Angela Eagle DBE @angelaeagle
Labour MP for Wallasey. Wallasey Joined March 2010-
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"Every vaccination offers hope for a better, healthier future. And as we stand on the cusp of a new era for immunisation, there is reason for optimism" - read Gavi CEO Dr @SaniaNishtar's latest op-ed for @ProSyn: bit.ly/4bdI0tR #HumanlyPossible
Today the Minister told me he wants to “reclaim the trust of the infected blood community”. For the Government to do this, they need to give clear and timetabled commitments for paying compensation without delay. I am disappointed they were unable to do so today ⬇
The Mayoral election is next Thursday. The choice is clear: a Tory candidate who doesn’t share London’s values, or my plans for a fairer, safer and greener city for all Londoners. If you love London - vote for it. #VoteLabour
Fourteen years of Tory failure has left children being taught foraging & conspiracy theories. Ministers have failed to legislate to end the disgrace of unregistered schools. Labour is the party of high & rising standards in the subjects children need. thetimes.co.uk/article/expose…
How would Labour's plan for railways help you?
Daft argument - system is the most expensive in Europe now
Daft argument - system is the most expensive in Europe now
Hear hear
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪 🚨 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦, 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 People are sick and tired of public services like rail being run for profit, and not in the interests of the public. That's why Labour will bring our railways back into public ownership.
Rail in public ownership… Good for passengers, taxpayers, UK economy, rail staff, the environment. Not so good for the shareholders who’ve extracted profit from our railways for decades but can’t run trains on time. Works for me.👏👏 @LouHaigh theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
Heartfelt tributes capture Frank in his element - ‘He made politics human’: Birkenhead mourns beloved MP Frank Field theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
Judge ministers by what they do, not what they say. The Tories have: ❌ Never matched Labour defence spending levels ❌ Cut the Army to the smallest size since Napoleon ❌ Missed their own recruitment targets every year ❌ Wasted over £15bn in bad procurement
Rishi Sunak gathered hugely favourable front page headlines today for his pledge to increase defence spending by £75 billion while paying for it by sacking civil servants. The only problem is the numbers don't actually add up bylinetimes.com/2024/04/24/ris…
Two horses of the apocalypse
Nice 😟
I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Frank Field at this difficult time. Below is my official statement.
Very sad news. Always supportive of me as his Parliamentary neighbour, brimming with ideas to make society better - a great champion of his Birkenhead constituents: RIP Frank
Very sad news. Always supportive of me as his Parliamentary neighbour, brimming with ideas to make society better - a great champion of his Birkenhead constituents: RIP Frank
Oh yes, did I mention that @thameswater want to pay their shareholders £2,000,000,000 over the next few years? What, nobody told you? 🤔 telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…
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When reality intervenes:
Have now seen the govt briefing on how this is “fully funded”. It’s a joke. Asserts defence spending of 2.3% of GDP was the baseline ie so only need to find .14% GDP extra by 28/29. In real world even delivering that baseline will require even deeper cuts to other department.
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Frank Field: a devoted Christian who always took care to include humanists in every initiative he took on poverty and other issues locally and nationally. Speaking with him about the overlapping values shared by people of all beliefs genuinely shaped my own ethics. A good man.
Frank Field was someone whose Christian faith & principles drove his politics, particularly his commitment to the poorest in society; inspired by his vision of the kingdom of God, he did not let ideology get in the way of a politics that helps those who need it most. May he RIP.
I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Frank Field at this difficult time. Below is my official statement.
Ben is 100% right. Numbers used in describing increase in defence spending are impenetrable, misleading & internally inconsistent. Committing to 2.5% of GDP on defence is big and important. There is no need for this profusion of overblown and inconsistent numerical claims.
It's only a "£75 billion increase" over 6 years if you assume that spending would otherwise have been frozen in cash terms for 6 years - i.e. only if the government was, until today, planning to breach its NATO commitments. This is such an unhelpful way to present the figures.
Frank Field was an exceptional campaigner and politician who made an enormous contribution to tackling poverty and disadvantage. From CPAG to Parliament he showed complete fearless integrity and was never afraid of speaking out with radical ideas. We will all miss him
If Labour did this the BBC would be having a nervous breakdown
To get the £75 billion number, the government has assumed a baseline with spending frozen in cash terms and then added up all of the differences. If you instead assume a baseline of spending frozen as a % GDP, it's an extra £20 billion over 6 years. Details here.
Some context for that "£75 billion" figure ministers are using for the promised increased in defence spending 👇
The Treasury is claiming that hitting the target of raising UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2030 amounts to a "£75 billion increase". How do they get to this £75bn number? 🤨 Thread...🧵1/9 x.com/hmtreasury/sta…
Apparently a 0.5% GDP uplift in defence spending is “fully funded” even though there is precisely zero increase in overall spending plans (which already didn’t remotely add up). This is deeply, and depressingly, unserious stuff.
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Yes @JohnHealey_MP is right
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