Ed Davey on kinship care and his experience

Ed Davey spoke to Jason Farrell, Sky News’ home editor about his own experience of kinship caring. Ed explained his grandparent’s involvement in his own upbringing and how his maternal grandfather and mother were critical to looking after him after the death of this father when he was just four. Ed spoke movingly, at times […]

19 January 2023 – today’s press releases

Record ambulance delays reveal NHS “horror show” Latest NHS figures on delayed discharges reveal “living nightmare” Levelling up: Rural and coastal communities taken for granted Record ambulance delays reveal NHS “horror show” Ambulance response times in Wales have fallen to a record low in December with a staggering 60.5% of red calls (those deemed most […]

Davey: Sunak asleep at the wheel

Listening to Rishi Sunak speak today, you wouldn’t think that the country is in the grip of economic turmoil and crisis in the NHS. You don’t have to go far to read of NHS trusts and boards calling major incidents, or London Ambulance saying they will only wait 45 minutes before leaving patients in hospital […]

19-20 November 2022 – the weekend’s press release

Barclay interview: Jumble of jargon can’t hide Conservative failures Responding to Health Secretary Steve Barclay’s interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: This Conservative Government cannot continue to blame the coronavirus pandemic for years of neglect and mismanagement of our NHS. Patients are being failed as […]

9-10 November 2022 – the press releases…

Apologies, press release fans, as I got rather caught up in the drama of the US midterms yesterday. So, without further ado… Gavin Williamson anti-bullying video exposes ‘rank hypocrisy’ of Conservative Government Lib Dems: Strip Gavin Williamson of his knighthood if found guilty of bullying Sunak failing the next generation as he refuses to protect […]