I had packed day of meetings and events last Friday. I started off by meeting Leicester and Leicestershire Citizens, a local alliance of faith and education organisations, unions and charities, to discuss their plans for a real living wage for a care sector. I then held an MP surgery event, […]
Last week I met with the phenomenal campaigning group, Rights for Residents as I continue to fight for a legal right for care home residents to have visits from their loved ones. The terrible consequences of preventing families from seeing their loved ones in care homes is an issue very […]
It is outrageous for a private provider to be leeching millions out of care homes while providing appalling standards for residents. Elderly dementia patients deserve to be well looked after and treated with decency. Labour will force out those who are providing a shoddy service for a heavy price, and […]
Voters will be required to show some form of photo ID if they want to cast their vote in elections under new Government rules coming into effect this year. I believe that this scheme is discriminatory and a total waste of taxpayer’s money. It could disenfranchise thousands of people in […]
Women in their late 40s, 50s and 60s are in the prime of their lives but too many are being held back because their health needs and caring responsibilities are not being properly recognised. I believe that this harms our economy and women’s opportunities. The menopause is still not properly […]
On Sunday, I was invited on to Times Radio to speak about NHS reform. Labour are the guardians of the NHS. But that means, as well as extra investment and more staff, the NHS needs to change. We are pledging the biggest expansion of the NHS workforce in its […]
On Friday I spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about the terrible rates of child poverty in the city. This was after they interviewed the Headteacher of Braunstone Community Primary which is opening up its doors on an evening to provide a warm space and warm food to those […]
“People will look at the Tory’s and say: what have the last twelve years been for?”@leicesterliz says that Labour need to show they have a credible plan for the future, as under the Tories the basics- seeing a GP, getting from A to B, good schools- “have gone”.#Peston pic.twitter.com/dw0sSgtYDI — […]
Last week I spoke on behalf of the Labour Party in a debate in Parliament about the crisis in the NHS and social care. This crisis isn’t just down to Conservative incompetence. It’s because they’ve failed to grow the economy and secure the investment our health and care system […]
The school in Leicester @StokesWoodPS where staff are buying food and Christmas presents for the children. Plus the political argument over taxing the Independent sector to help fund state schools. More on @politicseastmid this Sunday and @bbcemt pic.twitter.com/uB7MowfF9h — Tony Roe (@tonyroe) December 16, 2022 Staff at Stokes Wood Primary […]
Yesterday I was a guest on Politics Live. We talked about strikes, the Government response, and what Labour would do differently. I was clear that the industrial action that is set to take place in the NHS, our rail network and other important services over the Christmas period will be […]
I am really pleased that the National Grid Community Giving campaign has awarded £4000 to local foodbanks after I nominated them for support. But whilst this funding is very welcome, people in Leicester should not have to rely on donations to put food on the table. Even before the Conservative’s […]
