Etiqueta: UK Politics
casi 2 años ago
bristolpost.co.uk

Bristol nurses on strike say 'we don't want to but we have to' as RCN action continues

“We have colleagues who can’t afford to buy Christmas presents, and some who are going to foodbanks, and that’s not ok"

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independent.co.uk

Yet more vacancies in Dominic Raab’s office as formal complaints mount

String of job adverts to fill vacancies in deputy prime minister’s office that staff were ‘too scared to enter’

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independent.co.uk

Tory MP Jonathan Gullis attacks bishops for ‘using the pulpit to preach from’

Stoke-on-Trent MP told to ‘look up the meaning of Bishop in the dictionary’

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independent.co.uk

One in five British adults still feel unsafe in public places due to Covid-19

Researchers say vaccine drive is vital to help people return to work

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independent.co.uk

Brexit damaging NHS with staff and medicine shortages, study finds

Nuffield Trust report finds Brexit ‘fantasies’ are compounding ‘severe challenges’

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independent.co.uk

Government accused of using ‘scare tactics’ to frighten public about nurse strike

Doubt over government claims about cost of wage demands

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independent.co.uk

Government criticised for leaving overall water quality out of its environment targets

Ministers accused of only doing half their job and leaving gaps in protections

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independent.co.uk

MPs accused of using parliamentary trips abroad for sex tourism

Parliamentarians ‘asked for directions to brothels and pursued local women’ according to colleagues

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independent.co.uk

Government faces High Court battle over plan to break strikes with agency workers

Union leaders say policy is attack on liberty

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independent.co.uk

Dominic Raab bullying: Five further formal complaints filed against deputy prime minister

Total number of complaints being investigated by inquiry rises to eight

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independent.co.uk

Brexit end of free movement causing labour shortage ‘shock’ but not wage growth, government advis...

Vacancies in sectors most reliant on EU workers not translating into higher wages

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independent.co.uk

Civil servants in Scotland win new ‘right to disconnect’ and ignore emails after work hours

Unions called for the change amid concerns smartphones and email are creating an ‘always on’ culture

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independent.co.uk

UK government ‘increasingly antagonistic’ towards human rights, European watchdog warns

Government crackdown on freedom of assembly and persecution of asylum seekers among concerns of commissioner

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independent.co.uk

West Midlands metro extension ‘extremely likely’ to be delayed or scrapped due to lack of cash

A planned Line 2 for the tram system could go no further than Dudley town centre, according to the borough’s local au...

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independent.co.uk

Tories urged to take down ‘appalling’ video of Sadiq Khan in ‘gun sights’

Labour MPs ‘shocked’ by imagery in Tottenham Conservatives campaign ad

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independent.co.uk

Matt Hancock not standing as MP at next election

The MP for West Suffolk said he has ‘discovered a whole new world of possibilities’ outside of politics

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independent.co.uk

Government signals it could cancel Great British Railways plan

Transport secretary tells MPs no ‘final decision’ has been taken on establishing GBR

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independent.co.uk

Festival of Brexit was ‘monumental cock-up’, MPs tell culture secretary

Michelle Donelan admits government would not run event again with ‘the luxury of hindsight’

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independent.co.uk

Labour urges government to consider crackdown on VPNs

Online Safety Bill amendment would require Ofcom to investigate VPNs use to circumvent web rules

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independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer says there is a case for GPS tagging some asylum seekers

A coalition of charities warned a month ago that the policy amounts to ‘psychological torture’

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independent.co.uk

Tory MP who declared ‘God save the King of Bahrain’ in speech received £10k hospitality from regime

‘Lavish trips’ funded by autocracies are ‘seriously damaging to our democracy’, parliamentarians say

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independent.co.uk

World’s first job guarantee trial ‘eliminates’ long-term unemployment

One man with 600 failed job applications over three years is now in work

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independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak urged to say what senior Tories knew about MP sexual assault and rape claims

MP facing the allegations has not been suspended by the party

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independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak backs Tories who reported MP to police over sexual assault and rape claims

But MP still retains Tory whip

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independent.co.uk

Sajid Javid says he will stand down as an MP at the next election

Former chancellor says he has ‘wrestled’ with decision ’for some time’

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independent.co.uk

Tory MP reported to police by colleagues over rape and sexual assault allegations

A group of Conservatives made a third party report to the Metropolitan Police

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independent.co.uk

Michael Gove eyes concessions to get planning reform past Tory rebels

Holiday lets could require planning permission and developers hit with ‘use it or lose it’ rules

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independent.co.uk

Government has already scrapped 140 EU environment regulations since Brexit, Thérèse Coffey says

Environment Secretary says UK could bin laws where it was outvoted in Brussels

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independent.co.uk

Martin Lewis says ‘member of government’ briefed false stories about him to the press

Tory leadership contest was motivation for ‘defamatory comments’ , expert says

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independent.co.uk

Over 40% of British exports have disappeared from European shelves since Brexit

Government’s new trade red tape likely to hit long-term productivity, trade economists warn

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casi 2 años ago
independent.co.uk

Give workers right to request four-day week with no pay cut, unions and MPs say

Right to request flexible working should be extended to the four-day week, business minister told

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independent.co.uk

UK’s trade export growth slower than EU, US and G7 countries under Tories

Only Japan performed worse than the UK during the 11 year-period

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independent.co.uk

Rishi Sunak says nurse pay rise demands ‘obviously unaffordable’

Nurses want an above inflation pay rise to help plug tens of thousands of vacancies

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independent.co.uk

‘Recklessly irresponsible’ Brexit rush to axe EU laws is putting safety standards at risk, watchd...

Trading standards officers fear ‘recklessly irresponsible’ legislation poses danger to public

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independent.co.uk

Keir Starmer’s immigration policy straight out of Ukip manifesto, says Nigel Farage

Labour ‘to the right of the Conservatives on immigration’, ex- Brexit Party leader says

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independent.co.uk

Tories will be ‘destroyed’ if they pursue ‘Swiss-style Brexit’, Nigel Farage claims

But Nigel Farage’s Reform UK outfit is nowhere to be seen in the polls or at elections

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independent.co.uk

What is a Swiss-style Brexit deal, and could Britain have one?

Switzerland’s relationship with the EU is not simple

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independent.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt told to ‘come clean’ on economic benefit of non-dom tax status

The IFS said abolishing non-doms would be worth around £3 billion a year to the economy, roughly the same amount that...

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independent.co.uk

Border Force and Home Office staff prepare to go on strike

PCS union moves to add to ‘substantial strike fund’ for dispute

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