GPs will receive a £20 ‘bonus’ each time they dodge referring a patient directly to a hospital under a scheme aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists. Ministers say the cash incentives – totalling up to £80 million – will ‘stop masses of people’ being sent to hospital for ‘unnecessary appointments’. But patient groups warn endeavours to ‘massageContinue reading “GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals”
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Rats Move In And Rubbish Piles Up, Causing An Emergency Cobra Meeting
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”
Reeves’s Plan To Cut Welfare Triggers A Labour Revolt
Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion over plans to axe £5 billion from welfare as the government scrambles to balance the books. Labour MPs have been warned of ‘deep concern’ over ‘draconian’ curbs, and details are expected to be announced as soon as tomorrow. Liz Kendall is set to declare that workers who lose their jobsContinue reading “Reeves’s Plan To Cut Welfare Triggers A Labour Revolt”
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”
Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’
Labour will overhaul planning rules to build the ‘biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation’, the Deputy Prime Minister has said. Angela Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, said delivering the homes at scale is her ‘No 1 priority’ after accusing the previous government of giving up on building. Echoing the Chancellor’sContinue reading “Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’”
Keir Branded ‘Sir Kid Starver’ After Suspending Seven MPs Over The Two-Child Benefit Cap
As he prepares for his first questioning at the PMQs, Keir Starmer is already finding it difficult to control the enraged labour infighting. Just two weeks after securing his historic victory, Sir Keir will face criticism from the dispatch box after being thwarted by seven MPs in a vote on the two-child benefit cap. However,Continue reading “Keir Branded ‘Sir Kid Starver’ After Suspending Seven MPs Over The Two-Child Benefit Cap”
Keir Starmer Strikes A Friendly Tone But Hints At Tax Raids And Softer Prisons
Keir Starmer warned of ‘tough decisions’ looming and tried to stop people from calling him ‘PM’ today as he kicked off his Red Revolution. At his first press conference in Downing Street, the Labour leader said questioners could call him ‘Keir’ as he acknowledged that his government will be ‘judged on actions, not on words’. HeContinue reading “Keir Starmer Strikes A Friendly Tone But Hints At Tax Raids And Softer Prisons”
Labour’s First Day In Power
More than 5,000 days have passed since Labour was last in Government. But Keir Starmer wasted no time in laying down the first tentative steps towards change yesterday as he selected his cabinet and assured voters he would begin to rebuild trust with a ‘country-first, party-second’ brand of politics. As outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak left NumberContinue reading “Labour’s First Day In Power”
Apples And Pears: Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak will advise Britain to plant more apples and pears because he believes that the security of the nation might be jeopardised by an overreliance on food imports. The Prime Minister will use a food summit in Downing Street to tell farmers they are ‘vital to the security and fabric of our country’. But he willContinue reading “Apples And Pears: Rishi Sunak”
Some People With ‘Mild’ Mental Health Problems Will Be Told To Seek Therapy And Get Back To Work Under Disability Benefit Cash Clampdown Targeting 3.5 Million
Ministers will tell people with ‘mild’ mental health problems to get therapy and get back to work this week as they seek to reduce the 3.5 million disability benefits bill. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is set to announce plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work in a statement to the Commons onContinue reading “Some People With ‘Mild’ Mental Health Problems Will Be Told To Seek Therapy And Get Back To Work Under Disability Benefit Cash Clampdown Targeting 3.5 Million”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 