Tag: Bridget Phillipson

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Vulnerable Children

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Vulnerable Children

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Education Secretary, on 6 December 2021.

    Arthur’s murder has horrified the nation – it is right that the Government conducts a national inquiry alongside the local safeguarding review.

    Ministers should set out the scope of this review in full as soon as possible.

    Nadhim Zahawi must act now to tackle a culture which sees failure as acceptable and set out a clear plan to achieve the target for every vulnerable child to receive high quality care, ensuring that such a monstrous crime can never happen again.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on New GDP Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on New GDP Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 11 November 2021.

    This morning’s GDP figures confirm that the economic recovery is slowing and risks grinding to a halt.

    We need urgent action to keep the economy moving and support households as we head into the winter, as prices rise and as the cost of living crisis continues to escalate.

    The Budget showed that the Government is trapping us in a cycle of high taxes and is risking our recovery by not growing our economy.

    Labour will tax fairly, spend wisely and, after a decade of faltering growth, we’ll get Britain’s economy firing again with our plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Inflation Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Inflation Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 20 October 2021.

    The government’s cost of living crisis is sadly not going away.

    The Tories are out of touch, hitting people with a Universal Credit cut and a jobs tax, just at a time when they’re left with less money in their pockets at the end of the month and are feeling the pinch.

    Instead of complacently sitting back and leaving people worse off, Labour would get a grip on the crisis and improve people’s everyday lives. Our plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain is the real route to a higher wage, high productivity economy, backed by a boost to pay and conditions from a £10 minimum wage right now, fair pay agreements and an end to exploitative practices that are lowering standards.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Help for Energy Intensive Industries

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Help for Energy Intensive Industries

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 14 October 2021.

    Our brilliant British industries are a crucial cornerstone of our economy, and we should be supporting them to boost our recovery.

    The Conservatives should be protecting and supporting them through a crisis which has come about from a severe lack of government planning.

    It doesn’t make economic sense, nor is it good value for money, to allow a temporary increase in prices to destroy British industries and jobs.

    The Chancellor should get a grip on this and support our industries – his complacent and out of touch approach is misguided and is storing up problems down the line that will leave working people paying the price.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Confusion Over Government’s Energy Strategy

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Confusion Over Government’s Energy Strategy

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 10 October 2021.

    In the teeth of a crisis of its own making, the Government has put its out of office on. The Prime Minister has gone on holiday, no one knows where the Chancellor is, and this morning we understand the Business Secretary has entered the realms of fantasy.

    The two key government departments responsible for the current cost of living crisis have spent this morning infighting about whether they were in talks with each other. What a farce. If government ministers can’t even tell the truth about each other, then what hope do we have for the challenges facing our country?

    We need urgent answers on who exactly is running the show. The Government needs to get a grip because the British people are paying the price for the Prime Minister’s incompetence.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 10 September 2021.

    People are working incredibly hard to build the recovery but Conservative complacency is holding our country back. The concerning figures today show that just as the UK economy ought to be getting back to normal, disruption to supply chains and other shortages mean our recovery is hitting the brakes.

    The Government has no plan, other than to plough ahead with a tax on jobs as well as a devastating cut to Universal Credit, taking money out of our high streets just when it is needed most.

    Labour believes we must take the chance to make our economy more secure through our plan to Buy, Make and Sell more here in the UK. The Conservatives are simply not ambitious enough about the future of our economic recovery.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Inflation Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Inflation Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 18 August 2021.

    People are already feeling the effects of inflation, whether it’s at the supermarket, petrol pump or paying for home improvements.

    The Government must do all it can do to keep materials and other supplies moving to prevent the shortages that can lead to higher costs.

    Whether the inflation is temporary or otherwise, families should not have to pay the price for the Government’s lack of plan for HGV drivers and the costly red tape following their deal with the European Union.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Regulations for Non-Bank Lenders

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Regulations for Non-Bank Lenders

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 20 July 2021.

    The Select Committee say the Treasury should have encouraged more formal lines of communication with David Cameron – but it was the Treasury itself that failed to communicate with the British Business Bank about the concerns surrounding Greensill, leading to the firm getting access to £400 million of government-backed loans.

    The cronyism, recklessness and sheer waste under this Conservative government has to stop.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson on 9 July 2021.

    After causing the UK to experience the worst economic crisis in the G7, the Conservatives should be getting the economy powering on all cylinders. Instead, this morning’s growth data shows how fragile the UK’s economic recovery is.

    Instead of the Conservatives’ failure to secure the recovery, Labour’s plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain would mean seizing new opportunities to shape a new future for Britain. This would give people new skills and jobs here in the UK, bring security and resilience back to our economy and public services and help our high streets to thrive again.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on the Net Zero Review

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on the Net Zero Review

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, on 30 June 2021.

    There’s a real danger this green bonds announcement is all talk and no action – just like the Chancellor’s long delayed Net Zero Review – and a distraction from the critical job of halting climate breakdown.

    We need far more details and a watertight guarantee that these bonds are spent properly on the green jobs and initiatives that will curb climate breakdown.

    The Chancellor must stop dragging his heels, and publish his final report into the Net Zero Review which has now been delayed since Autumn 2020.

    And he should hardwire his Net Zero targets into his upcoming spending review, as Labour would do.