Having chaired the Health and Care Bill in Parliament, convention requires that I shouldn’t vote at Report Stage. That doesn’t mean I don’t have real issues with what’s going on. Boris Johnson told us he had a plan to fix social care. Eventually he announced proposals to cover big shortfalls in funding by raising £12Continue reading Social care fix robs poor and helps the rich
NHS NOT SAFE IN THEIR HANDS
Tory MPs were out in force this weekend to support Boris Johnson’s National Insurance rise and repeat the mantra that the NHS is safe with them while blaming all problems on Covid. We know the NHS needs an annual increase of around 6% to keep it on track. The last Labour Government recognised this andContinue reading NHS NOT SAFE IN THEIR HANDS
We need a real social care plan, not just broken Boris promises
When is a promise not a promise? When it comes from Boris Johnson! Two of his promises have just collided. On 13th December 2019, he stood outside Downing St and promised to fix social care once and for all. He said his priority would be to crack on with it in his first 100 days.Continue reading We need a real social care plan, not just broken Boris promises