Labour ministers could ‘mess up’ but will be ‘more honest’ – Jess Phillips

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour ministers are “going to mess up” and “disappoint” the public, a member of Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has said. She said she was a “bit surprised” to be invited to be part of the Government, saying: “I hadn’t expected to be asked back because you have to stay out in the cold a bit when you are a rebel.” However, she said that the fact that “Keir Starmer gave me, the naughty girl, the job back” showed Labour’s intent on tackling male violence against women. “To then now watch the Government now switch its focus and direct it on to it, I already feel really, really positive.” But when speaking about the new ministerial team under Sir Keir she warned people: “I think some of them are going to mess up over the next years, and they are going to disappoint you, that is the truth.” But she added that “overall it is going to be a more honest approach” from the Government. The Birmingham Yardley MP added: “They will be like ‘we’re spending more on the NHS than ever before’ and then you spent 19 hours and leave the accident and emergency unit not having any treatment.” She told the event her latest book, Let’s Be Honest, had been written after she went to A&E at a hospital in Birmingham and received “genuinely worse than healthcare I have watched being provided in war zones”.