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Round-up of the best Mick Lynch moments of the week
The RMT general secretary excelled in the media rounds this week, leaving interviewers red-faced, raging, and lost for words, other than ‘jog on!’
A fall in tax investigations means HMRC lost out on £9bn, says watchdog
While the Tories have been busy telling us that they can’t afford to invest more in public services, it’s emerged that a fall in tax investigations carried out by HMRC has cost the government £9 billion. The FT reports: “HMRCtest
Our country’s laws are being used to benefit big business and the rich
‘Neoliberals have long persuaded people to believe that the law offers justice and fairness, but they rarely talk about how laws are shaped by wealth and power’
Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen roasts Peter Hitchens on Question Time for claiming nurses shouldn’t strike
“Could Peter live in Central London on £27,000 and travel to his work every day, costing possibly around £500 a month to get to and from work”
London needs to side with renters and hold landlords to account
Rogue landlords are being protected
GB News was biggest media spender on MPs in past year
Press Gazette reports that 60 MPs made just under £350,000 from media appearances last year with some of the highest earning upwards of £40,000 a year.
The super-rich have dodged tax for too long, here’s what we can do to change that
‘What we must do is create a legal system which penalises individuals and companies that use tax havens
Grant Shapps gets upset and complains about having facts and figures ‘thrown at him’
“If you’re uncomfortable with me using all these statistics on growth how would you like me to measure your performance as the Department for Growth?”.
The shocking facts which show why nurses are striking
NHS workers have already experienced a decade of pay cuts, with the average nurse seeing their pay fall in real-terms by between £5,000 and £6,000.
100,000 nurses take part in the largest strike today in NHS history
Nurses have seen their pay fall by £5,000 in real terms since 2010 according to the TUC.