Paddy should write for the Plymouth Herald on defence given the city’s strategic importance. He took the Government to task for cutting the Marines – about which he knows more than most people: For more than three centuries – from Gibraltar and Trafalgar to Normandy and Afghanistan – the Royal Marines […]
WATCH: Tim Farron say he’ll reinstate student nurses’ bursaries, give nurses a pay rise and invest in NHS
“I will not have it.” said Tim, saying that the Tories treat nurses like dirt. He was talking to the Royal College of Nursing conference. Watch this clip here: He told them: The Government’s decision to abandon bursaries for nursing students was clearly wrong. The evidence has shown a drastic fall in the number of […]
WATCH: Tim Farron say he’ll reinstate student nurses’ bursaries, give nurses a pay rise and invest in NHS
“I will not have it.” said Tim, saying that the Tories treat nurses like dirt. He was talking to the Royal College of Nursing conference. Watch this clip here: He told them: The Government’s decision to abandon bursaries for nursing students was clearly wrong. The evidence has shown a drastic fall in the number of […]
WATCH: Tim Farron say he’ll reinstate student nurses’ bursaries, give nurses a pay rise and invest in NHS
“I will not have it.” said Tim, saying that the Tories treat nurses like dirt. He was talking to the Royal College of Nursing conference. Watch this clip here: He told them: The Government’s decision to abandon bursaries for nursing students was clearly wrong. The evidence has shown a drastic fall in the number of […]
Lib Dems would boost mental health care with £1 billion investment
Liberal Democrats have stated that £1 billion of the party’s additional health funding would be spent tackling the “historic injustice” faced by people with mental ill health. Last weekend, we unveiled a Five Point NHS and Care Recovery Plan to increase funding for health and social care services, including a penny on income tax to provide a […]
Lib Dems would boost mental health care with £1 billion investment
Liberal Democrats have stated that £1 billion of the party’s additional health funding would be spent tackling the “historic injustice” faced by people with mental ill health. Last weekend, we unveiled a Five Point NHS and Care Recovery Plan to increase funding for health and social care services, including a penny on income tax to provide a […]