Steven Williams

labourpress:

Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Social Care and Mental Health, commenting on reports of funding for social care in the forthcoming budget, said:

“Reports of any additional money for social care are of course welcome, but the reality is that it is the Tories who have spent the last 7 years cutting billions from council budgets. This has meant the loss of £5 billion for adult social care.

“Labour is calling on the government to put £2 billion into the budget for social care. There is also an urgent need for a longer-term funding plan to get social care out of the current crisis and on to a more stable footing”

ENDS

labourpress:

Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, commenting on today’s ONS public sector finance figures, said:

“Today’s figures show the Government’s debt still rising, seven years after the Tories started their austerity agenda, and two years after they said they would balance the books.

“It’s clear that their slash and burn approach to public spending has not only given us a crisis in NHS and social care but also failed as an approach to reducing Government debt.

“Labour’s Fiscal Credibility Rule gives us a firm commitment to addressing the public finances while investing in our economy for the future as part of our programme to rebuild and transform Britain.”