Shadow health secretary says Conservative economic failures mean Labour has few appealing options
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Here is some of what I am expecting today. The Conservatvies are due to hold a press conference this morning with chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott giving a response to the Labour manifesto.
For Labour, Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds are at the moment discussing the Labour manifesto with business leaders in London, and Wes Streeting will be out campaigning on mental health policies later.
The problem we have is that Labour doesn’t seem to want to engage with it. But Labour colleagues of Keir Starmer in Wales agree with us that there needs to be a review of the way Wales is funded. But what we have is a situation where Labour won’t make the case at Westminster for change.
We’re not going to be forming the next UK government, so it’s about how we use influence and I think in this election, perhaps it’s clearer than in any election for a while what that specific role is. I think we can be fairly sure that Keir Starmer will become prime minister in three weeks’ time. Conservatives at long last will be kicked out of power but Labour will need to be kept very, very firmly to account.
Keir Starmer will become prime minister regardless of what Wales says – I think that’s true for the rest of the UK – I’ll look at it from a Welsh perspective. We can try to mould the kind of change that’s going to happen in this election. Mmaking sure that labour are kept honest if you like, kept in check.
Continue reading…Shadow health secretary says Conservative economic failures mean Labour has few appealing optionsSign up for Election Edition, our UK election newsletterHere is some of what I am expecting today. The Conservatvies are due to hold a press conference this morning with chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott giving a response to the Labour manifesto.For Labour, Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds are at the moment discussing the Labour manifesto with business leaders in London, and Wes Streeting will be out campaigning on mental health policies later.The problem we have is that Labour doesn’t seem to want to engage with it. But Labour colleagues of Keir Starmer in Wales agree with us that there needs to be a review of the way Wales is funded. But what we have is a situation where Labour won’t make the case at Westminster for change.We’re not going to be forming the next UK government, so it’s about how we use influence and I think in this election, perhaps it’s clearer than in any election for a while what that specific role is. I think we can be fairly sure that Keir Starmer will become prime minister in three weeks’ time. Conservatives at long last will be kicked out of power but Labour will need to be kept very, very firmly to account.Keir Starmer will become prime minister regardless of what Wales says – I think that’s true for the rest of the UK – I’ll look at it from a Welsh perspective. We can try to mould the kind of change that’s going to happen in this election. Mmaking sure that labour are kept honest if you like, kept in check. Continue reading…