leftfootforward.org/2024/10/why-... UK govt's rail nationalisation isn't what many think it is. Only passenger services will be brought into public ownership over the next 5 years. Lucrative freight and rolling stock companies will remain in private hands. Companies will still profiteer
To sum up, contrary to newspaper headlines the entire rail system is not being renationalised
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the... Rayner paid for the flights and accommodation for the trip - the £836 is the 'cost' of being invited to the DJ box only The truth behind Angela Rayner’s ‘paid for’ Ibiza experience
The truth behind Angela Rayner's 'paid for' Ibiza experience, which is less about sleaze and scandal and more about scraping the barrel.
Excalibur Healthcare, once awarded £160m in Covid contracts, has collapsed into liquidation with £22m owed to the taxpayer. Shady dealings, unpaid bills,failed deliveries of PPE,ventilators a chapter of Covid-era profiteering. Full story online and in the latest issue: private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-silen... The government has refused to clarify comments by the prime minister which suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits will be expected to look for work under Labour’s social security reforms.
The government has refused to clarify comments by the prime minister which suggested that all claimants of long-term sickness benefits will be expected to look for work under Labour’s social securi…
www.theguardian.com/business/202... Tesco reveals £1,649m operating profit for 1st six-months; likely to hit £2.9bn this year. BUT boss not so keen on rights which might give workers security, sick pay, relief from zero hours contracts. Any objection to dividends, exec pay? Thought not.
Bill is likely to include measures such as ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and changes to sick pay
www.politicshome.com/news/article... Ominous: Tories Praise Wes Streeting’s Plans For The NHS. Privatisation isn't the answer. 30%-40% of money handed to private healthcare providers vanishes in profits. Money buys less. Healthcare must not be a profit centre for corporations.
Conservatives have praised Wes Streeting at their annual party conference, saying the Labour Health Secretary has shown 'political courage' by reco...
