2024 general election was ‘the most disproportionate in UK history’ with four parties getting more than 10% for the first time as voters ‘shopped around’ – but Labour won a landslide_Nhy
Labour‘s landslide election win in July was one of the most ‘disproportionate results in UK electoral history, campaigners claimed today. The Electoral Reform Society, which wants the current ‘first-past-the-post’ system scrapped, hit out at the manner in which Labour was…
Starmer writes gushing letter to civil servants saying they are ‘admired across the world’… days after swiping that too many are ‘happy in the tepid bath of managed decline’_Nhy
Keir Starmer has written a gushing letter to civil servants days after swiping that too many are ‘happy in the tepid bath of managed decline’. The PM has circulated the 800-word missive around Whitehall as he tries to quell a furious…
Labour’s bankrupt Birmingham City Council FINALLY settles equal pay claims for ‘hundreds of millions of pounds less than feared’… but residents still face another 10% tax hike and services cuts_Nhy
Birmingham City Council has finally agreed to settle equal pay claims going back decades – with suggestions the bill is lower than feared. The Labour-run authority declared itself effectively bankrupt last year, partly because of cases brought by two trade unions….
Councils will be BANNED from blocking loft extensions and extra storeys, says Angel Rayner as she declares war on ‘NIMBYs’ with sweeping planning reforms_Nhy
Local councils will be blocked from preventing loft conversions and extra storeys being added to family homes under Angela Rayner‘s massive overhaul of planning laws. The Housing Secretary said that ‘building up’ is one of the ways that the Government wants…
Wes Streeting faces complaint and is accused of ‘uncomradely behaviour’ – after making a light-hearted joke about his former cabinet colleague_Nhy
Wes Streeting was subject to a complaint after making a light-hearted joke about his former colleague Louise Haigh following her resignation. The Health Secretary was accused of ‘uncomradely behaviour’ after mocking her for her fraud conviction at a Westminster awards dinner…
Labour’s £25bn employer national insurance raid prompts ‘paralysed’ bosses to stall hiring new staff, damning figures show_Nhy
Businesses have been left ‘paralysed’ as Labour’s £25bn employer national insurance raid prompts them to stall hiring plans, new figures show. The report from recruitment firm Manpower said intentions to take on more staff at the start of the new year…
Keir Starmer was uncompromising about the need for civil service reform_Nhy
Announcing his ‘Plan for Change’, Sir Keir Starmer was uncompromising about the need for civil service reform. Too many in Whitehall are ‘comfortable in the tepid bath of managed decline’, he said, and must significantly improve their performance. Laying out Labour’s strategy…
Rachel Reeves warns Whitehall MUST find 5% efficiencies by 2029 as she channels Thatcher vowing ‘iron fist’ crackdown on waste – with Labour scrambling to avoid MORE tax hikes_Nhy
Rachel Reeves channelled Thatcher today vowing to deploy an ‘iron fist against waste’ as she scrambles to avoid more tax hikes. The Chancellor launched a ‘line by line’ review of government spending, warning that departments must find 5 per cent of…
Rachel Reeves vows to take an ‘iron fist against waste’ – as Chancellor launches the biggest audit of government spending in almost two decades_Nhy
Rachel Reeves has vowed to take an ‘iron fist against waste’ as she launches the biggest audit of government spending in almost two decades. Every pound of Whitehall spending will be examined ‘line-by-line’ in the Chancellor’s spending review, which will not…
Labour apes ex-Tory aide Dom Cummings’ plan to recruit ‘weirdos and misfits’ into reformed Civil Service as minister Pat McFadden tells ‘innovators and disrupters’ that ‘Britain needs you’_Nhy
Labour today echoed a plan by a former Tory aide to Boris Johnson to bring ‘weirdos and misfits’ into the Civil Service as it seeks to reform Whitehall. Pat McFadden namechecked a 2020 plan by former No10 chief of staff Dominic Cumming to…