In her Scotsman column this week, Christine Jardine looks at the “perfect storm” of food and fuel shortages, health service crisis, Covid and high energy prices we are facing at the moment. She argues that the show how bad both UK and Scottish Governments are – and we shouldn’t let them away with blaming Covid […]
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LibLink: Vince Cable Disbanding Public Health England is the last thing the Government should be doing right now
Writing in the Independent this week, Vince Cable condemned the Government’s decision to shut down Public Health England. He suggested that it was the scapegoat for the Government’s policy failings before setting out why it is such a bad idea: Aside from practical questions about who is to deal with other public health issues like […]
LibLink: Daisy Cooper MP: Any contact tracing app must respect privacy and maintain public trust
In an article on Politics Home, Lib Dem Culture spokesperson Daisy Cooper sets out the flaws in the Government’s plans for a contact tracing app to slow the spread of Covid-19 and highlighted LIb Dem plans for a law which would underpin safety and privacy. The public won’t use an app if they don’t trust […]
Our NHS needs money!
Vince has been talking about how we can properly fund the NHS in England and Wales. The full LIb Dem plan is here. It includes five steps for rescuing health and social care services, with the long-term goal being to integrate health and social care into one seamless service with pooled budgets. An immediate 1p […]
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 […]
LibLink: Norman Lamb: Time for honesty about future funding of our NHS
Liberal Democrats have been talking a lot about health and social care this week. In the Yorkshire Post, Norman Lamb argues for an urgent change of direction to give the NHS a sustainable future which meets our needs. First he seems out the crisis facing the NHS. But it seems this Conservative Government has become […]
LibLink: Norman Lamb: Time for honesty about future funding of our NHS
Liberal Democrats have been talking a lot about health and social care this week. In the Yorkshire Post, Norman Lamb argues for an urgent change of direction to give the NHS a sustainable future which meets our needs. First he seems out the crisis facing the NHS. But it seems this Conservative Government has become […]
LibLink: Norman Lamb: Time for honesty about future funding of our NHS
Liberal Democrats have been talking a lot about health and social care this week. In the Yorkshire Post, Norman Lamb argues for an urgent change of direction to give the NHS a sustainable future which meets our needs. First he seems out the crisis facing the NHS. But it seems this Conservative Government has become […]
LibLink: Nick Clegg: Children’s Mental Health Week: Nearly two thirds of children feel worried all the time
Nick Clegg has written an article for the Huffington Post to mark Children’s Mental Health Week, highlighting a study which found that nearly two thirds of children feel worried all the time. As he says, stress and worry are part of life but it’s important that people have the right support when they need it […]