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Debate between Peter Bedford and Darren Jones
Tuesday 1st July 2025

(4 days, 15 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Darren Jones Portrait The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Darren Jones)
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The Government agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. At the end of the current Parliament, people will be better off as a consequence of the decisions that this Labour Government are making. We have already increased the national living wage by 6.7% to benefit 3 million people, while full-time workers are seeing an increase of about £1,400 a year in their wages.

Peter Bedford Portrait Mr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire) (Con)
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T3.   On Friday I had the privilege of visiting LOROS, Leicestershire’s much-respected palliative care charity. At full capacity it could offer 31 beds to local residents, but sadly, because of the measures that the Chancellor has introduced, such as the national insurance hike, it now operates only 18 beds. May I ask the Chancellor to look again at softening the impact of her measures, particularly on charities such as LOROS?