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  • Liz Truss – 2022 Comments on Help with Energy Bills

    Liz Truss – 2022 Comments on Help with Energy Bills

    The comments made by Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, on 21 September 2022.

    I understand the huge pressure businesses, charities and public sector organisations are facing with their energy bills, which is why we are taking immediate action to support them over the winter and protect jobs and livelihoods.

    As we are doing for consumers, our new scheme will keep their energy bills down from October, providing certainty and peace of mind.

    At the same time, we are boosting Britain’s homegrown energy supply so we fix the root cause of the issues we are facing and ensure greater energy security for us all.

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg – 2022 Comments on Help with Energy Bills

    Jacob Rees-Mogg – 2022 Comments on Help with Energy Bills

    The comments made by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Business Secretary, on 21 September 2o22.

    We have seen an unprecedented rise in energy prices following Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, which has affected consumers up and down the country and businesses of all sizes.

    The help we are already putting in place will save families money off their bills, and the government’s plans for businesses, charities and public sector organisations will give them the equivalent level of support.

    This, alongside the measures we are taking to boost the amount of domestic energy we produce to improve both energy security and supply, will increase growth, protect jobs and support families with their cost of living this winter.

  • Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2022 Comments on Inability to Deliver Trade Deal with the US

    Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2022 Comments on Inability to Deliver Trade Deal with the US

    The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, on 20 September 2022 in response to comments made by the Prime Minister.

    Admitting there is no prospect of a US trade deal is damaging for UK growth and breaks the Conservative manifesto promise.

    This is an embarrassment for Liz Truss-the blame lies squarely at her door, as a former Foreign and International Trade Secretary.

  • Liz Truss – 2022 Comments on Inability to Deliver Trade Deal with the US

    Liz Truss – 2022 Comments on Inability to Deliver Trade Deal with the US

    The comments made by Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, on 20 September 2022. The comments were made before boarding a plane to the United States.

    There aren’t currently any [trade] negotiations taking place with the US and I don’t have an expectation that those are going to start in the short to medium term.

  • Alok Sharma – 2022 Comments on COP27

    Alok Sharma – 2022 Comments on COP27

    The comments made by Alok Sharma, the COP26 President, on 20 September 2022.

    Since last November when we met at COP26, the world has faced multiple global crises, precipitated by Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which need immediate attention.

    However at the same time the chronic threat of climate change has worsened with the devastating floods in Pakistan, which have left a third of the country underwater, one terrible example of our changing climate.

    Therefore at this critical juncture less than two months before COP27, and just days ahead of the UNFCCC Synthesis Report deadline, it is more important than ever that all countries deliver on the commitments we made, collectively, in the Glasgow Climate Pact.

  • James Cleverly – 2022 Comments on Russia’s Invasion on Ukraine

    James Cleverly – 2022 Comments on Russia’s Invasion on Ukraine

    The comments made by James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, on 20 September 2022.

    We live in an increasingly unstable, divided world. As Foreign Secretary, I will work to bring countries together to tackle aggression, overcome challenges and promote our democratic values. We will judge others on actions not words.

    Every day the devastating consequences of Russia’s barbaric tactics become clearer. There must be no impunity for Putin’s hostility.

  • Colm Gildernew – 2022 Comments on Healthcare in Northern Ireland

    Colm Gildernew – 2022 Comments on Healthcare in Northern Ireland

    The comments made by Colm Gildernew, the Sinn Fein Health Spokesperson in Northern Ireland, on 16 September 2022.

    Reports that pressures in our health service had led to 300 more deaths than expected this year are staggering and underlines the urgent need to get the Executive up and running and for all parties to work together to make health the priority.

    How much longer will the DUP sit on the sidelines and continue to boycott government while people suffer on waiting lists and our health service continues to feel the pressure?

    We will meet the health minister next week on the urgent need to recruit more doctors and nurses, cut waiting lists and to properly invest in our cancer and mental health services.

    Sinn Féin is ready to form an Executive today, to work with others, and start to fix our health service by investing an extra £1 billion and securing a three-year Budget.

  • John Finucane – 2022 Comments on Restoring the Northern Ireland Executive

    John Finucane – 2022 Comments on Restoring the Northern Ireland Executive

    The comments made by John Finucane, the Sinn Fein MP for Belfast North, on 14 September 2022.

    With inflation still running at almost ten percent living costs remain far too high for ordinary people to cope with.

    Workers, families and small businesses are struggling to pay their bills in this cost-of-living emergency. They need help now.

    They need an Executive up and running so parties can work together to put money in people’s pockets and make people’s lives better.

    One party should not continue to block the formation of an Executive because they don’t like the outcome of the election. It’s anti-democratic and a cruel dereliction of duty.

    The DUP need to join with the rest of us, work with the rest of us, and help to deliver for people in an Executive as we face into a difficult winter.

  • Caoimhe Archibald – 2022 Comments on Reports Government Removing Bankers Bonuses Cap

    Caoimhe Archibald – 2022 Comments on Reports Government Removing Bankers Bonuses Cap

    The comments made by Caoimhe Archibald, the Sinn Fein MLA for East Londonderry, on 15 September 2022.

    Reports that the Tories are seeking to remove the cap on banker bonuses demonstrates once again that they are detached from the reality of the cost-of-living emergency facing ordinary people.

    Recent months have seen Tory ministers lambasting workers and introducing laws to undermine workers’ rights and the right to strike, while making bizarre claims that modest pay rises will deal with soaring costs and inflation.

    However, the same caution does not exist when it comes to top bankers, whose salaries are already through the roof.

    Ordinary workers and families are already facing the impossible choice between heating their homes and putting food on the table this winter.

    The British government needs to focus on real support for workers, families and businesses who are most impacted by rising costs and they need to cut people’s bills by slashing the eye-watering profits of energy giants through a Windfall Tax.

    We need an Executive formed immediately so we can work together to tackle the cost-of-living emergency and put money into people’s pockets now. The DUP should end the boycott.

  • Mark Serwotka – 2022 Comments on Clarence House Redundancies

    Mark Serwotka – 2022 Comments on Clarence House Redundancies

    The comments made by Mark Serwotka, the General Secretary of the PCS trade union, on 14 September 2022.

    While some changes across the households were to be expected, as roles across the royal family change, the scale and speed at which this has been announced is callous in the extreme. Least of all because we do not know what staffing the incoming Prince of Wales and his family might need. We therefore call for an immediate halt to the redundancy process.