Posted by The Guardian | Mar 14, 2021 | Conservatives, Health, House of Commons, Jonathan Ashworth, Keir Starmer, Labour, Local elections, NHS, Pay, Politics, Queen's speech, Rishi Sunak, The Guardian, UK news |
Party targets Queen’s speech as chance to hijack government plans and force a rise in 1% pay offerLabour is to engage in “parliamentary warfare” in an attempt to force through an above-inflation pay rise for...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Mar 14, 2021 | Glasgow, London, The Guardian, UK news |
Amid cross-party anger, Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball says officers were put in a position where they had to take ‘enforcement action’The Metropolitan police have defended their policing of the London vigil in...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Mar 14, 2021 | Council tax, Local government, Politics, Poverty, Social exclusion, Tax, Tax and spending, The Guardian, Thinktanks, UK news |
Campaigners from across the political divide tell Rishi Sunak that the lowest earners in the poorest areas are penalisedThe current council tax system is a “wealth tax” on poorer parts of Britain and is in urgent...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Mar 13, 2021 | Glasgow, London, The Guardian, UK news |
Cressida Dick faces cross-party outrage while vigil organisers say force failed to work with them The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, was under mounting pressure last night after widespread criticism of her...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Mar 13, 2021 | London, Metropolitan police, Police, Protest, The Guardian, UK news, Women |
Unofficial event on Clapham Common marred by at least one arrest and confrontations with officersThe evening in south London began in grief and silence, as hundreds gathered to remember Sarah Everard and call for changes that...
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