5 Reform UK disasters this week
This week has seen Nigel Farage defend a Nazi salute and a homophobic joke, and U-turn on another policy pledge
Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage
Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures
The House of Lords is increasingly illegitimate
Removing hereditary peers won’t go far enough to give the Lords legitimacy
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Michael Gove found guilty of standards breach
The Communities Secretary had been placed under investigation in February
Doctors and teachers have faced ‘unprecedented’ pay cuts in recent years, IFS says
Average public sector pay at the end of 2023 was 1% lower than at the start of 2007
Tories delete Labour attack video using footage of New York instead of London
‘I can’t believe Labour have failed New York like this!’
Paul Nowak: Conservative attacks on the right to protest threaten free speech, free assembly and open democracy
‘The threat to protest and the undermining of the right to strike raise questions about the UK’s commitment to open democracy’
Lee Anderson slammed for provocative and inaccurate tweet about Rejoin march
‘30p Lee is ignoring that there were 30 events all around the country and the Liverpool march was just one regional event.’
Thousands of foreign nurses are abandoning Britain to find work abroad
‘It’s no joke that nurse pay in the UK is joint bottom of 35 OECD countries.’
Energy minister disputes Jeremy Hunt’s £100K is ‘not a huge salary’ comments
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
Junior doctors in Wales start longest walkout to date
The Welsh government says it will continue to press the UK government for the necessary funding to ensure “full and fair pay rises for public sector workers.”
Over 50,000 sign petition calling to close legal loophole that subjects seafarers to appalling work conditions
‘Employment conditions for P&O Ferries agency crew have further deteriorated, fire and re-hire has not been banned and the government has continued to spend taxpayers’ money on P&O Ferries.’
NHS nurses are effectively working for free, a new study finds
‘Ministers who once seemed glad to applaud NHS staff should reflect on this terrible state of affairs.’