WHAT THEY SAY
The tragic death of Awaab Ishak has rightly shocked people across the country. This is an appalling case of the utmost gravity and it is abhorrent that anyone should have to live in such conditions in Britain today Housing Secretary Michael Gove, in a letter to every English council leader and social housing provider warning that deaths like that of two-yearold Awaab Ishak must never be allowed to happen again.
I said in Glasgow that the pulse of 1.5 degrees was weak. Unfortunately, it remains on life support. And all of us need to look ourselves in the mirror, and consider if we have fully risen to that challenge over the past two weeks Cop26 President Alok Sharma expresses disappointment about elements of the last-minute deal at Cop27 in Egypt
The local government bodies have themselves asked us to delay because, obviously, they were concerned about such a major change at a time when, as a consequence of a pandemic, the market is under such pressure within the care system Health Secretary Steve Barclay defends the Government’s
decision to push back long-promised social care reforms to October 2025.
Why didn’t they tax nondoms, why didn’t they tax the richest people in this country with the broadest shoulders who pay no tax at all, what have they done about bankers’ bonuses? People are dying because of cuts to services, so I find that interview utterly dishonest and frankly the minister is deluded Gary Smith, GMB general secretary, criticises the Health Secretary for blaming the pandemic for pressures in the health service.