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One in six A&Es faces threat of closure or downgrade despite mounting strain
The Telegraph, 6 February 2017 NHS cyber attack: Jeremy Hunt ignored repeated warnings over system vulnerability
The Telegraph, 13 May 2017 |
UK wages drop 10% - worse than anywhere else in Europe apart from Greece
The Independent, 27 July 2016 Theresa May says she backs fox hunting because other methods of killing foxes are 'cruel'
Business Insider, 15 May 2017 |
Promises on NHS spending will not be met, EU immigration may not be controlled and leaving the EU could take several years, claim leading Brexit campaigners.
"A lot of things were said in advance of this referendum that we might want to think about again," said the Conservative former Defence Minister, Liam Fox." The Independent, 25 June 2016
Iain Duncan Smith, one of the top Tory Brexiteers has now backtracked over the Vote Leave’s pledge to give the NHS the £350million that the EU takes every week.
Metro, 27 June 2016
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[Boris Johnson] insisted immigration was not the reason Britain voted for Brexit, but instead the 'number one issue’ for voters had been control."
He also appeared to backtrack on the controversial Vote Leave claims that Britain spends £350million a week in net contributions to the EU and would be able to spend the sum on other priorities, including the NHS. Daily Mail, 27 June 2016
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This graph shows net migration since 1975 - how much the UK population is increasing due to immigration. The red line is Theresa May's 2010 target of 100,000 people per year. The Conservatives have been in power for the black section of this graph. Back in 2010, David Cameron pledged to reduce net migration into Britain to below 100,000 – “no ifs, no buts”.
The Telegraph, 21 May 2015
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The latest estimate is that net migration to the UK in the year ending September 2016 was 273,000.
Migration Watch UK, 2017
Theresa May was in charge of migration in 2010, when she introduced an 'unlawful' measure without getting the approval of Parliament.
"The secretary of state made no secret of her intentions," they stated. "There can be no doubt that she was attempting to side-step provisions for Parliamentary scrutiny..." BBC News, 17 December 2010
"It's hard to know where to start with Theresa May's awful, ugly, misleading, cynical and irresponsible speech to the Conservative Party conference today. If, as Mrs May argues, immigration makes British society less cohesive, leaves groups of people less unable to get along, isn't that at least partly the result of politicians pandering to ignorance and prejudice and wilfully distorting the evidence to persuade people to be angry and afraid?"
The Telegraph, 6 October 2015
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To Protect Our WildlifeThe Conservatives want to bring back fox hunting and 'unpick' laws on water quality, waste management and nature protection.
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To Protect Our ChildrenThe government is breaking international law by allowing tens of thousands of children to inhale illegal levels of toxic diesel fumes.
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To Protect Our ReputationWhile other European leaders have distanced themselves from Trump, Theresa May has warmly welcomed him.
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"The police, NHS and the tax man will now be able to hack into your phones and check your browsing history after the Snoopers' Charter was passed by Parliament last week.
The bill, officially called the Investigatory Powers Bill, forces electronic data to be stored by internet providers for 12 months, which can be subsequently collected by law enforcement. These include police, Department of Health, the Food Standards Agency, HM Revenue & Customs and the Gambling Commission." Daily Mail, 25 November 2016
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"A total of 33 casualty units could face closure or being replaced with minor injuries units, according to documents drawn up across the country.
The plans are part of efforts to close a £22 billion hole in the health service budget by 2021." The Telegraph, 6 February 2017
"“Tory privatisation” of the NHS has been condemned by Labour after new figures showed that roughly half of new cash pumped into the system was spent on private sector treatment.
An analysis by the Health Foundation think tank found that £900m of the money promised before the 2015 general election was spent on buying care from independent and other non-NHS “providers” - compared with £800m spent on the same treatments from NHS trusts." Huffington Post, 27 March 2017
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""Last week, it emerged record numbers of patients were thrown off GP practice lists last year. Medical leaders blame a workforce crisis and ballooning workloads for 91 surgeries closing in 2016.
It has forced 265 000 Brits to sign up to a new GP or travel to a different practice to stick with their existing doctor. Experts warn the NHS faces a growing GP recruitment crisis. Ministers vow to hire 5 000 more by 2020. But the number of full-time GPs fell 445 in the three months to the end of December." The Sun, 11 April 2017
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"This is an inhumane government," said Paula Peter, spokeswoman for Disabled People Against Cuts, which organised the march. "Thousands of people are seeing their health deteriorating, they're having their care packages cut, they've lost their Pip, lost their Motability Cars - they're imprisoned in their own home."
New Statesman, 9 March 2017
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"The Education Policy Institute research found that even those schools which the government has said would benefit under the new formula would be worse off. This was as a result of inflation, coupled with a reduction in local authority funding and the £3 billion of education savings that schools must make by 2019-20."
The Guardian, 17 March 2017
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MARCH 2017
“There isn’t going to be one. It isn’t going to happen. There is not going to be a general election,” Mrs May’s spokesman said.
Financial Times, April 18 2017
MAY 2016
"I think there are definite benefits for us in economic terms... [and] in security terms as well [to staying in the EU]"
Theresa May, 26 May 2016 |
FEBRUARY 2017
...the Prime Minister’s official spokeswoman said:
“There was a decision put to the British people, ‘do you want to stay in the EU or do you want to leave’. “And it came back very clearly that people wanted to leave the EU – so, yes, the PM has a mandate to deliver on the decision of the British people.” The Independent, 6 February 2017
APRIL 2017
"Only you can give us the mandate, so vote for a strong and stable leadership in this country."
"Vote for strong and stable leadership this country needs. Give me the mandate to lead Britain. Give me the mandate to speak for Britain. Give me the mandate to fight for Britain. And give me the mandate to deliver for Britain." Yorkshire Post, 20 April 2017
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"Theresa May has indicated she won't raise women's rights in her first meeting with Donald Trump - days after global marches against the new President.
More than a million women from Washington DC to London hit the streets yesterday to protest against the man who boasted of "grabbing" women "by the p*ssy"." The Mirror, 22 January 2017
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Team Boris briefed journalists that the foreign secretary wanted to get the G7 to agree new sanctions against Russia at its meeting in the Italian city of Lucca. But Mr Johnson entirely failed to persuade other countries to agree."
BBC News, 12 April 2017
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The US yesterday announced it would stop a shipment of precision-guided munitions to the country following evidence of “systematic, endemic problems in Saudi Arabia’s targeting”.
There are reports of the country’s forces hitting schools, hospitals and wedding parties as it intervenes against Houthi rebels on behalf of Yemen’s beleaguered internationally recognised government. Despite the Americans’ change of heart the UK has continued to supply similar weapons to Saudi Arabia, fuelling its campaign. “Civilians have suffered grievously with the bombing of hospitals, of schools, of markets. The UN believes 60 per cent of civilian casualties are caused by air strikes,” Independent, 14 December 2016
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"Over an 18-month period, News Corp executives had 20 meetings with senior government representatives. Of these, 18 were with the prime minister, chancellor or culture secretary, and of those, seven involved Murdoch himself...
Campaigners said it demonstrates the mogul’s “astounding” access to the UK’s political leaders. The 18-month period between April 2015 and September 2016 examined by the Media Reform Coalition and 38 Degrees includes the 2015 general election, when Murdoch’s papers backed the Conservatives, last year’s vote to leave the EU, which Murdoch has publicly welcomed, and the first three months of Theresa May’s government. Maggie Chao, a campaigner with activist group 38 Degrees, said: “These findings show that Murdoch continues to enjoy astounding access to senior politicians. But more importantly, they throw into question the government’s... judgment when it comes to the UK’s most powerful media baron." The Guardian, 5 February 2017
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