Tom Bridge, Author at Liz Kendall

Liz calls for a coronavirus plan for social care

17/03/2020

In his first speech as UK prime minister last summer, Boris Johnson promised to fix the crisis in social care. Yet last week’s Budget gave more focus and funding to potholes than social care. This is a serious mistake, especially with the immediate and overriding challenge facing the government: […]

Homepage, Liz in the news, National, Social Care

Liz appears as a guest on Sunday Politics East Midlands

17/03/2020

I was recently a guest on the BBC’s East Midlands Sunday Politics. On the show I talked about the coronavirus, and the impact that the spread of this disease could have on social care and food banks. We also discussed the Budget, and the importance of making sure that […]

Homepage, National, NHS, Social Care

Liz responds to Budget

11/03/2020

I’m pleased that the Chancellor announced support for businesses affected by Coronavirus and that the NHS will get whatever extra resources it needs. But there was nothing in the budget for social care. This is a serious mistake because the NHS relies on social care to get older people […]

Education, Homepage, Jobs, skills and training, National

Liz’s latest column for the Leicester Mercury

09/03/2020

In my Leicester Mercury column this month, I talk about Leicester’s new Space Park – which will bring together the University of Leicester’s world leading space science and research with industry to seize the potential of this sector and create more than 3,000 high skill, high value jobs. For the […]

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Liz celebrates International Women’s Day

09/03/2020

International Women’s Day took place on 8th March. It’s an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements – but also to recognise that true equality is a long way off. This year, the theme was ‘each for equal’ and how we are all individually responsible for our thoughts and actions. We can […]

Brexit, Homepage, National, Social Care

Liz calls on Prime Minister to allow special migration route for care workers

04/03/2020

Last year, the Prime Minister stood on the steps of Downing Street and promised a plan to fix the crisis in social care. So far he has done nothing – and his plan for a new immigration system could make things much worse. According to a report by Skills for […]

Homepage, National, Supporting families, Universal Credit

Liz backs campaign to end the need for foodbanks

04/03/2020

Foodbank use has increased massively across the UK in recent years – with some Leicester-based foodbanks reporting a 30% increase in demand since the introduction of Universal Credit. The Making Ends Meet report, published by my Labour colleague Alison McGovern MP, sets out a credible plan to end the need […]

Caring for older people, Homepage, Social Care

Liz calls for Universal Family Care and Leave

27/02/2020

As our population ages we need to help families balance their work & caring responsibilities. I’m calling for Universal Family Care & Leave because families shouldn’t have to chose between holding down a job & caring for their own. Read my full speech here and watch a clip here.

Homepage, Universal Credit

Liz calls for action over continuing problems with Universal Credit in Leicester

12/02/2020

I am deeply worried by new figures from Feeding Britain, a national charity working to alleviate and eliminate hunger across the country, which show that £560,000 was deducted from Universal Credit (UC) claims in Leicester in the month of August 2019. A little under half of that sum came in […]

Homepage, NHS

Liz joins Cancer Research UK on World Cancer Day

12/02/2020

Last week, I met with cancer patients, NHS staff and researchers at an event in Parliament to mark World Cancer Day. This is a day designed to raise awareness of cancer and to promote its prevention, detection and treatment. Every year, around 1,200 new cancer cases are diagnosed in […]

Education, Homepage, Young people

Liz takes part in Q&A with students from Glebelands Primary School

05/02/2020

I was delighted to welcome the school council from Glebeland’s Primary School to Parliament last week. The students had a tour of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and I joined them afterwards to answer their questions and speak to them about what it is like to […]

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Liz attends Space Park Ground-Breaking Ceremony

31/01/2020

This week I attended the official Ground-Breaking Ceremony at the new Space Park in Leicester. The park is due to provide state-of-the-art research and development facilities as well as a manufacturing plant for low cost satellites. It will bring together the University’s world leading work on space science with businesses […]

Author: Tom Bridge