This morning, I joined the panel on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg alongside former Conservative MP, Nadine Dorries and More in Common's Luke Tryl. We chatted about trust in politics and the situation in the Middle East.
Statement on the International Court of Justice interim judgement on situation in Israel and Gaza26/1/2024
It was great to speak at the King's Fund Circles Series focusing on women in leadership, where I shared my experience as a women working in healthcare and politics.
It's vital that we get more women in leadership roles across society. It's important that we meet our net zero obligations - it'll save lives here and around the world. With 65 million people living on vulnerable, low-lying island nations, susceptible to flooding and extreme weather, we need climate action now. In today's Guardian, my latest figures reveal that thousands of people are re-admitted to mental health hospitals within days or weeks of leaving it, wreaking havoc on people's lives.
Why? Because the Tories cut a quarter of mental health beds and patients don't get the care they deserve. Read the full story here
Children eating weeds, 1000 children already losing their legs and enduring amputations without anaesthesia. This is the daily living hell for the children of Gaza.
Today in Prime Minister Questions, I implored the Prime Minister to act to end this bloodshed.
Today, I asked Dr Ghada Al Jabda, Chief of Health in Gaza for UNRWA about the dire situation facing hospitals in Gaza.
According to the latest reports, 64% of hospitals in Gaza are non-operational and many are struggling to provide effective care.
In Parliament, I renewed my calls to the Foreign Secretary for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Palestinian parents in Gaza love their children as much as we love ours, but theirs are buried under rubble. Millions are facing starvation. How many more need to die before the Government call for a ceasefire?
We have heard lots about the Government's heartless Rwanda scheme. This circus is the latest saga in the Tory melodrama, but it is the most vulnerable people whose lives they're playing with. Britain is better than this cruel, cynical Tory Government. I have worked with refugees for more than a decade. I have heard their experiences of war, violence and terror. Nobody leaves their homes, communities and livelihoods unless they must. That is why I will always stand against the inhumane Rwanda Bill. In today’s Guardian, I reveal the scandal of new mothers being turned away from mental health services.
For some time, I’ve been concerned that new mothers are being left to suffer in silence. My figures show that last year, nearly 20,000 new mothers were turned away from mental health services. Maternal mental health services are being rationed. This is despite maternal illness costing the whole of society £8.1 billion a year. It is an absolute scandal. The 8,500 new staff Labour will recruit are vital to solving this crisis. Read the full article here |
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