Find out what I’ve been saying and doing in the media.
On Tuesday 4 March I appeared on the BBC’s lunchtime programme, the Daily Politics, to talk about the launch of the report of the Commission on Whole Person Care. You can watch the programme back here (the section of the programme starts at 27 minutes in).
In her regular Leicester Mercury column, Liz talks about the strides made in treating HIV. You can read Liz’s column here.
Community Care reports on Liz’s call for the Government to grip the appalling situation in mental health care, where vulnerable children are being forced on to adult wards or being transported hundreds of miles across the country.
On Thursday 20th January I appeared on the BBC’s Question Time. We discussed the Government’s welfare reforms, ongoing problems with the floods, whether Prime Minister’s Questions needs to change, and how to help children do better in maths at school. You can watch the programme here.
Liz comments on the governments refusal to put into law a legal requirement to make sure advice is given by properly trained people when facing significant care costs.
Liz visited Leicester’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender centre to lend her support as February is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBTG) History Month.
Rick Muir, Head of IPPR on the public service reform challenge facing Labour, which Liz spoke on last week.
Telegraph highlights the fact that the so-called ‘cap’ on care costs is anything but, and that, contrary to ministers’ claims, many people will still have to sell their homes to pay for care. Liz raised this issue in the House of Commons last week.
Liz appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight to discuss Labour’s plans to improve public services, following an important speech by Labour’s leader Ed Miliband, which you can read here. You can catch up with the programme via iPlayer here (the section of the programme starts at 14 mins 20 secs).
Liz has asked energy company E.on to drop the charges after receiving scores of complaints from constituents in New Parks, Leicester.
Mary Riddell writes on how a power shift to the people is vital for Britain’s future.
How Labour is thinking about public services, including Liz on meeting the costs of our ageing population by merging health and social care budgets.
