In light of this week’s distressing news of a locally employed care worker charged with theft, plus the custodial sentencing of another care worker in October of last year on similar grounds, TG calls on the Government to introduce an independent regulator, along the lines of the UK’s Care Quality Commission (CQC) body, as well as a register of all health and social care workers in Gibraltar, as is similarly carried out for the nursing profession, with the GIB PIN (Nurse registration) scheme.
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Together Gibraltar is appalled at the treatment migrants are subjected to in Gibraltar. In the absence of proper facilities to process these migrants, who are often economic migrants but potentially also asylum seekers fleeing from persecution and violence, they end up under the “care” of our prison system and subjected to an express deportation procedure
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TG is very concerned by the prospect of reopening schools on the 1st of February as announced by Government. This opening would (particularly) expose teachers, who would still not have received adequate protection from the vaccines administered to them last week.
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TG welcomes the announcement made today by the Department of Education regarding the closure of all schools, however, it laments the time wasted before being finally hit by a serious wave of the virus, and that not enough consideration has been given to frontline workers.
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Together Gibraltar would like to express concern regarding the Government’s decision to follow the UK’s joint committee on vaccinations and immunisation (JCVI) guidelines, recommending a 12-week delay in the administration of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine.
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With the number of Covid-19 cases in our community skyrocketing, the exceptions on restrictions announced for the eve of the new year are irresponsible and send all the wrong messages to the community.
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TG is disappointed, though not surprised, at the Government's defensive response to its highlighting of the deplorable living conditions at the Government-owned workers’ hostel.
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Together Gibraltar condemns the squalid conditions of accommodation at the Queen’s Hostel
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At Together Gibraltar, we believe that fighting disinformation is one of the most important missions of our time, and we therefore pledge to do our bit by updating the code of conduct applied to our executives with the following clauses.
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Together Gibraltar welcomes the news that the UK government has provided the Government of Gibraltar with a loan guarantee for a borrowing facility of up to £500 million.
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Together Gibraltar believes that the £8 fee attached to parcels over £25 is an ill-conceived policy, both socially and from a business perspective, that does very little to protect our retail sector and limits free trade in a way that impacts the local consumer unfairly.
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The Hon John Cortes has not answered why the green light has been given to cut down 23 valuable trees, or how this is compatible with the Government's supposed commitment to a green agenda. It is a fair question which a mature and seasoned politician should not have a problem answering.
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Since the 2019 election in which the GSLP presented its “Green Gibraltar” manifesto, there has been absolutely no progress on the environmental front in Gibraltar. Pumping of raw sewage continues, the old diesel power station has still not been decommissioned, archaic bunkering methods continue, traffic problems show no sign of improving, and progress on renewables is non-existent. To top it all off, Government has now approved the removal of rare and valuable trees across Gibraltar.
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We are delighted to launch Gibraltar’s first ever online and live political discussion between a Party and its membership. This pioneering idea is born out of our grass roots ethos, placing huge value in the voice of the community shaping our policy.
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Together Gibraltar believes that the measures taken by Government are in line with those that we previously advocated for, and in line with the now extensive and definitive evidence in favour of mask use.
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Together Gibraltar understands that the ongoing TV licensing conflict is long standing, nuanced and that is has come to have a political dimension.
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Together Gibraltar agrees with Government that the recent rise in Covid-19 cases is worrying and that tighter restrictions are necessary.
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The party would like to express its disappointment with the delays in the implementation of the National Dementia plan, and the fact that, close to two months since a Parliamentary session in which MP Marlene Hassan Nahon was given assurances on this matter, there have been no noticeable changes.
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Together Gibraltar believes that the Minister for Transport's comments in a GBC interview, where he admitted that the Government does not know why there has been a spike in Covid 19 cases among bus drivers, are of grave concern.
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