Post by jman on Sept 18, 2011 8:39:33 GMT 1
Unite the Union on Djanogly
"Government legal aid cuts mean victims lose out while multi-millionaire Tory MP gains Government legal aid cuts mean victims lose out while multi-millionaire Tory MP gains
17 September 2011
Responding to the revelations published in today's Guardian (Saturday) that justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has a substantial financial interest in pushing through the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said:
“This is absolutely shocking. Djanogly, already one of the richest MPs in the House of Commons, has a significant stake in the very insurance companies pushing for changes that intended to deny vulnerable people the support to take on the powerful, the self-interested or those who have simply done wrong.
"How low is this government prepared to go? Djanogly will personally profit from denying workers help to claim for workplace injuries or industrial diseases.
“Working people who are killed, maimed, or made fatally ill because of their work will be less able to get legal representation or to recover compensation if these changes become law. Ordinary people and their families will suffer while Djanogly and his cronies line their pockets.
“The insurance industry is having a huge influence on the passage of this Bill. It stands to save billions of pounds as a result of its measures. And now we know that the minister in charge of turning the Bill into law has a direct financial interest in insurance companies’ profits. But it’s not just Djanogly that will benefit, the Tories under Cameron have received nearly £5m donations from companies with insurance interests over the last 5 years.
"At a time when ordinary people are suffering from the actions of unaccountable elites, this naked self-interest from the Tories will rightly cause revulsion."
Jonathan Djanogly, MP for Huntingdon, is a partner in insurance firm, Lloyds. The Conservative party under Cameron also received donations from numerous companies and individuals who benefit from the insurance industry, in particular Michael Spencer and his company IPGL. Insurance companies will benefit by hundreds of millions of pounds from a bill that is designed to deny much needed justice to individuals by slashing legal aid and taking fees out of compensation payments.
Unite is calling on the LibDems to disassociate themselves from Djanogly and vote against the bill progressing any further. The bill is opposed by a broad coalition, from trade unions to civil liberty groups such as Liberty, and community rights groups, all of whom fear that the changes will mean that access to the law will become a privilege of the wealthy."
www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/government_legal_aid_cuts_mean.aspx
"Government legal aid cuts mean victims lose out while multi-millionaire Tory MP gains Government legal aid cuts mean victims lose out while multi-millionaire Tory MP gains
17 September 2011
Responding to the revelations published in today's Guardian (Saturday) that justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has a substantial financial interest in pushing through the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said:
“This is absolutely shocking. Djanogly, already one of the richest MPs in the House of Commons, has a significant stake in the very insurance companies pushing for changes that intended to deny vulnerable people the support to take on the powerful, the self-interested or those who have simply done wrong.
"How low is this government prepared to go? Djanogly will personally profit from denying workers help to claim for workplace injuries or industrial diseases.
“Working people who are killed, maimed, or made fatally ill because of their work will be less able to get legal representation or to recover compensation if these changes become law. Ordinary people and their families will suffer while Djanogly and his cronies line their pockets.
“The insurance industry is having a huge influence on the passage of this Bill. It stands to save billions of pounds as a result of its measures. And now we know that the minister in charge of turning the Bill into law has a direct financial interest in insurance companies’ profits. But it’s not just Djanogly that will benefit, the Tories under Cameron have received nearly £5m donations from companies with insurance interests over the last 5 years.
"At a time when ordinary people are suffering from the actions of unaccountable elites, this naked self-interest from the Tories will rightly cause revulsion."
Jonathan Djanogly, MP for Huntingdon, is a partner in insurance firm, Lloyds. The Conservative party under Cameron also received donations from numerous companies and individuals who benefit from the insurance industry, in particular Michael Spencer and his company IPGL. Insurance companies will benefit by hundreds of millions of pounds from a bill that is designed to deny much needed justice to individuals by slashing legal aid and taking fees out of compensation payments.
Unite is calling on the LibDems to disassociate themselves from Djanogly and vote against the bill progressing any further. The bill is opposed by a broad coalition, from trade unions to civil liberty groups such as Liberty, and community rights groups, all of whom fear that the changes will mean that access to the law will become a privilege of the wealthy."
www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/government_legal_aid_cuts_mean.aspx
