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Sep 18, 2024 | 
automobilnews.eu | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
At the Liberal Democrat conference, Sir Ed Davey vows to advocate passionately for caregivers, emphasizing in his heartfelt address that "care and carers must no longer be overlooked or neglected." He commits to raising the issue in parliament, asserting that "no one else will." By Alix Culbertson, political correspondent, in Brighton Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 4: Sir Ed Davey has committed to advocating for caregivers, positioning his party as the "responsible opposition." During a...
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
news.sky.com | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
Sir Ed Davey has pledged to be a champion for carers - as he put his party forward as the "responsible opposition". In a personal and emotional keynote speech in Brighton on Tuesday, the Lib Dem leader said "care and carers must not be forgotten and ignored any longer". "If the Liberal Democrats don't offer that hope - if we don't speak up for care in parliament - no one else will," he said. "Of course, everyone knows the Conservatives don't care.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
mkfm.com | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
In his keynote speech to close the Liberal Democrats' conference in Brighton on Tuesday, Sir Ed will say millions of voters "put their trust in us" after the party won 72 seats in the general election. He is expected to say voters' trust "is our mandate" and the party must be "true to that mandate and repay that trust in full".
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
v2radio.co.uk | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
There were 10.3 million waits of four weeks or more for a GP appointment in the seven months to July, analysis of NHS data by the Liberal Democrats has found. That is 1.7 million higher than the same period last year, when 8.6 million appointments had four-week waits. If this year's number continues in the same vein, as is expected, it will beat last year's record of 17.6 million four-week waits.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
iwradio.co.uk | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
There were 10.3 million waits of four weeks or more for a GP appointment in the seven months to July, analysis of NHS data by the Liberal Democrats has found. That is 1.7 million higher than the same period last year, when 8.6 million appointments had four-week waits. If this year's number continues in the same vein, as is expected, it will beat last year's record of 17.6 million four-week waits.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Joshua Nevett |in Brighton
Joshua Nevett - Political reporter, in BrightonSeptember 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM·4 min readLiberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is urging the Labour government to “invest more in the NHS or accept continued decline”. Sir Ed is calling for a “budget for the NHS” in October, with more investment in hospitals and training doctors, nurses and dentists. The party says the NHS needs £3.7bn a year extra in day-to-day spending, and a further £1.1bn a year for investment.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
mkfm.com | Alix Culbertson |in Brighton
Speaking after arriving at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton on a jet ski, Sir Ed said his party is the only one offering up a solution on how to "plug the awful financial mess the Conservatives left us with". More than 10 million pensioners will lose winter fuel payments under government plans which have been heavily criticised by opposition MPs, some Labour MPs and charities. Sir Ed told Sky News he would have levied a capital gains tax against the wealthiest instead.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jon Craig |in Brighton
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
manxradio.com | Jon Craig |in Brighton
As the first TUC conference under a Labour government for 15 years opens in Brighton, the prime minister faces a massive list of demands. Ahead of the conference, the TUC is claiming workers were "cheated" out of £2bn of holiday pay last year under the Conservatives. "The Conservative government sat back and let bad employers cheat their staff out of their basic workplace rights," said general secretary Paul Nowak.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
msn.com | Becky Johnson |Nick Stylianou |in Brighton
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