Comments on: Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward

By: Gez

Gez — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:25:24 +0000

they just give notice 6 months prior, that due to “financial” or “Succession planning” you are not being kept on

roll on mass ET claims

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:56:34 +0000

Gez, as I understand it, the employers will now have to justify that, and I think they will now have to pay compensation.

I think that is a good move.

What I am not pleased with on that subject, though, is the speed at which they’re looking at changing the retirement age; this could pull the rug from under the feet of those who are planning for their retirement. A better idea is a more gradual change, like Labour proposed.

By: Gez

Gez — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:43:27 +0000

The biggest joke of the week was the

statement you can work after 65

People seriously believe this

but bosses will still be able to veto

many older workers have been connded into thinking they can work on beyond 65 from next year

Check you Union to find out how the bosses will still be able to stop you working beyond 65

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:04:21 +0000

see Johns Labour blog
for LYING CLEGG General election leaflet

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:58:24 +0000

BTW Shamik, will this review and Ed’s review of events outside Westminster keep going through the summer or, like the daily summary, are they now on a summer break as well?

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:56:03 +0000

What a mess from Clegg, again. It doesn’t matter whether he changed his mind before the election, or in the coalition talks. Either way, Lib dem voters did not get what they voted for.

I was slightly surprised that IDS’s proposals didn’t get coverage on LFF today. For my money, this has to be seen against a backdrop of possibly serious job losses, ETC. It’s a great headline, but that’s it.

1 thing that caught my eye this morning was another example of the localism agenda being turned on its head.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/30/coalition-veto-council-tax

The fact is, we elect our local councillors to make decisions on council tax, ETC. Instead of that, there will be a referendum, which will cost, to justify tax increases higher than a rate set by central government. If you put questions about how much tax you want to pay to people, what are they going to say? In my area, we have seen the impact of a freeze in council tax on council services.

By: LockPickerNet

LockPickerNet — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:53:39 +0000

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By: Lola McEvoy

Lola McEvoy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:07:21 +0000

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