The well being secretary has mentioned that asylum seekers ought to nonetheless be moved again onto the Bibby Stockholm barge despite the row brought on by the invention of Legionella.
Thus far not one of the asylum seekers on the barge have proven any signs of the illness, in accordance with the Residence Workplace.
However Legionella micro organism could cause a doubtlessly lethal lung an infection generally known as Legionnaires’ illness, and is contracted by folks inhaling droplets of water containing the micro organism.
It comes after asylum seekers have been faraway from the barge on Friday after Legionella micro organism was discovered within the vessel’s water system.
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It has now emerged that individuals spent 4 days on board the barge earlier than they have been eliminated by the Residence Workplace as a “precautionary measure”.
Dorset Council has mentioned Residence Workplace contractors have been notified concerning the outcomes final Monday, a full 4 days earlier than folks have been moved off the barge.
Talking to Sky Information this morning, Mr Barclay mentioned ministers have been knowledgeable about traces of the micro organism solely on Thursday.
Requested about claims the Residence Workplace was knowledgeable about take a look at outcomes which found the micro organism on Tuesday, he mentioned: “It is a commonplace factor the council had completed. There isn’t any cause to counsel there have been considerations. As a precaution the assessments have been completed.
“As quickly as ministers have been notified on Thursday evening, there have been some considerations with that, they took immediate motion.”
He added: “It could be the council notified the Residence Workplace, that is a matter for these within the Residence Workplace to reply to, clearly this can be a Residence Workplace lead.
“My understanding from colleagues within the Residence Workplace is it was notified to Residence Workplace ministers on Thursday and so they then took very fast motion consequently.”
And requested whether or not folks must be put again on the Bibby Stockholm regardless of the controversy, Mr Barclay replied: “Sure, I do, as a result of it’s costing round £6m a day when it comes to the price of resorts.
“It’s necessary that we each preserve security requirements, but additionally replicate the stress on the taxpayer place when it comes to that £6m.”
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11.44 am — Keir Starmer has accused the federal government of “shifting the goalposts” on most cancers targets in England.
Talking to broadcasters in Scotland, the Labour chief mentioned: “I need swifter analysis, in fact I do – each for the people involved and clearly for the well being service.
“The way in which to do this is to have a well being service that’s match for the long run. We haven’t bought one. I’ve set out a plan for that which entails folks, expertise and reform.
“And underneath the final Labour authorities, we had targets, we hit these targets. We didn’t stroll away when the going bought robust.
“With this authorities, it’s targets that they’ve repeatedly didn’t hit. And now what they’re doing is shifting the goalposts and even the place they’re holding targets after this streamlining, there’s targets they’re nonetheless not hitting.
PA Media reviews he added: “So simply as we’ve had on the financial system, simply as we’ve had on asylum, we’ve bought full failure from the federal government on this entrance as nicely.”
On the opportunity of a Labour authorities working with authorities in Wales and Scotland on a coordinated method to chop ready occasions, Starmer mentioned: “I feel the instance I’d give is the final Labour authorities. We launched targets, notably for ready occasions, and we hit these targets by working cooperatively throughout the board and introduced these targets down.”
08.45 am — Asylum seekers ought to nonetheless be put again on the Bibby Stockholm barge regardless of the row brought on by the invention of Legionella, the well being secretary has mentioned.
Requested about claims the Residence Workplace was knowledgeable about take a look at outcomes which found the micro organism on Tuesday on Sky Information, he mentioned: “It is a commonplace factor the council had completed. There isn’t any cause to counsel there have been considerations. As a precaution the assessments have been completed.
“As quickly as ministers have been notified on Thursday evening, there have been some considerations with that, they took immediate motion.”
And requested whether or not folks must be put again on the Bibby Stockholm regardless of the controversy, Mr Barclay replied: “Sure, I do, as a result of it’s costing round £6m a day when it comes to the price of resorts.
“It’s necessary that we each preserve security requirements, but additionally replicate the stress on the taxpayer place when it comes to that £6m.”
08.35 am — Well being secretary Steve Barclay feedback on draft proposals to place messages encouraging UK people who smoke to stop inside packets of cigarettes.
He advised Sky Information: “What that is about is studying from greatest worldwide observe. So that is one thing that the Canadians have completed for a while. The info suggests it’s very efficient. We all know that smoking is the most important explanation for most cancers.
“We additionally know that many individuals who smoke wish to stop. So the query is, how can we higher allow them to entry the proper providers to get the knowledge they want? The proof from Canada suggests this is among the methods that’s useful. So we’re having a session on that.
“It’s all about how can we higher empower the affected person so if a affected person needs to surrender smoking, we all know that one of the best factor they will do for his or her well being is to surrender smoking. What can we signpost, how can we assist them entry the proper providers and the teachings from Canada suggests this can be a constructive manner ahead”.
08.19 am — Well being secretary Steve Barclay says ministers have been made conscious of the presence of Legionella on the Bibby Stockholm barge on Thursday night.
He advised the BBC: “Properly, ministers have been made conscious of that on Thursday night and clearly that’s been mentioned with the council when it comes to the significance of that data coming throughout faster so ministers have been conscious on Thursday you police it counsellors say they advised a house workplace contractor on Monday evening.
Pressed additional he mentioned: “As well being secretary clearly, I wouldn’t be cited on whether or not somebody within the Residence Workplace would have been notified or not, however I do know when it comes to Residence Workplace ministers, they have been notified on Thursday night and took motion on a precautionary foundation however it is necessary that we for fairly a very long time although.
“Individuals have had well being assessments. There’s been no considerations when it comes to any of the folks which were on the barge. Checks have been adopted up on that, however the steps have been taken as a precautionary foundation. It’s proper due to this fact that we’ve the checks these have been completed on the finish of July. I do know ministers within the Residence Workplace have been notified on Thursday night and took precautionary measures consequently”.
08.10 am — Well being secretary Steve Barclay accuses junior medical doctors strikes of turning into “more and more a politically motivated strike in opposition to the federal government”.
He advised TalkTV: “We’ve accepted in full the suggestions on the impartial pay overview physique course of. What which means for junior medical doctors beginning this summer time is a pay rise of 10.3 per cent the common improve for junior medical doctors is 8.8 per cent. And we expect that’s the proper method.
“We’ve additionally listened to the BMA’s request extra extensively on issues like modifications to pensions for consultants, the place a massively beneficiant supply signifies that consultants who retire at 65 will get a pension of over 70,000 kilos a yr”
He added: “It’s harming sufferers for the BMA in the present day what appears to be more and more a politically motivated strike in opposition to the federal government and doesn’t recognise the truth that junior medical doctors are getting a mean of 8.8% when it comes to a pay rise this yr”
8.05 am — Requested about authorities assaults on Labour’s administration of the NHS in Wales, shadow schooling secretary Bridget Phillipson advised Sky Information yesterday:
“I feel the final person who anybody wants a lecture from on the best way to handle the NHS is Steve Barclay. I imply, that is the person that has presided over the worst strikes in NHS historical past, the place we’ve bought document ready occasions proper throughout our NHS the place folks can’t get to see a GP in terms of ready for surgical procedure of remedy”
She added: “The funds for the Welsh authorities, in fact, is set in Westminster, and that in fact constrains what they will and might’t do, however underneath the final Labour authorities in Wales, what we noticed we had a authorities in Westminster, a Labour authorities in Westminster, working with a Labour authorities in Wales, was a large enchancment in terms of affected person satisfaction, ready occasions and entry to GPs”.
8.00 am — Labour shadow well being secretary Wes Streeting accused the Conservatives of making a most cancers care disaster and leaving sufferers ready “dangerously lengthy” in an article for the Sunday Times.
“Sunak ought to deal with slicing ready occasions, not slicing requirements for sufferers”, he mentioned.
7.50 am — Good morning and welcome again to “Politics LIVE”, politics.co.uk‘s rolling protection of the day’s key moments in Westminster and past. Right here you possibly can maintain updated with in the present day’s main parliamentary debates, press conferences and information occasions in actual time
Right here’s what’s taking place in the present day:
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- Messages encouraging UK people who smoke to stop could possibly be positioned inside packets of cigarettes underneath draft proposals being thought of by the federal government.
- The federal government begins NHS week with an announcement on most cancers ready time goal. Two-thirds of NHS most cancers ready time targets at the moment are anticipated to be scrapped in England, in a transfer the well being service says goals to catch cancers earlier.
- Well being secretary Steve Barclay is touring media studios to speak up the plans as ministers plan to double down on assaults over Labour’s administration of the NHS in Wales
- In the meantime, Keir Starmer is off to Scotland, the place he and Scottish Labour chief Anas Sarwar will go to a distillery close to Edinburgh. The journey is meant to debate the significance of the whisky business to the UK financial system and the influence of the price of dwelling disaster.
- The Labour chief shall be making feedback to the media at round 10 a.m.
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