Rail strikes: RMT rejects eight per cent pay rise offer December 4, 2022 Rail union the RMT has rejected an 8 per cent pay rise offered by rail operators, aimed at heading off strikes planned for next week. “We have rejected this offer as it does not meet any of our criteria for securing a settlement on long term job security, a decent pay rise and protecting working [...]
It’s long since time to bump up MPs’ pay – we need the best and brightest December 4, 2022 MPs’ pay is not up to standard It perhaps says something about being an MP that Matt Hancock would rather spend three weeks eating various less-than-pleasant parts of exotic Aussie animals than hang around in Westminster. He also felt that he could bring more light to his personal cause – screening for dyslexia in schools [...]
Slashing artworks won’t help the climate fight as much as the oil firms will December 1, 2022 Stop using oil or the Vermeer gets it. That’s the message from our friends at Just Stop Oil, who have somehow transmuted irritation at the use of fossil fuels to anger at the works of the Dutch masters. Yesterday the group said they were set to “escalate” their activity from attaching themselves to artworks to [...]
Rail strikes: Time for the government to bang some heads together November 30, 2022 Government has continued to claim rail strikes are a private discussion - but it's time for them to muscle in and find a deal
Rail strike action will hit those Lynch claims to care about the hardest November 22, 2022 In days past, newspapers had a tried-and-tested way of covering rail strikes. The key element was the photo spread of suit-and-tie workers in unusual situations – perhaps one had got the boat in for the first time, or cycled in on their child’s bike. Combine that with a few snaps of Wimbledon-esque queues to get [...]
Investment regime vital to getting the UK growing once again November 20, 2022 In a few pages’ time, you’ll read from Chris Hayward – the City of London Corporation’s Policy Chair – on the body’s latest project, moving two of London’s historic markets to a new location. Billingsgate will move from Canary Wharf, and Smithfield from Farringdon, to a new super-site in Barking. It’ll create jobs in east [...]
Autumn Statement: This ‘pragmatism’ looks like a recipe for flat growth November 17, 2022 After the Autumn Statement, what does the Tory party stand for? Taxes on aspiration. Taxes on entrepreneurs and small investors. And stealth raids on businesses.
Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt’s bitter medicine may be too harsh November 16, 2022 The City is not worried about a low-tax mujahideen - but economists are concerned this grim budget could choke off much-needed growth
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Rishi Sunak: City should show ‘restraint’ on pay – but no u-turn on banker bonuses November 15, 2022 Rishi Sunak said Britain’s top business bosses needed to show ‘restraint’ on pay this year amid inflation concerns. “In a situation like this, I’m sure executives of most companies will be thinking about pay settlements for senior management, for their workers, and making sure they are fair,” the Prime Minister told broadcasters whilst in Bali [...]
