Health Secretary @MattHancock says British people are 'peculiarly unusual' in going to work when sick.
This may help you Mr Hancock👇
Proportion of salary covered by sick pay:
🇩🇪 100%
🇧🇪 93%
🇸🇪 64%
🇳🇱 56%
🇪🇸 42%
🇬🇧 29%
No West Ham fan is honestly expecting this, we’ve had a great start but still always fun to see other fans getting worked up. We’re living rent free in their heads.
This is important -one of key findings published today is that Home Sec was never told about effect her behaviour might have had on staff - that is challenged by Philip Rutnam who also says tonight he wasn't consulted during the inquiry
Most Senior Ethics advisor in Civil Service, Sir Alex Allan says: Priti Patel broke the Ministerial Code.
Boris Johnson: Priti Patel did not break the Ministerial Code.
Sir Alex Allan: *Resigns*
- Independent report concludes that Patel DID break the code, but not inentional
- PM concludes she DID NOT break the code
- Patel says sorry and keeps her job
- Independent adviser on standards, Sir Alex Allan has just resigned
Amid accusations of cronyism, a report has revealed that ministers set up a VIP fast-track channel to buy billions of pounds of PPE from companies who had political contacts with the government and MPs. https://t.co/841jzf2sBQ
This is actually crazy and not getting anywhere near enough exposure. Government lying to the public about supply levels to be able to spend tens of millions of taxpayer money to get PPE ‘supplies’ from their peers and friends for their own financial gain.
I feel a deep sense of responsibility for not being able to figure out what was going on when this person contacted me in April looking for reasons as to why she and others like her were not allowed to supply perfectly good - life-saving - PPE. Answers emerging now, it seems.
This is totally scandalous and should be on every newspaper's front page.
The fire test for Grenfell foam cladding panels was "intended to mislead".
72 people died in the fire. Those responsible must be held to account.
https://t.co/8JCtlov2sg
Isn’t it fascinating that *everything* the Brexiteers accused the EU of being flawed with -
...gravy trains, run by unelected unaccountable technocrats, acting like dictators, vast waste of public funds, unmerited promotions...
- is *exactly* how they themselves have governed.