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Imran Hussain Excerpts
Monday 22nd April 2024

(8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Imran Hussain Portrait Imran Hussain (Bradford East) (Lab)
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My constituency has some of the highest levels of health inequalities in the country, which have been further increased by the cost of living crisis and the continual cuts to our council budgets. If the Government are serious about levelling up, why was Bradford East’s bid to reduce health inequalities knocked back?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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The Labour leadership in Bradford Council must look to its performance. I think there is a distinction to be drawn between the Labour leaderships in Leeds and in Bradford—Bradford could learn a lot from what Leeds has done. This is not a party political point; it is a point about failure specifically in Bradford.