Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and
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quietly waiting for half an hour or so. can i ask the prime minister, he knows perfectly well that one of the big issues facing the nhs as capacity, in particular in the workforce. can i make some very simple suggestions that could have an effect very, very quickly. first of all, to provide. to reward people for staying on in the nhs right the way through to retirement, to reward people for returning from retirement, to make sure that we deal with the gender pay gap, because that is what is make it very difficult for many women to stay on in the profession, provide sabbatical so that people do not burn out in the profession, and finally deal with the problem of overtime, which is now barely worth doing for lots of doctors and nurses. if we increase that, maybe we ll be able to increase the capacity and be able to save many more lives. i capacity and be able to save many more lives- capacity and be able to save many more lives- more lives. i thank the right honourable more lives. i
of covid mutation, any type of variant, as well as the therapeutics, mr speaker. that is what we are investing in. as you should know, more per head than any other country in europe. can i should know, more per head than any other country in europe. other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister for other country in europe. can i thank the prime minister for advance - other country in europe. can i thank| the prime minister for advance sight of his statement? i hope the prime minister had a safe and restful break and his festive parties were perhaps more sensible and regal than they were in 2020. mr speaker, the prime minister is right that the booster programme is absolutely crucial. getting a booster reduces the chance of getting covid, protects against serious illness, and helps reduce pressure on our nhs. but the prime ministermike centric approach to ride out the omicron wave is a reckless gamble that risks live
more lives. i thank the right - honourable gentleman. we are doing everything we can to ensure flexibility in the nhs, so that staff can move more easily by electronic passes and so on from one place to another. we are getting many doctors back to the service. we have got our volunteers, both in the vaccine roll are now in helping hospitals with the current pressure. but more fundamentally what we are doing is recruiting large numbers of nhs staff. there are now more people working in the nhs than at any time in its history. about 50,000 more old told this year than last year, all told. that is the investments we are making. i all told. that is the investments we are making- are making. i welcome the changes that the prime are making. i welcome the changes that the prime minister has - that the prime minister has announced. all of us should want to be protected by vaccines rather than restrictions in the future. he will be aware that on new year s eve, the