Richard Burgon perfectly explains why government can afford to restore junior doctors’ pay
‘Isn’t it the case that a proper pay rise for junior doctors is affordable, it’s just that this government has the wrong priorities?’
Yearly Archives: 2023
NHS spending over £1 million a week on private ambulances for 999 callouts, says UNISON
Trusts are booking private emergency vehicles and crews up to a year in advance to be available to respond to emergency incidents
Rishi Sunak placed under investigation by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog
Sunak promised to govern with ‘integrity and professionalism’.
Tory Chairman Greg Hands brutally mocked after claiming public services are ‘in great shape’
Greg Hands: “Teaching standards are getting better, I think public services are improving.”
Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg predicted to lose their seats at next election
The 28-point swing in favour of Labour would wipe out the comfortable majority Johnson earned in 2019.
Rees-Mogg roasted by former Labour councillor in discussion about junior doctors’ strikes
The Tory MP’s ‘doctors shouldn’t strike’ comments on his own GB News’ show backfired spectacularly.
Stop sewage by ending water privatisation petition attracts tens of thousands of signatures
Calls are being ramped up to bring water back into public ownership.
Tesco accused of ‘rampant profiteering’ for raking in £1bn profit as cost of groceries soar
‘There has been an ‘abject failure’ in leadership from the government who have done absolutely nothing to reduce these staggeringly excessive profits of supermarkets like Tesco.’
How important will the socially conservative voter be in winning the next election?
Will chasing the same narrow economically left but culturally right constituent pay off for Labour? Or will those who are pushed too far, take their vote to a smaller party jostling for space in the straightjacket of the two-party system, or just not vote at all?
A list of upcoming strike action
With little sign of demands for fairer pay and working conditions being met in many sectors, industrial action is set to continue across the UK into next week and beyond.