Andy Burnham is facing fresh pressure after a new petition — now past 7,000 signatures — calls on him to slash the state pension age to 60, a move campaigners say would benefit millions. A petition by Denver Johnson is begging the DWP to drop the pension age to 60 and crank payments up toContinue reading “Drop It To 60 — Britain’s Earned It”
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Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network
When Tube employees go on strike for seven days next month, commuters are bracing for transport disruption. In a disagreement over wages and working conditions, London Underground employees will go on strike several times next month, according to the RMT union. The workers will start the week-long strike on Friday, September 5. The union saidContinue reading “Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network”
Not Much Cheer With Keir?
According to a recent survey, three out of four Britons believe the Labour Government is doing a poor job of handling the cost-of-living situation. According to the YouGov study, 74 percent of respondents are unhappy with Sir Keir Starmer’s handling of the matter, while only 15 percent believe his government is handling it well. ThereContinue reading “Not Much Cheer With Keir?”
Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’
Rachel Reeves has said that Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be built on the ‘Green Belt. The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected. It comes as all theContinue reading “Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’”
Our Broken Care System Left A Disabled Man With A Sandwich And Two Drinks For 60 Hours
Steven King hasn’t had a hot meal for as long as he can remember. He hasn’t had lunch for years, and hasn’t even been out of the house for three years, he said. In 2019, the disabled former retail worker said he was left entirely on his own, with just a sandwich and two glassesContinue reading “Our Broken Care System Left A Disabled Man With A Sandwich And Two Drinks For 60 Hours”
As Inflation Ramps Up, Britons’ Pay Plunges At A Record Rate
Britons’ spending capacity is declining at a frightening pace as wages are outstripped by runaway inflation. Regular pay decreased by 3 per cent in real terms in the quarter to June, the most destructive since comparable records started in 2001. Including bonus earnings were down 2.5 per cent. Using the headline CPI inflation rate thatContinue reading “As Inflation Ramps Up, Britons’ Pay Plunges At A Record Rate”
At Least Someone Can Get To Work!
Union baron Mick Lynch was today seen catching a cab after plunging Britain into disarray with the most major rail walkout in 30 years. The RMT chief hopped into a taxi in central London, an indulgence not likely to be affordable to the swathes of Brits desperately attempting to get to work, after dominating theContinue reading “At Least Someone Can Get To Work!”
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