The comments made by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, on 13 November 2020.
We want to do everything we can to make it easy for people to include some activity in their daily routines – whether that’s cycling to work or walking safely to school.
We can see the public’s strong appetite for greener and more active travel, and this funding will help ensure the right infrastructure is in place to build truly active neighbourhoods.
The comments made by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, on 13 November 2020.
We are in danger of killing our seas. We are warming them up, making them more acidic and every day we fill them with turtle-choking, dolphin-poisoning plastic that is turning our ocean into a vast floating rubbish dump.
That’s why I am delighted that the United Kingdom has now protected more than 4.3 million square kilometres of the world’s ocean, following Tristan da Cunha’s announcement.
I am now calling on other nations to join us in our ambition to protect 30 per cent of the world’s ocean by 2030. We need collective global action if we are to bequeath a world that is every bit as wonderful and magnificent as the one we inherited.
The comments made by Thangam Debbonaire, the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, on 11 November 2020.
This winter will be colder and potentially more dangerous than the first lockdown, with nowhere near the same protection for people sleeping rough.
It is disgraceful that the Government is turning its back on rough sleepers at a time when they need the most help.
The comments made by Jonathan Reynolds, the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on 11 November 2020.
There must be an urgent internal investigation into how this breach happened, why the information was in the public domain for so long and what steps the Government will be taking to restore people’s trust.
This breach not only damages public trust in the Government but may also mean more taxpayers money is wasted due to Government incompetence.
An apology and inquiry are urgently needed to ensure this never happens again.
The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Home Secretary, on 11 November 2020.
It is a disgrace that the report into allegations of bullying against the Home Secretary is being suppressed.
Continuing to refuse to release the report not only makes clear that the Tories have something to hide, it also undermines trust in politics at a crucial time. The report must be published without further delay.
The comments made by Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, on 12 November 2020.
These latest figures show the Government’s Kickstart scheme is failing to deliver for young people, creating opportunities for just 3% of the 600,000 young people unemployed. The Government must be much more ambitious if we are to prevent a generation scarred by long term unemployment.
It is worrying that months into this jobs crisis we still have no plan from this Government to tackle rising unemployment and get Britain back to work.
The comments made by Jonathan Ashworth, the Shadow Health Secretary, on 12 November 2020.
The winter has come early for the NHS with the worst October on record for trolley waits and almost 140,000 people now waiting in pain and distress beyond a year for a treatment. Trolley waits at these levels are unacceptable at the best of times but in a Covid pandemic when infection control is so crucial this is dangerous and concerning for patients and staff.
Years of underfunding, bed cuts and understaffing left our NHS exposed when the Coronavirus epidemic hit us.
It is vital that the upcoming Spending Review delivers the resources our health and care services need to bring waiting times down, provide quality Covid care and lead the roll out of a vaccine.
The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, on 12 November 2020.
It was an honour to spend the morning with the Standing Joint Command, the team that year-on-year provides the resilience and backup that we need, from floods to bomb disposal.
This year, they have provided vital support on Covid-19: delivering protective equipment, running mobile testing and setting up Nightingale hospitals at speed. It has been absolutely phenomenal.
There is a great pride across the country in what our Armed Forces are doing day in day out, and in response to this pandemic. They have been so committed to our country. I was grateful for the opportunity to say thank you to our Armed Forces for everything they do.
The comments made by Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on 12 November 2020.
It’s clear that the bare basic systems needed to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland are simply not ready.
The Government now urgently needs to explain what contingency plans are in place to avoid widespread disruption on 1 January.
Businesses and communities must not pay the price for the Government’s staggering incompetence and failure to prepare.
The comments made by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, on 13 November 2020.
Ministers fell over themselves to pose for the cameras and clap our carers earlier this year, but applause doesn’t pay the bills and warm words don’t put food on the table.
It is a moral outrage that three quarters of social care workers do not even earn the real Living Wage. This situation was wrong before this pandemic, but now it is absolutely unconscionable.
After all that they have done for all of us, a pay rise is the very least that our care worker heroes deserve.