Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Nursing Counts
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants do fantastic work on the Island. I am particularly aware of this because my mother worked for the NHS as a nurse for over 30 years. She was an Operating Theatre Sister at Frank James Hospital, East Cowes from 1970 until it closed and at St Marys until she retired. And through the care twin boys received following their birth at St Mary's.
26 Apr 2015
NHS paying the extra £8 billion
The report published by NHS England last year stated that by 2020, the NHS in England would require at extra £30 billion over and above the normal increases due to inflation. The driving fact in the costs is that we are living longer and the by 2020 all the generation born in the baby boom after the second world war will be between 70 and 75 years old. NHS England believe that there are more efficient ways of working and that of the £30 billion extra required they can make up £22 billion through efficiency savings. However even with that there will still be as estimated £8 billion shortfall. That is the £8 billion figure that all the parties are currently talking about. Liberal Democrats have said we will fund our the £8bn NHS commitment:
26 Apr 2015
NHS Reinstatement Bill
Thank you for contacting me about the proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill. I am fully committed to ensuring that the NHS always remains free at the point of use and access is based on need and not someone's ability to pay.
26 Apr 2015
Save the NHS
Thank you for contacting me with respect to the important subject of saving our NHS.
26 Apr 2015
Only half Rugby’s candidates are prepared to listen to the public on the NHS
The pressure group 38 degrees collected 1,249 signatures on a petition about the future of the NHS in Rugby and wanted to hand it over to the candidates for Parliament yesterday (Saturday, 25 April 2015).
26 Apr 2015
Goncalves and UKIP clash over climate change at St Andrews
There was a strong "difference of opinion" between UKIP and Ed Goncalves at the St Andrews Church hustings last night.
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26 Apr 2015