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Chumocracy – will changes to APPG rules curb business influence?

26 January 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

After every whiff of corruption, commentators reiterate that Britain has long been one of the oldest chumocracies. Although the term is quite self-explanatory, you may want to look up the dictionary definition. Here is how the Macmillan Dictionary explains chumocracy: “A derogatory term for a ruling elite that is made up of people from the same social background who went to the same schools and universities and know each other socially.” Recently, […]

Tory funding bias flies in the face of levelling-up promises

19 January 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

For the government, it was all bells and whistles as the details of round two of levelling-up funding were revealed. The £2.1 billion will go to communities up and down the country. But once again the government has been accused of blatant Tory funding bias as many poorer areas lose out to wealthy constituencies. MPs […]

Teachers strike to start on ‘national day of action’

17 January 202314 January 2024Joe Cahal0

Teachers in England and Wales have overwhelmingly voted to strike for seven days in February and March as their pay row with the government escalates. In Scotland, teachers began 16 days of strike action on Monday (Jan 16) after talks between unions, local authorities and Nicola Sturgeon’s government in Holyrood failed to resolve the pay […]

Sunak set for first Commons defeat over online safety bill

15 January 202314 January 2024Joe Cahal0

Rishi Sunak is facing his first defeat in the House of Commons over the online safety bill and plans to fine social media bosses rather than jailing them for failing to protect children from harmful content. Labour has vowed to back an amendment already supported by nearly 50 Conservative MPs that would see social media […]

Braverman U-turns on Windrush pledges and wants to X-ray child refugees

7 January 202314 January 2024Joe Cahal0

Suella Braverman has provoked outrage over a U-turn on key pledges after the Windrush scandal and with her controversial plans to x-ray vulnerable child refugees. The home secretary is under fire for abandoning commitments the government made following the inquiry into the Windrush scandal – in the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the […]

Anti-strike law is ‘almost certainly illegal’; Starmer embraces ‘take back control’

6 January 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

Trade unions have vowed to “fiercely resist” Rishi Sunak’s new anti-strike law that will give employers the right to sue unions and sack workers who take industrial action. The government plans to legislate for “minimum safety levels” in six key sectors – health, education, fire, ambulance, rail and nuclear commissioning – during strikes, giving bosses […]

Rail strikes could continue past May, says RMT’s Mick Lynch

3 January 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

Commuters and other passengers have been urged to avoid using trains during this week’s rail strikes. Eight-in-ten trains were cancelled on Tuesday (Jan 3) as RMT members continued their long running strike for better pay and conditions, marking the worst disruption seen on Britain’s railways for 30 years. Network Rail and the Rail Delivery Group […]

Silent Sunak told to ‘step up’ as NHS faces ‘unbearable’ pressure

2 January 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

The NHS is at breaking point leading medics and health bosses have warned, saying current pressures on the health service are “unbearable and unsustainable”. Prime minister Rishi Sunak has been told to “step up and take immediate action” by the chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Prof Phil Banfield. Figures show delays in emergency […]

Sunak U-turns on China flights and Covid testing

30 December 202214 January 2024Political Fiber0

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has “performed a major U-turn”, the Guardian reports, and the UK will now impose Covid checks on people arriving to the UK from China where coronavirus cases are surging. Sunak has responded to growing criticism from Conservative MPs over his “dithering” on the issue and the mixed messages from his government […]

Downing St moves to block Scotland’s gender recognition bill becoming law

23 December 202214 January 2024Political Fiber0

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has put the UK government on a collision course with Scotland’s parliament by threatening to block the gender recognition bill passed by Holyrood from becoming law. Sunak said it is “completely reasonable” for the UK government to block the new legislation allowing Scots aged 16-and-over to self-declare and change their legal […]

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Chumocracy – will changes to APPG rules curb business influence?

Tory funding bias flies in the face of levelling-up promises

Teachers strike to start on ‘national day of action’

Braverman U-turns on Windrush pledges and wants to X-ray child refugees

Anti-strike law is ‘almost certainly illegal’; Starmer embraces ‘take back control’

Rail strikes could continue past May, says RMT’s Mick Lynch

Silent Sunak told to ‘step up’ as NHS faces ‘unbearable’ pressure

Sunak U-turns on China flights and Covid testing

Downing St moves to block Scotland’s gender recognition bill becoming law

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