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We are writing to
support the ‘Darlo Mums’ on their march from Jarrow to London and to welcome them to
Leicester.
The symbolic
march, which follows the footsteps of the famous Jarrow Crusade, draws
attention to the Government’s destruction of the
National Health Service. Under the Tory-led government we are seeing a
nationwide A&E crisis and growing waiting lists. We are seeing services
privatised by stealth. We support and stand with the 999 Call for NHS marchers
and campaigners opposing this damage to our cherished NHS. We want to see an
NHS that stays true to its founding values.
Under David
Cameron and Nick Clegg we have seen a £3
billion top-down re-organisation of the NHS which they said would not happen.
We have seen almost a million people wait longer than four hours in A&E; waiting
lists for treatments growing and at their highest levels for five years and
thousands of frontline staff lost from the NHS.
The NHS needs
saving again. We need a government that will back hard-working NHS staff to do
the jobs they love. We need a government that will restore our pride in the NHS
and halt the creeping privatisation of our health service. Labour will repeal
Cameron and Clegg’s NHS changes. Labour
will guarantee a GP appointment within 48 hours and on the same day for those
who need it. Labour will make sure NHS staff can focus on care and not
competition law.
David Cameron
broke his word on the NHS. Only Labour can save the NHS.
David Cameron’s Tory government, backed by their Liberal Democrat coalition
partners, have proved one of the most established truths in politics: you can’t trust the Tories with the NHS.
We applaud the 999
Call for NHS marchers, we welcome the marchers here to Leicester and we stand
in opposition to these destructive changes to our NHS. To borrow a phrase from
the ‘Darlo Mums’ the NHS is used by us, owned by us and loved by us. We will not
stand by and watch as the NHS is broken up. As a Labour Party we will always
stand up for our NHS, we will defend it and we will fight for the Labour
government we need to save our NHS.
Liz Kendall MP,
Leicester West
Jon Ashworth MP,
Leicester South
Keith Vaz MP,
Leicester East
Peter Soulsby, City
Mayor
Cllr. Rory Palmer,
Deputy City Mayor & Chair Leicester Health & Wellbeing Board
Gavin George,
Secretary Leicester South Labour Party
Matthew O'Callaghan,
Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Loughborough
Jamie McMahon, Labour
Parliamentary Candidate for North West Leicestershire
Sean Kelly-Walsh,
Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Charnwood
Amanda Hack, Labour
Parliamentary Candidate for South Leicestershire
Cllr. Sundip Meghani,
Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Harborough, Oadby & Wigston
Chris Kealey, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hinckley & Bosworth
Chris Kealey, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hinckley & Bosworth
Glenis Willmott,
Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands
Cllr. Adam Clarke,
Aylestone
Cllr. Andy Connelly,
Westcotes & Assistant Mayor
Cllr. Sarah Russell,
Westcotes & Assistant Mayor
Cllr. Manjula Sood,
Latimer & Assistant Mayor
Cllr. Deepak Bajaj,
Evington
Cllr. Paul Westley,
Beaumont Leys
Cllr. Anne Glover,
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
Cllr. Vijay Singh
Riyait, Abbey
Cllr. Dawn Alfonso,
New Parks
Cllr. Malcolm
Unsworth, New Parks
Cllr. Stephen Corrall,
New Parks
Cllr. Annette Byrne,
Abbey
Cllr. Bill Shelton,
Freemen
Cllr. Dr Lynn Moore,
Knighton & Secretary, Leicester City Labour Group
Cllr. Dr. Shofiqul Islam
Chowdhury, Spinney Hills
Cllr. Vi Dempster,
Beaumont Leys & Assistant Mayor
Cllr. Sue Waddington,
Fosse
Cllr. Ross Willmott,
Rushey Mead
Cllr. Iqbal Desai,
Stoneygate
Cllr. Lynn Senior,
Castle
Cllr. Virginia
Cleaver, Eyres Monsell
Cllr. Elly Cutkelvin,
Freemen
Cllr. Paul Newcombe,
Charnwood
Cllr. Patrick
Kitterick, Castle & Chair, Labour Group on Leicester Cit Council
Cllr. Su Barton,
Western Park
Cllr. Ted Cassidy,
Fosse
Cllr. Neil Clayton,
Castle
Cllr. Michael Cooke,
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
Cllr. Inderjit
Gugnani, Knighton
Cllr. Mohammed Dawood, Spinney Hills
Cllr. Luis Fonseca, Thurncourt
Cllr. Lucy Chaplin, Stoneygate
Cllr. Mohammed Dawood, Spinney Hills
Cllr. Luis Fonseca, Thurncourt
Cllr. Lucy Chaplin, Stoneygate
Dr. Terri Eynon,
Labour County Councillor for Coalville
Cllr. Sean Sheahan, County Councillor for Forest & Measham
Cllr. Heather Worman, County Councillor for Ibstock & Appleby
Cllr. John Legrys, Deputy Leader of Labour Group, North West Leicestershire District Council
Cllr. Dave De Lacy, District Councillor for Ibstock & Heather
Cllr. Sean Sheahan, County Councillor for Forest & Measham
Cllr. Heather Worman, County Councillor for Ibstock & Appleby
Cllr. John Legrys, Deputy Leader of Labour Group, North West Leicestershire District Council
Cllr. Dave De Lacy, District Councillor for Ibstock & Heather
Andy Furlong, Labour
Party National Policy Forum East Midlands rep
Chris Hanrahan, Chair
Leicester Labour Local Campaign Forum
Alison Smith, Campaign
Against NHS Privatisation
Robert Ball, Campaign
Against NHS Privatisation
Paul Green, Campaign
Against NHS Privatisation
Honorary Alderman Ned
Newitt
Angela Walker
Veronica Matthew
Jane Clarke
Radhika Madhani
Bryan Merton
Jonathan Marsland
Melinda Phillips
Mina Rogers
Yordan Nikolov
Yasmin Surti
Helen Lentell
Tony Redman
Annette Hogarth
Jill Friedmann
Rowan Walker
Pat Hughes
Brenda Worrall
Liz Martin
Revd. David H Clark
Janet Bliss
Gary Ransford, Chair,
East Midlands UNISON Labour Link
Elizabeth Blackman,
GMB
Richard Cheetham
Paul Martin
Susan Harrison
Val Meyrick
Malcolm Hunter
Karey Hunter
Barry Dufour
John Wallace
Simon Rosenthal
Gabby Briner
Peter Worrall
Maggie Dufour
Phil Harvey
David Hurwich
Gemma Oldman
Ruth Petter
Kamran Basharat
Pragya Tomar
Vivien Addey
Jane Taylor
Justin Wood
Ian Davis
Elaine Halford
David Eno
Andrew Corley
Amanda Saunders
Michael Denoual
Hemant Bhatia
Raksha Pandya Wood
Dr Denis Tanfa
Edward Hasman
Katie Hasman
Emma Hasman
Jane Hasman
Michelle Hughes
Ervin Picari
Jason Pandya Wood
Dalilah
ThompsonJohn Perry
Sue McKendrick
Penny Wakefield
Cllr. Nick Clarke
Cllr. Ron Adams
Cllr. Ray Woodward
