Conservative Leader David Cameron has said the NHS is safe his hands as he brought the Conservative conference to an end this afternoon. He accused Labour of mismanaging the health service and said he would be taking to the streets with a campaign to stop the cuts.
Conservative Leader David Cameron has said the NHS is safe his hands as he brought the Conservative conference to an end this afternoon. He accused Labour of mismanaging the health service and said he would be taking to the streets with a campaign to stop the cuts.
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament, Liz Lynne, a long-time campaigner against human trafficking, has welcomed the opening of the new UK Human Trafficking Centre as an important step forward in the fight to stamp out the trade. Speaking from Brussels, Liz said "The evil practice of trafficking has proved to be highly organised and entrenched so I am very glad we now have a dedicated centre that can centralise intelligence and co-ordinate future operations"
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Sue Doughty, Parliamentary Spokesperson for Guildford and Professor Steve Webb MP, the Liberal Democrat front bench spokesman on health visited the Royal Surrey County Hospital yesterday and then addressed a packed hall of local people.
"After this week, the Conservatives are no closer to putting forward a serious policy agenda to the people of Britain. On the NHS, we need to remember that health spending actually fell in the last year the Tories were in power and that at the general election, David Cameron supported the introduction of a 'patient passport' to encourage people to opt out of the NHS. What this week has shown is that the Conservatives remain vacuous, about spin rather than substance, and are becoming more divided and confused by the day." Norman Lamb MP, Lib Dem Shadow Health Minister