A minister has said that it would “not be right” for the government to partake in talks between unions and rail chiefs as it “does not control all the levers”. He also warned that public sector staff cannot expect “inflation busting” pay rises. Over 40,000 rail staff are set to walk out on Tuesday, Thursday…
In a statement to the House of Commons, housing under-secretary Eddie Hughes announced to MPs the government’s intended white paper to introduce a fairer private rented sector. Hughes lorded the plans as “the biggest set of reforms in a generation”. Labour welcomed the move, but shadow minister Matthew Pennycook was cautious given that the government…
In a statement to the House of Commons, foreign secretary Liz Truss updated the House of Commons on the war in Ukraine. Truss announced further sanctions including on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russia’s children’s rights commissioner. The secretary of state underlined the UK’s continued commitment to Ukraine, telling the House that…
Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, has blasted the “legal farce” of the ECHR following an eleventh hour intervention by human rights judges to ground the UK government’s initial deportation flight to Rwanda. Referring to the situation as “ridiculous”, the former work and pensions secretary told LBC Radio: “This has turned into a…
In the opposition debate on the sale of Channel 4, culture secretary Nadine Dorries vowed to protect Channel 4’s “public service broadcasting remit” as the government aims to “unleash Channel 4’s full potential”. Dorries promised a white paper that would “allow broadcasters to flourish”. Labour’s Lucy Powell shared her concern that a Channel 4 sale…
In Tuesday afternoon’s opposition day debate on passport delays, home minister Kevin Foster accused Labour of focusing on the “party political”. Shadow minister Stephen Kinnock, who started the debate, told the House of Commons that the government “failed to plan and inevitably failed to deliver” on a surge in demand for passports this year. Foster…
At the beginning of Tuesday’s business in the House of Commons, speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle made a statement on the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. Hoyle paid tribute to 255 British military personnel and 3 Falkland Islanders who lost their lives. MPs will hold a ceremony at St. Margaret’s church after…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has praised the UK jobs market as “robust” following fresh employment figures. The new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of pay-rolled UK workers rose by a further 90,000 (0.3 per cent) between April and May to 29.6 million. While unemployment rate climbed from 3.7…
