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Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks ‘rotten culture’ of civil servants working from home
Privileged Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg has launched a fresh attack on the “hopeless” and “rotten culture” of civil servants doing their work from home.The multi-millionaire, who has a £5m mansion a few minutes’ walk from Parliament, complained too…
‘All MPs should be forced to work two weeks in factories and hospitals – even Liz…
All newly elected and existing MPs should undertake a People’s Apprenticeship, in which they must experience a number of different walks of life to inform their decisions in the Houses of Parliament.Whether an MP is from humble routes, or…
Boris Johnson approves nuclear plant costing billions – weeks before new PM arrives
Boris Johnson has greenlit funding for a new multibillion-pound nuclear power station, triggering concerns among some of Liz Truss's allies that it could limit her economic vision. Whitehall sources confirmed the Prime Minister and…
One million people told to claim £150 grant ‘ASAP’ as deadline is weeks away
England’s poorest families have been urged to claim a £150 grant “as soon as possible” after it emerged up to a million could miss out. Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the April rebate for households in council tax bands A-D to help with…
Brits will be paid to run tumble dryers at quieter times to save UK from blackouts
Brits will be paid to stop using their energy-gobbling appliances at peak times to lower the risk of blackouts this winter.National Grid ESO (Electricity System Operator) is drawing up plans for customers to get money back off soaring bills…
Government draws up ‘demented’ plan to send Brits to GPs for an energy bills discount
Tory ministers face a backlash over “demented” plans to send Brits to their GP - for a doctor’s note discount off energy bills. The idea is one of several drawn up by Treasury officials to cut bills this winter - and Liz Truss or Rishi…
Labour’s energy price freeze would save elderly 26p in every pound of their pension
Labour’s energy price freeze would save elderly people living alone 26p in every pound they get in pension.But if the new cap goes ahead in October three in four single pensioners struggling to get by on £141.85 a week will be thrown into…
‘Labour needs to be in the room where it happens – it needs to think long-term’
Wednesday night, I went to see Hamilton at the theatre. I’ve been waiting since 2017 to see the acclaimed musical. Couldn’t get tickets, then there was the pandemic, until finally the big day arrived. I’d been looking forward to it on…
Ex P&O workers’ fury as firm escapes legal action after sacking 800 employees
Devastated seafarers today urged transport chief Grant Shapps to quit after P&O escaped legal action over sacking 800 of them. News of the legal let-off came after the ferry firm’s parent company, DP World, recorded a staggering 52%…
‘While Tories obsess over the leadership contest, millions skip meals to make ends meet’
We expect our MPs to lead by example. Not scoff at voters making the agonising choice between heating and eating as they fill their faces. Yet that is exactly what they are doing by sending 2.6 million of their taxpayer subsidised…
