Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP responding to the Government’s confusion over the cancer guarantee said:

"This debacle confirms what we suspected - that the Tories are making up health policy as they go along. The Government's position on the cancer guarantee is now a complete shambles.

Responding to this month’s unemployment figures, Yvette Cooper Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said:
 
“These figures show just why it is dangerous and callous to cut support for jobs and the economy.
 
“May's small fall in unemployment is welcome and reflects the extra support Labour put into the economy as it started to come out of recession.
 

Shadow Justice Secretary Jack Straw MP responding to David Cameron’s admission that the Government’s sentencing review will put fewer criminals in jail said:

Alistair Darling MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer responding to reports today that the Office of Budget Responsibility revised its forecast on public sector job losses said:

“There were already serious questions about the independence of the Office of Budget Responsibility. Now its very credibility is at stake. It’s clear from the revised figures that the public sector job losses will be 175,000 greater than the Prime Minister claimed last week.