Our look at the day at westminster. The headlines mps from across the commons call for action to streamline the Health Service and social care in england. The local government agree they need help. The Health Service agrees they need help. But the Health Service and local government blame each other. Warnings that a Skills Shortage in the Housing Industry is leading to poor quality buildings. The pressure that the trades have had up to it means we have substandard building going on. And, in the lords, the government gives assurances workers rights wont be damaged by brexit. But first, the governments been warned by mps on all sides of the house of the need for better communication between the Health Service in england and social care. Conservative backbenchers were among those who told ministers about Hospital Beds being taken up and constituents finding themselves caught between health and social care providers, neither of which were able to help. Local Government Association have bee
out through the correct formal channels . lord bethell is under pressure over claims that he used personal emails inappropriately. the good law project today have published e mails using the noble lord s private e mail address. and ijust would say i think transparency is the word i m looking for here. because the spotlight has been turned on the noble lord in recent days, including a formal complaint to the lord commissions about the issuing of patters. and she recommended transparency. because i suppose it is not the original scandal that gets people into the trouble, it is the attempted cover up or actually the chance there might be one. lady brinton asked if his position was tenable . yesterday, a number ten spokesperson explicitly denied that government ministers have used private e mail addresses. they said both the former health secretary and lord bethell understand the rules around personal e mail usage, and only ever conducted government business through their departmental e