Labour slams ‘phoney pay increase’ for public sector
The Government has today announced further cuts to schools, hospitals, prisons, police services and armed forces to pay for what amounts to a real terms pay cut for many of the […]
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McVey screw-up costs thousands of DWP staff meagre pay-rise, with insult on top of injury
A screw-up – at best – by Work & Pensions (DWP) Secretary Esther McVey means that tens of thousands of DWP employees will be deprived of their paltry 1% annual […]
Tories put out dishonest video re #NHSpayscam. Someone fixed it for them
The Tories are insulting our vital NHS staff with a ‘pay rise’ that will actually result in a real-terms pay cut for many, as the 6.5% ‘rise’ over three years offered […]
Video: BBCQT “nurse earning £100/month LESS than 17yo apprentice son” #NHSCrisis
Last night’s BBC Question Time was filmed in Tory-heartland Hereford. Many consider the typical ‘BBCQT’ audience to be Tory councillors and angry old right-wing men and this audience was angry. But […]
Nurse pay fell £2,440 since 2010. Hammond tells BBC went up 3.3% last yr
Nurses’ pay has fallen by 6% in real terms since the Tories entered Downing Street in 2010 – an average loss of some £2,440 – because pay-rises have been capped […]
Williamson’s latest Week in Westminster vid: U-turns, donuts, UC, Brexit and more
Chris Williamson’s latest video in his ‘Week in Westminster’ series is a beaut – and he had plenty to work with. In his latest effort, Chris talks to protesting public […]
Why is #RCN accepting #ScrapTheCap sponsor who voted to KEEP cap?
On Wednesday 6 September, an event will take place in Portcullis House, the building opposite, and essentially an extension to, the Houses of Parliament. It’s an event by the RCN […]
Truss admits: #publicsectorpay cuts all about putting money in business pockets
Liz Truss – because Philip Hammond was too cowardly to answer John McDonnell’s urgent question on it himself – spoke to the House of Commons today to try to defend […]
#SchrodingersCap Tory chaos as May u-turns on her #uturn
Theresa May’s government clearly doesn’t need a ‘coalition of chaos’ – she and her party are more than capable of chaos without any help from anyone. Faced with an always-strong […]