Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
Action on Poverty (AOP) has issued a statement claiming that the Government's "consideration for full-time family carers, the out-of-work, the disabled, pensioners and other vulnerable sectors in our community is derisory".
The Gibraltar Disability Rights Federation says it is "dismayed" at the slow progress made in regard to the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities.
The GSD says that the Chief Minister “seriously misled Parliament and the people of Gibraltar” when he said that there was “no shred of evidence” of preventable deaths or harm to patients handed to him by Professor Burke. The party says that this much “is clear” from communications sent by Professor Burke to doctors.