Last week I met with social care professionals who work in the Wirral in a event organised by the Labour MP for Wirral South, Alison McGovern. It’s always so important to hear from people working on the frontline of social care to fully understand the issues that we face. […]
Residents at Berkley House in Kent were told one morning that they had to be out by 5pm the same day. They had to close due to staffing shortages, leaving their residents with autism and severe learning difficulties with nowhere to go. This awful case is just the tip of […]
Yesterday, the Government published their long-awaited social care white paper, outlining their plans to reform the social care system. What we needed was a long-term vision that finally put social care where it belonged; on an equal footing with the NHS, at the heart of a modernised welfare state. But […]
Yesterday I made a speech in Parliament on Space Park Leicester and the wider space sector. This is a subject close to my heart as there is huge potential for space science and technology to create high skilled jobs of the future, grow our economy, tackle climate change and […]
Last week I met with Cllr Ben Coleman and Lisa Redfern from Hammersmith and Fulham Council. Cllr Coleman is the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care in Hammersmith and Fulham and Lisa is the Director of Adult Social Care for the council. It was a really interesting meeting […]
Boris Johnson has repeatedly promised – including in the 2019 Conservative manifesto – that no one will have to sell their home to pay for their care. But the very same Tory MPs who were elected on this promise voted through a policy so indefensibly unfair that Andrew Dilnot, the original […]
Today, I spoke to the National Children and Adult Services Conference alongside our Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Kate Green MP. This event brings together Directors of Children’s and Adult Social Services from councils across England, to discuss common issues and hear from experts in this area. Ahead of […]
My partner and I are delighted to announce that we will be having a baby in the new year through surrogacy. It has been a really difficult time getting here, so we feel unbelievably lucky and happier than we ever imagined. We will be eternally grateful to our surrogate for […]
I spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about the real concerns that Labour have with the Government’s proposals on care costs. At a time when we have terrible frontline staff shortages, that family carers are being pushed to breaking point, and that disabled people can’t get the help they need to […]
Earlier today I spoke with Gloria de Piero on GB News about the Government’s proposed changes to the cap on care costs. Right now, ordinary people are seeing a rise in their taxes, without seeing anything back for it. They are not seeing a single extra minute of care for […]
New analysis by Labour shows that two thirds of poorer home owners will have to pay more towards their care under Boris Johnson’s new proposals. The Tories are imposing a punishing tax hike on ordinary working people that does nothing to ensure more people get the care they need or […]
Boris Johnson’s tax hike on working people won’t “fix the crisis in social care” or stop elderly people with low or modest savings from having to sell their homes to pay for care. But it will protect the homes of the wealthiest. I’ve written for the Mirror about why Labour […]
