Susie Burpee, Author at Liz Kendall

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Liz appears on Politics East Midlands

08/11/2021

I appeared on this week’s episode of BBC Politics East Midlands. This is a chance to discuss the main news of the week, both nationally and locally to the reigon. This week, we discussed the issues around standards in public life, as well as the latest on coronavirus and what […]

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Liz speak to BBC East Midlands about the Chancellor’s Budget

02/11/2021

I spoke to BBC Politics East Midlands to discuss the Chancellor’s Budget announcements. We needed action to tackle the cost of living crisis, support local businesses and get our economy firing on all cylinders. Instead, people will continue to struggle with the cost of the weekly shop and soaring energy bills. […]

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Liz supports Menopause Bill in Parliament

29/10/2021

Today I responded on behalf of the Labour Party to Carolyn Harris’s Menopause (Support and Services) Bill. This Bill aimed to make the Government develop a strategy for menopause support and services, including improving education around the menopause, and exempt hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from NHS prescription charges. There are […]

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Liz speaks about the Budget to BBC Radio Leicester

28/10/2021

I spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about what the Budget means for people in our city. Unfortunately, it’s not good news. The Budget does nothing to tackle inflation, the cost of a weekly shop, or soaring energy prices. The Chancellor has instead announced the highest tax burden for 70 […]

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Liz responds to the Chancellor’s Budget

27/10/2021

Today, we needed urgent action to tackle the cost of living crisis, support local businesses and get our economy firing on all cylinders. Instead, my constituents will continue to struggle with the cost of the weekly shop and soaring energy bills, the Chancellor failed to sort out the supply chain […]

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Sir David Amess

19/10/2021

The appalling murder of Sir David Amess while he was holding a constituency surgery in Southend has shocked me and my team to the core. Our thoughts and prayers remain with his family, friends, and all those who knew and loved him. I joined the Prime Minister, Leader of the […]

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Worst care homes more likely to have poorest residents, official data shows

18/10/2021

New research shows that care homes rated ‘inadequate’ have more state-funded residents than care homes rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. These figures reveal an unacceptable two-tier care system, with better off people getting a better quality of social care. No matter where people live or how they pay, everyone should […]

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Care homes Christmas crisis as thousands of staff face axe for refusing Covid jab

04/10/2021

Trade unions expect there to be over 170,000 vacancies in social care by the end of the year. We are already facing a winter crisis in social care – this will make it worse. Instead of hanging care providers out to dry, the Government must put in place a real, […]

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Liz speaks at Future Social Care Coalition fringe event

30/09/2021

As part of Labour’s Annual Conference, I sat on the Future Social Care Coalition’s panel ‘Why is workforce reform critical to getting social care done?’. I believe that workforce reform is crucial to fixing social care. This is why Labour are backing a new deal for care workers, which gives […]

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Liz speaks at Progressive Britain conference fringe

30/09/2021

It was a pleasure to speak at Progressive Britain’s conference fringe, ‘Rebuilding Labour and the Nation’. Progressive Britain commissioned a report on how voters view Labour, and how Labour can rebuild trust with the country, and I was invited to reflect and contribute my thoughts on this. If there’s one […]

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Liz speaks at Health Foundation fringe event

30/09/2021

At Labour Party Annual Conference, I spoke at the Health Foundation’s fringe meeting ‘Where next for social care?’. It was great to see such a large turnout to hear about where the Government need to go next on social care reform, and how a Labour government would approach social care. […]

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Labour’s ambition for social care is as far reaching as Bevan’s was for the NHS

23/09/2021

Transforming social care is the challenge of our generation. This was true even before Covid struck, but the pandemic has exposed, more than ever, the urgent need for reform. A future Labour government will modernise the welfare state from cradle to grave, investing in social care as part of our […]

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