Let’s be honest, Keir Starmer’s Labour party don’t know how to fix Broken Britain either September 7, 2023 As the Conservatives are hit with another scandal, this time over crumbling concrete in schools, Sir Keir Starmer is yet to come up with an original plan other than his vacuous 'missions', writes Matthew Lesh.
Sadiq Khan blames govt funding for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ tube strike as Unite joins RMT walk-out June 8, 2022 City Hall lambasted the government’s refusal to grant Transport for London (TfL) long-term backing, blaming it for indirectly causing the tube strike scheduled for 21 June. The strike is the latest disruption to affect the Transport for London (TfL) network after 4,000 tube workers walked out on Monday. “At the heart of this industrial action [...]
More than 50,000 British researchers are ready to leave academia in unprecedented science outflux April 2, 2022 A new report from the University and College Union (UCU) warns that a vast majority of staff at high education institutions across Britain are demoralised and are considering to quite academia. Unsolved disputes about working conditions, pay and pension, with a range of strikes in recent months, have led to tens of thousands of researchers [...]
Boiler Replacement Scheme Over 60s UK: Apply Now for Free Funding April 16, 2024 Thanks to the boiler replacement scheme over 60s, you can upgrade your home’s heating system for free. Available for low-income and vulnerable households in Scotland, Wales and England, you can claim up to £7,500 in free funding for upgrading your entire home’s heating system, to make it more efficient, reduce the cost of energy bills [...]
Fission for funds: Shapps confident Sizewell C nuclear project will find investors July 18, 2023 Britain's nuclear ambitions will find support in the private sector, hopes Grant Shapps, as he today launched the UK's new industry vehicle.
Tube strike: TfL warning on Monday travel as the RMT disrupts London yet again June 5, 2022 Press Association London Underground is advising people not to travel on Monday because of a strike by thousands of workers in a dispute over jobs and pensions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out for 24 hours, crippling Tube services across the capital. Transport for London (TfL) said some train [...]
Zahawi: Middle-earners will also need help with energy bills August 27, 2022 Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said that middle-earners will also need help with their energy bills. The comments come as Ofgem announced yesterday the energy price cap will rise over 80 per cent to £3,549 per year from October. Zahawi told the Telegraph that support should not be given only to people on benefits but also [...]
Raab: Pensioners need double-digit increase in payments, but striking rail workers don’t June 22, 2022 Dominic Raab has defended the government’s decision to hand out an inflation-linked increase in state pensions next year, while it rallies against similar wage rises for striking rail workers. The justice secretary said old age pensioners were in a “different position” to rail workers, because they were “disproportionately affected by the increase in energy costs [...]
Meet Liz Truss top team: Zooming in on UK’s new business secretary, Brexiteer City investor Jacob Rees-Mogg September 7, 2022 Following yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, City A.M. introduces you to some of Liz Truss’s key ministers. Who are they? What has their journey been so far? Check out the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Home Secretary Suella Braverman and the new Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly. As the country heads towards a lengthy period of recession, [...]
Grant Shapps expresses frustration at London tube strikes March 1, 2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps expressed today its frustration at the today’s Tube strike, which has created havoc across the whole of London. Shapps urged London mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) to resolve the dispute with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) as soon as possible, while calling on [...]