Another #pandemic is ‘absolutely inevitable’, says #PatrickVallance
Former #UK #ChiefScientificAdviser warns ‘we are not ready yet’ and urges next government to prepare
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/another-pandemic-is-absolutely-inevitable-says-patrick-vallance-covid
#ToryFailure #GE2024
'#Brexit #BorderChecks will cost #UK firms £470m a year, says watchdog
‘More than three years after end of transition period, it is still not clear when full controls will be in place’'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/20/britain-brexit-border-checks-eu-cost-uk-firms-470m-a-year-says-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus #OvenReadyDeal #ToryFailure
'Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from #UnpaidCarers over #BenefitInfringements that occurred largely as a result of #GovernmentFailures'
'...a successions of ministers have failed to fix the problem, leaving tens of thousands of unpaid carers – who save the UK £160bn a year and help prop up #NHS and #SocialCare services – in financial hardship while they repay the debt'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #ToryInhumanity #Carers
'No progress made on half of #UK government’s #LevellingUp targets
Guardian analysis shows situation has deteriorated in three areas that #MichaelGove promised to improve'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/government-levelling-up-targets-progress-politics-conservatives-labour
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
#Tories accused of ditching manifesto pledge to remove #GroundRents
#MichaelGove is losing his battle to reform current #leaseholds, Sunday Times reports
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/24/tories-ditching-manifesto-pledge-remove-ground-rents
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
#Rwanda trips by #UK ministers and officials have already cost over £400,000
Figures reveal £413,541 spent on travel since the policy to send #asylum seekers there was devised in 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/22/rwanda-trips-uk-ministers-officials-cost-over-400000
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryWaste #ToryFailure
About 300,000 more #UK #children fell into #AbsolutePoverty at height of #CostOfLivingCrisis
Nearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs and charities accuse government of failing poorest
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/21/poorest-uk-families-hardest-hit-cost-living-crisis-official-figures
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
#CrossChannelFerry operators will be required to pay their crew at least £9.95 an hour after #France implemented a new #MinimumWage law aimed at preventing the exploitation of #seafarers.
The move comes two years after #PandOFerries caused outrage on both sides of the Channel by sacking almost 800 workers and replacing them with low-cost crew.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/19/cross-channel-ferry-crews-must-be-paid-at-least-9-95-an-hour-under-french-law
#ToryFailure #ToryInaction
'#UK and #India put #FreeTradeDeal talks on ice until later this year
The UK government ended the latest round of talks on Friday night after two weeks of intensive negotiations with Indian officials failed to bear fruit.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/15/uk-and-india-put-free-trade-deal-talks-on-ice-until-later-this-year
#ToryFailure
Government failing targets to fix #UK #RailwaySystem, watchdog reports
All ‘high level benefit’ targets missed and only three-quarters forecasted to be achieved by 2024/25, according to #NAO
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/government-failing-targets-to-fix-uk-railway-system-watchdog-reports
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
#VAT threshold for #UK businesses limited by #EU rules, #Hunt admits privately
Exclusive: Chancellor disappointed some Conservatives with only limited rise in threshold, but said he was restricted by Northern Ireland protocol
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/07/vat-threshold-for-uk-businesses-limited-by-eu-rules-hunt-admits-privately
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
‘Heartbreaking’: the #nursery forced to close over #Hunt’s free #ChildcarePolicy
Critics say the surprise policy in last spring #budget’s was ill-thought-out, prompting higher prices and fewer nurseries
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/04/heartbreaking-the-nursery-forced-to-close-over-hunts-free-childcare-policy
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure
