Ministers are under pressure to call an emergency Cobra meeting and send in private waste firms to break a bin strike that has left rubbish piling up in Birmingham’s streets. The Tories are demanding action from Communities Secretary Angela Rayner over the deepening industrial confrontation that has left extensive parts of England’s second city looking like bomb sites.Continue reading “Rats Move In And Rubbish Piles Up, Causing An Emergency Cobra Meeting”
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Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits
Labour’s reform of the system will allow welfare recipients to attempt employment without fear of losing their benefits. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to announce legislation to introduce a ‘right to try guarantee’ for those on health-related benefits. This will prevent people from having their entitlements automatically re-assessed if they enter employment.Continue reading “Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits”
Winston Churchill’s Portraits Have Been Removed Since Labour Won The Election
Portraits of Winston Churchill and other well-known British Prime Ministers have been taken down from the walls of Parliament following Labour’s 2024 election victory. After winning 412 seats in the House of Commons, Sir Keir Starmer and Labour returned to government for the first time in 14 years in July 2024 following the general election. Although Starmer had pledgedContinue reading “Winston Churchill’s Portraits Have Been Removed Since Labour Won The Election”
How Much Did Starmer’s Voice Coach Cost?
Sir Keir Starmer must ‘come clean’ over who paid for his voice coaching, MPs have said. The Prime Minister received five years of voice coaching from Leonie Mellinger, a former Royal Shakespeare Company actress – including in-person meetings during the COVID lockdown. Now Shadow Paymaster General Richard Holden has written to Sir Keir asking for transparency overContinue reading “How Much Did Starmer’s Voice Coach Cost?”
In A Speech At Today’s Summit, Keir Starmer Makes A Bid For A ‘Reset’ Of The EU
Keir Starmer will plead for EU leaders to ‘reset’ ties today as he attends a meeting in Brussels. The PM will join an ‘informal meeting’ with the bloc’s leaders, and make his case for closer relations over dinner. He is also expected to hold discussions with Nato chief Mark Rutte in the Belgian capital. However, concerns have been raisedContinue reading “In A Speech At Today’s Summit, Keir Starmer Makes A Bid For A ‘Reset’ Of The EU”
Huge Benefits Overhaul
It is reported that the long-term sick will be required to look for employment, and many will see their benefits slashed under a huge welfare overhaul. Labour says it now must repair “Tory failures on welfare,” which the party says have ballooned the welfare bill. However, this means hundreds of thousands of people could see reductionsContinue reading “Huge Benefits Overhaul”
Lord Sugar Says Britain Should ‘Get Down On Bended Knees’ And Beg To Be Allowed Back Into The EU
Lord Sugar has branded Brexit the ‘biggest disaster of my lifetime’ and insisted the UK should beg to be let back into the EU. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of leaving the bloc, the business magnate and Apprentice celeb condemned the decision for crushing economic growth. He told BBC Breakfast that if he were PM he would goContinue reading “Lord Sugar Says Britain Should ‘Get Down On Bended Knees’ And Beg To Be Allowed Back Into The EU”
Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan
Plans to replace deteriorating NHS hospitals that could put people at risk from collapsing structures are being shelved by Labour. Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade, but now the plan looks to be in ruins. Labour is set to announce that many of the crumbling NHS hospitals in EnglandContinue reading “Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan”
NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions
In horrifying testimony to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study, one nurse in the South East of England said a patient had lain dead in a corridor ‘for hours’. Another nurse, in Yorkshire and the Humber, said departments were becoming ‘overwhelmed’ on a daily basis, adding: ‘At its worst, (we are) asking someone toContinue reading “NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions”
Despite Labour Sneaking Through ‘Boiler Tax’, Miliband Admits Heat Pumps May Never Be Cheaper Than Gas Boilers
Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has said, despite Labour creeping a ‘boiler tax’ through Parliament. Despite worries about potential consumer costs, the Energy Secretary reaffirmed that the government has no plans to impose a future ban on gas boilers. Boiler manufacturers will be penalised under the plan, which will go intoContinue reading “Despite Labour Sneaking Through ‘Boiler Tax’, Miliband Admits Heat Pumps May Never Be Cheaper Than Gas Boilers”
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