Britain could be hit by a wave of strike action if Rishi Sunak goes ahead with a public sector pay freeze, a senior trade union leader warned today. Frances O’Grady, the TUC president, lashed out at reports suggesting that only doctors and nurses will escape a throttling of pay as the Government seeks to balance … Read more
Farewell (and good riddance) to government by The Quad: Boris Johnson is downgrading ‘gang of four’ – himself, Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock – to include more colleagues in decision-making ‘Gang of four’ are PM, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove Boris Johnson wants to include … Read more
£3billion for NHS to fight surgery backlog: Rishi Sunak is set to announce funding boost in Spending Review to tackle operations cancelled during Covid Chancellor is expected to announce boost for the National Health Service Suspending surgery during Covid created waiting list of three million patients Mr Sunak is also set to make a £500 … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning of an ‘exodus’ from the profession. Rishi Sunak is preparing a ‘pay restraint’ across the public sector, despite the £6,000 pay rise being a key policy in the 2019 Tory manifesto. Johnson had pledged to … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair has slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson is planning on slashing the £15billion international development budget to … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson was planning on slashing the £15 billion international development budget … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning of an ‘exodus’ from the profession. Rishi Sunak is preparing a ‘pay restraint’ across the public sector, despite the £6,000 pay rise being a key policy in the 2019 Tory manifesto. Johnson had pledged to … Read more
Rishi Sunak is set to rewrite Treasury’s rules to ‘level up’ the North: Chancellor will use spending review to ensure investment in infrastructure previously skewed towards London and South East Rishi Sunak set to abolish the Treasury’s ‘Green Book’ rules on public investment Critics say the rules have favoured pumping investment into wealthier areas Treasury … Read more
Unions squared up for a fight with Rishi Sunak today as it was revealed millions of public sector workers face a pay squeeze to help pay for the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Rishi Sunak plans to use next week’s spending review to unveil a new era of ‘pay restraint’ to plug the black hole in the public finances … Read more
Public sector debt hit a new high of £2.08TRILLION at the end of October as the Government borrowed £215billion in just seven months to prop up the UK economy during the coronavirus crisis Office for National Statistics said UK public sector debt has now hit £2.08trillion The Government borrowed £215billion in the seven months to … Read more