#ToryPoliciesInAction
People on #StatePension could see #BankAccounts #monitored by #DWP under new plans - #DailyRecord - https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/state-pension-bank-accounts-dwp-31562464
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DataPrivacy
#BBC: #CovidInquiry: Eight uncomfortable questions facing #BorisJohnson - https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67588227
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19
#Patel and #Braverman accused of secret policy to deny #TraffickingVictims #LeaveToRemain
#HomeOffice unlawfully failed to issue permission to stay, court told, despite ruling that 1,600 were entitled to it
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/01/patel-and-braverman-accused-of-denying-trafficking-victims-leave-to-remain-in-uk
#ToryPoliciesInAction #HumanTrafficking #Unlawful #ToryInhumanity
But...but...we're keeping those bloody marbles. 🇬🇧 🗑🔥💩👎
https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade/111505894638747245
SubtleBlade - #England’s only three #swimming #rivers given ‘poor’ #WaterQuality status
Designation means the bathing waters carry risk of sickness, as government is accused of ‘gross negligence’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/england-swimming-rivers-poor-water-quality-status
#England’s only three #swimming #rivers given ‘poor’ #WaterQuality status
Designation means the bathing waters carry risk of sickness, as government is accused of ‘gross negligence’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/england-swimming-rivers-poor-water-quality-status
Six times more newly #HomelessFamilies than new #SocialHouses, #England data shows
#Councils forced to put people in expensive temporary accommodation as only 8,386 social homes built in 2022-23
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/30/six-times-more-newly-homeless-families-than-new-social-houses-england-data-shows
#ToryPoliciesInAction #homelessness
#Councils say they are ‘held to ransom’ by #PrivateProviders of ChildrensCare
One child cost a #LocalAuthority £63,000 a week and the number of placements has shot up to more than 1,500 from 120 five years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/29/councils-held-to-ransom-by-private-providers-of-childrens-care
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitBeforePeople
#HighCourt challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ #UK #AntiProtestLaw
#NationalCouncilForCivilLiberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for #police to stop #protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/high-court-challenge-to-constitutionally-unprecedented-uk-anti-protest-law
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Unconstitutional
The three elements of the #Rwanda judgment that show how the #UnitedKingdom government is now boxed in
The #SupremeCourt decision means that the Rwanda scheme cannot be saved by legislation and treaties alone
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/the-three-elements-of-the-rwanda?publication_id=474138&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=i3k8c
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
‘Forever chemicals’ found in #DrinkingWater sources across #England
Exclusive: Experts ‘alarmed’ after potentially toxic chemicals detected in sources at 17 of England’s 18 water firms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/28/forever-chemicals-found-in-drinking-water-sources-across-england #ToryPoliciesInAction #PFAS #ProfitBeforeHealth
#HomeOffice ‘loses’ 17,000 #asylum seekers registered in Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/home-office-loses-17000-asylum-seekers-registered-in-britain
#ToryPoliciesInAction
Too many pupils miss lessons, says #Ofsted, and that’s right. Call it the #MichaelGove effect | #Schools | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/28/too-many-pupils-miss-lessons-ofsted-michael-gove-effect
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #UnderfundingPublicServices
#AndyBurnham claims government note shows #Covid19 tier 3 restrictions imposed on #Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ – live
Covid tier system introduced in October 2020 and imposed different restrictions on English regions in effort to contain spread of virus
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/nov/27/migration-measures-tougher-kemi-badenoch-suella-braverman-rishi-sunak-conservatives-uk-politics-latest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #CovidInquiry #England
#UK spends more financing #inequality in favour of rich than rest of #Europe, report finds
Inequalities of income, wealth and power cost UK £106.2bn a year compared with average developed #OECD country
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/nov/27/uk-spends-more-financing-inequality-in-favour-of-rich-than-rest-of-europe-report-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#NHSEngland care delays harmed 8,000 people and caused 112 deaths last year
Exclusive: figures include one man who died during 18-minute wait for the ambulance service to answer his 999 call
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/26/nhs-england-care-delays-harmed-8000-people-and-caused-112-deaths-last-year
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #NHS
Stretched #NHS even less ready to cope with a new #pandemic, scientists warn
With #Covid19 facilities being dismantled and an inquiry starting late, the nation’s ability to react quickly to future #health threats has been lost, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/26/nhs-new-pandemic-scientists-warn-covid-19-inquiry-heath-threats
One in seven adults in #England advised by #NHSEngland to go private
A new survey shows extent of two-tier #health system as around 14% of patients advised to pay for #healthcare in past year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/26/one-in-seven-adults-in-england-advised-by-nhs-to-go-private
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #NHS
#JeremyHunt’s #budget cuts spark fears of ‘existential threat’ to #English #councils
Furious council leaders warn chancellor that austerity measures could force ‘flagship blue counties’ to go bankrupt
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/26/jeremy-hunt-budget-cuts-chancellor-threat-flagship-councils-england-bankrupt
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingLocalCouncils
No bounce for the #Tories after #TaxCutting #budget, poll shows
Opinium poll for the Observer reveals the public is unimpressed with #JeremyHunt’s attempt to woo them by trimming #NationalInsurance
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/25/no-bounce-for-the-tories-after-tax-cutting-budget-poll-shows
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#UK’s flagship post-#Brexit #TradeDeal worth even less than previously thought, #OBR says - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/25/uks-flagship-post-brexit-trade-deal-worth-even-less-than-previously-thought-obr-says
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus
'Matters of life and death: #Sunak faces mounting danger at #CovidInquiry
The PM is soon to appear for questioning, and a perilous narrative is emerging about his role in the crisis response'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/25/matters-of-life-and-death-sunak-faces-mounting-danger-at-covid-inquiry
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19
#Sunak risks ripping up #GoodFridayAgreement over #Rwanda, senior Tories say
Concerns echo #WhiteHouse remarks that blocking #HumanRights laws could undermine #NorthernIreland #peace process
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/24/sunak-risks-ripping-up-good-friday-agreement-rwanda-senior-tories-say
#ToryPoliciesInAction
The reason for these cynical power grabs: the weaker the #Tories become, the stronger they need to appear
Anywhere else, this government’s tactics would look like a #SlowMotionCoup. In #Britain now, voters find them risible
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/24/tories-power-grabs-government-britain-voters
#ToryPoliciesInAction
Which #PublicServices will suffer most to pay for #Tory #TaxCuts?
Already squeezed #CriminalJusticeSystem, #schools and #localgovernment would face painful cuts if chancellor’s sums are to add up
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/23/which-public-services-will-suffer-most-to-pay-for-tory-tax-cuts
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyForTheRichAusterityForTheMajority
#Hunt’s #TaxCuts mean #austerity ‘more painful’ than under Osborne, warns #IFS
Thinktank says £20bn package of tax cuts would be mostly funded by deep reductions in #PublicSpending planned from 2025
#Households to be £1,900 poorer by end of this #parliament – economists
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/23/jeremy-hunt-tax-cuts-austerity-more-painful-george-osborne-ifs-public-spending
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyForTheRichAusterityForMajority
#Hunt ‘will create implausible #austerity with #PostElection #PublicSpending cuts’
Thinktank attacks chancellor’s giveaways as #OBR warns of ‘challenges’ for #councils and services
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/22/jeremy-hunt-austerity-public-spending-cuts-obr-resolution-foundation
#Brexit has ‘chilled’ business investment, says Bank of England deputy governor
Dave Ramsden tells MPs referendum fallout also contributed to lower speed limit for growth of #UK #economy
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/21/brexit-has-chilled-business-investment-says-bank-of-england-deputy-governor
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus
#Palantir’s #PeterThiel: #NHS is a natural target for outspoken tech #billionaire
#SiliconValley outsider whose firm has won data contract has previously said #health service should be ripped up to ‘start over’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/21/palantir-peter-thiel-nhs-natural-target-outspoken-tech-billionaire
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DataPrivacy #BreakThenPrivatise
#PatientPrivacy fears as #US #SpyTech firm #Palantir wins £330m #NHSEngland contract
Awarding of contract to create new #data platform prompts immediate concerns about #security of #MedicalRecords
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/patient-privacy-fears-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir-wins-nhs-contract
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DataPrivacy #NHS
The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/21/jeremy-hunt-nhs-productivity-chancellor-autumn-statement-tories-cuts
#ToryPoliciesInAction
'Find out where you can afford to #buy or #rent in Great #Britain
The typical household cannot afford to buy a mid-price home in almost half of postal districts, while renting is unsustainable in others. Use the map below to see where is affordable for you'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2023/nov/21/find-out-where-you-can-afford-to-buy-or-rent-in-great-britain
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Housing
Political attack on #HumanRights is a ‘dangerous’ assault on #UK #democracy, says #HRW director
#YasmineAhmed says government actions regarding #asylum seekers, #climate activists and pro-#Palestine protesters are starting to ‘look very much like #authoritarianism’
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/21/political-attack-on-human-rights-is-a-dangerous-assault-on-uk-democracy-says-hrw-director
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryOppression
#Defra’s failure to protect and restore #water bodies ‘unlawful’, high court rules
Landmark finding in judicial review over management of #CostaBeck river could force overhaul of government’s plans
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/defras-failure-to-protect-and-restore-water-bodies-unlawful-high-court-rules
#ToryPoliciesInAction #SewageScandal #Pollution #DirtyParty #Environment
#PatrickVallance contradicts #RishiSunak’s evidence to #CovidInquiry
PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘#EatOutToHelpOut’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviser
How Vallance’s diaries exposed chaos inside No 10
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/20/patrick-vallance-contradicts-rishi-sunak-evidence-to-covid-enquiry
And... "Pete Weatherby KC, counsel for #CovidBereavedFamiliesForJustice, is asking questions now.
He starts by asking Sir #PatrickVallance to confirm that the #EatOutToHelpOut scheme would have increased the number of #CovidDeaths
Vallance accepts that.
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #CovidInquiry #LetTheBodiesPileHigh #MoneyBeforePeople #ToryInhumanity
Also... "Inquiry sees diary entry quoting Dominic Cummings saying: 'Rishi thinks just let people die' as second lockdown debated"
#CovidInquiry #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity #Covid19
#BorisJohnson ‘bamboozled’ by science and #MattHancock had habit of saying things that were untrue, #UK #CovidInquiry hears – live
Former chief scientific adviser #PatrickVallance revealed there was ‘complete lack of leadership’ at times in crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/nov/20/pensioners-winter-fuel-payments-autumn-statement-rishi-sunak-patrick-vallance-covid-inquiry-david-cameron-keir-starmer-michael-gove-david-lammy-uk-politics-latest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #ToryIncompetence
'Richer families in #England ‘more likely to benefit from #childcare expansion’ -
Exclusive: Plan to offer free childcare when both parents work 16 hours a week risks excluding children most in need, study reveals'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/20/richer-families-in-england-more-likely-to-benefit-from-childcare-expansion
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#NHSEngland gives key role in handling #PatientData to US #spy tech firm #Palantir
Exclusive: Company that works with #IntelligenceServices wins £480m contract in joint bid with #Accenture
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/20/nhs-england-gives-key-role-in-handling-patient-data-to-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #DataSecurity
Ella Baron on #JeremyHunt’s spending plans – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/nov/19/ella-baron-on-jeremy-hunts-spending-plans-cartoon #Budget #ToryPoliciesInAction
Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in #England crammed into #UnlicensedHousing
Exclusive: Analysis suggests there are 32,000 hidden, often overcrowded large houses in #MultipleOccupation
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/19/bedsit-britain-160000-people-in-england-crammed-into-unlicensed-housing
'#LifeExpectancy lower in #NorthOfEngland than the south, study finds
Exclusive: Older people also likely to be in poor #health and out of work in the north of' #England, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/19/life-expectancy-lower-in-north-of-england-than-the-south-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction
'‘Harmless’ #fraud soars in #UK amid #CostOfLivingCrisis.
Growing numbers are giving false information to obtain money, new study shows.'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/19/harmless-soars-in-uk-amid-cost-of-living-crisis
#JeremyHunt faces red wall revolt if he delivers ‘a #BudgetForTheRich’
The chancellor’s potential #InheritanceTax cut in Wednesday’s #budget would aid #millionaires amid a #CostOfLivingCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/nov/18/jeremy-hunt-faces-red-wall-revolt-if-he-delivers-a-budget-for-the-rich
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInfighting #MoneyForTheRichAusterityForThePoor
‘Shocking’ scale of #UK government’s #SecretFiles on critics revealed
#Dossiers were compiled by 15 departments after scouring #SocialMedia activity to vet people invited to speak at official events
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/shocking-scale-of-uk-governments-secret-files-on-critics-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #FreeSpeech #NoPlatform #Censorship #ToryUnlawfulness #DataProtection #HumanRighrs
More than half of #hospitals in #England rated substandard by #health regulator
The #CareQualityCommission also evaluated 68% of hospitals in London as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/18/more-than-half-of-hospitals-england-rated-substandard-health-regulator
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise #PrivateProfitBeforePublicGood #GTTO #NHS #NHSEngland
Forcing #MedicalStaff to work during #strikes could harm care, #NHSProviders says
Anti-strike laws risk damaging relationships between staff and employers, hospital trust leaders say
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/17/forcing-medical-staff-work-during-strikes-harm-care-nhs-providers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #ToryInhumanity
Up to 70 days of suspected #illegal dumps of #sewage in #Windermere in 2022, analysis finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/16/sewage-dumps-windermere-data-analysis
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PrivateProfitPublicCost #SewageScandal #ToryPollutionParty
#Rwanda #deportation policy would still be #unlawful even if #UK left #ECHR, says #SupremeCourt – #UKPolitics live
#Judgment says #UK has to respect principle of #NonRefoulement even if it left #EuropeanConventionOnHumanRights and repealed #HumanRightsAct
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/nov/15/rwanda-deportation-policy-supreme-court-rishi-sunak-leadership-conservatives-uk-politics-latest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIllegality #ToryIncompetence #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
#SupremeCourt rejects #RishiSunak’s plan to deport #asylum seekers to #Rwanda
Judges uphold #AppealCourt ruling over risk to deported #refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘#StopTheBoats’ strategy[sic]
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/15/supreme-court-rejects-rishi-sunak-plan-to-deport-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda
#UK to loosen post-#Brexit #chemical #regulations further
Experts warn UK’s regulations now lag behind those of the #EU and that Britons will be exposed to more #ToxicChemicals as a result
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/14/uk-to-loosen-post-brexit-chemical-regulations-further
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforeHealth #PublicHealth
From six years ago... “much of the glue that has held British society together since the second world war has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/16/key-points-un-envoy-philip-alston-report-poverty-britain-uk
It's got worse, since...
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
#ToryIllegality
Lack of #diversity in #No10 led to women’s deaths in #lockdown, #CovidInquiry told
#HelenMacNamara says women became ‘invisible overnight’ and criticises #Johnson’s failure to challenge ‘#misogynistic language
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/01/boris-johnson-unbelievably-bullish-over-covid-top-civil-servant-tells-inquiry
#Covid19 #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity
The #UK government is about to make some #DisabledBenefits claimants even poorer.
#CostOfLiving Payments for those receiving #PIP [Disclosure : me included] have been quietly axed, forcing many to choose between charging their wheelchairs or staying warm
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/01/disability-cost-living-payment-pip-personal-independence-payment
#ToryPoliciesInAction #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
#Disabled #Benefits
'‘Don’t ignore us’: #Afghans awaiting #UK #relocation fear time is running out
Some have waited years in #Pakistan for #Britain to fulfil its promises – and are now at risk of deportation'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/01/afghans-awaiting-uk-relocation-fear-time-running-out
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Asylum #Refugees
#Sunak’s #Covid19 startup fund invested nearly £2m in firms linked to his wife
Four businesses linked to #AkshataMurty revealed to have received #investment from much-criticised #FutureFund
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/19/sunaks-covid-startup-fund-invested-nearly-2m-in-firms-linked-to-his-wife
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption
#UK’s top civil servant said government looked like ‘#TragicJoke’ during #pandemic
Expletive-laden messages between #No10 staff shown at #CovidInquiry lament government decision-making and role of #CarrieJohnson
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/13/uks-top-civil-servant-said-government-looked-like-tragic-joke-during-pandemic
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Covid19 #WhateverCarrieWants
#Sunak’s #UTurns make #NetZero harder and keep #bills high, watchdog warns
#ClimateChangeCommittee also says rowing back on #ClimatePolicies has harmed #investment into #UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/sunak-u-turns-make-net-zero-harder-keep-bills-high-watchdog
#ClimateCrisis #ToryPoliciesInAction #DontLookUp #ToryIncompetence #GTTO
‘Detached from reality’: anger as #RishiSunak plans to restrict #SolarPanels
#ClimateCampaigners dismiss government argument that controversial move will improve #FoodSecurity
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/rishi-sunak-plans-to-restrict-solar-panels
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #DontLookUp
#Covid19 is evolving – but the #UK is not doing enough to evolve with it
More resilient variants are emerging. Yet #monitoring and #testing have slowed, and access to vital drugs is patchy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/covid-19-uk-variants-testing-monitoring-drugs
#Braverman says #UN #Refugee Convention shouldn’t protect #women and #gay people just facing #discrimination – UK politics live - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/sep/26/suella-braverman-un-refugee-convention-discrimination-uk-politics-latest-updates
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity #Asylum
The Government is still failing on #NetZero, so we are taking them back to court
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/net-zero-2/
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #Law #GLP #GoodLawProject
#UK absent from key international statement on #ClimateAction
#RishiSunak accused of ‘disgusting betrayal of vulnerable people’ over #NetZero U-turn as he misses #UN #ClimateAmbitionSummit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/uk-absent-from-key-international-statement-on-climate-action-un-summit
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #ToryIndifference
#NHSEngland consultants offer to call off strikes for 12% pay rise in apparent olive branch
#BMA also offers to take non-pay investments into account to reach agreement – but No 10 insists pay talks will not be reopened
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/19/nhs-consultants-offer-to-call-off-strikes-for-12-pay-rise-in-apparent-olive-branch #ToryPoliciesInAction
Anti-#monarchy [Pro-#Republic] protester suing #Met chief over #coronation day arrest
Republic’s #GrahamSmith seeking #JudicialReview of #lawfulness of arrest as well as damages
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/12/anti-monarchy-protester-suing-met-chief-over-coronation-day-arrest #ToryPoliciesInAction #FreedomOfSpeech #Protest #RightToProtest #Censorship #NastyParty #Law
Five ways #kleptocrats can keep hold of their #UK assets
Politicians’ promises to rid #Britain of ‘#DirtyMoney’ in the aftermath of #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine haven’t come to fruition
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/04/five-ways-kleptocrats-can-keep-hold-of-their-uk-assets #ToryPoliciesInAction #MineyBeforePeople #DirtyParty #LoopholesForDonors?
People with #MentalIllness in #England face ‘horrifically long’ #ambulance delays
Figures reveal services regularly breached response-time targets, with one person waiting three days
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/02/ambulance-delays-mental-illness-england #NHSEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise
#UK could quit ‘#ClimateWrecking’ treaty, minister announces -
The #EnergyCharterTreaty (#ECT) is a system of #SecretCourts that enables companies to sue governments over #policies that would cut their future #profits.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/01/uk-could-quit-energy-charter-treaty-minister-announces
#ToryPoliciesInAction #TooLittleTooLate
#ClimateCrisis #FosilFuels #ProfitsBeforePeople
The dirty secret behind #Tory ‘#CrimeWeek’: their policies ruined policing
Ministers now say the #police will pursue leads on all #crimes but why wasn’t this happening already? Budget cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/tory-crime-week-policing-police-leads-budget-cuts
#ToryPoliciesInAction #TaxCutsBeforePeople
#ToryFailure #UKPol
‘Wheels are coming off’ #MiscarriageOfJustice watchdog, warns legal expert
KC blames deep cuts to #JusticeSystem for failures at #CriminalCasesReviewCommission such as #AndrewMalkinson scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/26/wheels-are-coming-off-miscarriage-of-justice-watchdog-warns-legal-expert #ToryPoliciesInAction #Law #Justice
Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed #NHS waiting lists contract
Labour accuses #RishiSunak of possible #ConflictOfInterest as former client of #BillMorgan chosen to run diagnostic centres
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/22/private-firm-linked-no-10-adviser-handed-nhs-waiting-lists-contract
#NHSEngland #ToryCorruption #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise
Calls for #SafeRoutes for #refugees mount after six more #ChannelDrownings
Lack of safe passage called ‘moral disgrace’ as helpers say legal routes would end dangerous crossings
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/12/calls-for-safe-routes-for-refugees-mount-after-more-channel-drownings
#asylum #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity
Record 7.6 million people in #England waiting for #NHS treatment
Two in five patients waiting more than 18 weeks and key #cancer care targets being missed
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/10/people-england-waiting-for-nhs-treatment
#ToryPoliciesInAction
Blow to #UK #salmon industry as trial post-#Brexit export scheme halted
Government delays full introduction of digital certificates intended to cut paperwork for producers
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/09/blow-to-uk-salmon-industry-as-trial-post-brexit-export-scheme-is-halted #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #BrexitBonus
#England to deny #Covid19 and #flu #jabs to under-65s despite fears for #NHS this winter
... despite one of the government’s top #PublicHealth officials warning that #coronavirus has not “gone away”. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/08/england-to-deny-covid-and-flu-jabs-to-under-65s-amid-fears-for-nhs-this-winter #NHSEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction
#BibbyStockholm move-ins planned for Monday despite outbreak warnings
Internal document warns ‘large numbers’ could be affected if #disease breaks out on #barge planned to house #asylum seekers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/bibby-stockholm-move-ins-planned-for-monday-despite-outbreak-warnings #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity
#UKaid spending: slashed budgets, #unethical compromises
#RishiSunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/02/the-guardian-view-on-uk-aid-spending-slashed-budgets-unethical-compromises
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity
#UK #graduates paid back £100m in #StudentLoans while below threshold
More than 850,000 made repayments while their income was too low in 2021-22 , according to an investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/aug/03/uk-graduates-paid-back-100m-in-student-loans-while-below-threshold #ToryPoliciesInAction
The #Brexit ‘red tape’ illusion has been exposed by the #Tories’ CE mark climbdown
Despite claims over #TakingBackControl, #UK is forced to comply with rules on which it has no say
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/01/the-brexit-red-tape-illusion-has-been-exposed-by-the-tories-ce-mark-climbdown #ToryPoliciesInAction #RuleTakerNotRuleMaker #BrexitBonus #ToryLies
#YouthHostels are a muddy, joyful miracle. Losing them to #Brexit and the cost of living would be a tragedy
They are an antidote to the isolation and smallness of modern life – yet the #YHA is being forced to sell off at least 20
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/30/youth-hostels-brexit-cost-of-living-sell-off #ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus
#RishiSunak warned that #Tories’ key #GreenPledges are ‘unachievable’
#Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring #NetZero goals, amid backlash over retreat on #ClimatePolicy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/29/rishi-sunak-warned-that-tories-key-green-pledges-are-unachievable
#ClimateCrisis #GreenPolicy #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
#Shell’s ‘obscene’ $5bn #profits prompt outrage amid #ClimateCrisis
Campaigners criticise plan to increase #oil and #gas production despite #ExtremeHeat in #Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/27/shell-profits-oil-gas-price-shareholders
#ToryPoliciesInAction #GreenPolicies #ProfitBeforePeople
#FossilFuels
#Sunak suggests he could delay or abandon #NetZero pledges - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/24/rishi-sunak-suggests-delay-or-abandon-green-net-zero-pledges #ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #MoneyBeforePeople #GTTO
Top #UK #energy firms to warn #RishiSunak: ‘Don’t back off #GreenAgenda’
More than 100 companies are set to send a letter to the #PM voicing fears about the disastrous effects of Britain’s overreliance on #gas
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/16/top-uk-energy-firms-to-warn-rishi-sunak-dont-back-off-green-agenda #ClimateCrisis #ToryPoliciesInAction #FossilFuels [Remember 'Dash for Gas? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/03/uk-dash-gas ]
@CarolineLucas all part of their #BreakThenPrivatise strategy...#ToryPoliciesInAction
Proposed new #UK #oil and #gas fields would provide at most three weeks of #energy a year
Experts and former ministers have also said the developments would not reduce #EnergyPrices in the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-fields-will-not-meet-uks-energy-needs #ClimateCrisis #sustainability #FossilFuels #ToryPoliciesInAction
Revealed: #pharma giants pour millions of pounds into #NHSEngland to boost drug sales
Observer investigation raises concerns about the influence of #DrugsCompanies in shaping patient care in services that use their products
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/08/revealed-pharma-giants-pour-millions-of-pounds-into-nhs-to-boost-drug-sales #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption#NHS
#UK ‘demanding’ glass bottles removed from #Scottish #DepositReturnScheme, Yousaf says
The #FirstMinister said he had received a letter late on Friday ‘demanding’ glass be dropped from the Scottish scheme.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/humza-yousaf-scottish-drs-first-minister-uk-government-b1084125.html
#DRS #Scotland #Democracy #Independence #ToryPoliciesInAction #Environment #Sustainability
‘Risk of future deaths’: coroner issues rare warning to health secretary over hospitals crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/29/risk-of-future-deaths-coroner-issues-rare-warning-to-health-secretary-over-hospitals-crisis #NHS #ToryPoliciesInAction