This will probably be the next mass scandal to come into public consciousness.
The #LoanChargeScandal
70,000+ people affected
Mutliple suicides
No punishment for companies involved who waltzed away with the money, inc at least one Tory donor
Keep holding them to account.
Excellent journalists already involved 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼inc
⏬️@gregwrightYP
@RishiSunak Will @RishiSunak stop the targeting of the self employed as PM?
The new #IR35 rules were introduced by Rishi & caused carnage with employers moving many jobs moving offshore rather than risk of falling foul
The #LoanCharge has caused NINE SUICIDES so far
Please listen to MPs
Rishi Sunak at lunchtime: "This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level"
Rishi Sunak in afternoon: *re-appoints Suella Braverman as Home Sec, after breaching official ministerial rules & "dreaming" of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda*
It looks like Suella Braverman is going to be Home Secretary again. Which blows the whole "Sunak as the man of moderation and reason" shtick out of the water for me.
Six days ago, Braverman - on the advice of the cabinet secretary Simon Case - resigned for a security misdemeanour that breached the ministerial code of conduct. Sunak started his term this morning by pledging "integrity... at every level". A six day punishment might not be that
Suella Braverman did not mistakenly leak a meaningless document. She endlessly consulted a maverick. She deliberately emailed a policy doc not yet agreed to her pvt email. Then she sent it to John Hayes and someone she thought was his wife. Then lied to PM about when it was sent
Absolutely appalling that Suella Braverman is back as Home Secretary. Not only does it signal a return to the cruel policies of the Boris Johnson/Priti Patel government, Braverman was only forced out as Home Secretary last week! An insult to the British electorate.
At noon Rishi Sunak promised “integrity, professionalism & accountability”
At 5pm he made Suella Braverman Home Secretary, 1wk after she resigned for Ministerial Code breach/security lapse
He put party before country. Security is too important for this irresponsible Tory chaos
Appointing Suella Braverman as Home secretary just days after she was sacked for a security breach doesn’t smack of integrity, competence, professionalism or sensible politics. It’s just cynical manoeuvring. This PM’s no better than the last two.
@CharlesFazacker @colinbrazierGBN "To spend on you and me" - feckin' hilarious. Best laugh I've had all year 🤣🤣🤣. "They have to cut spending" - you mean like the austerity measures since 2009?
@NunThewyser @tristanllyr93 @KEdge23 Well fuck me backwards with the raggy end of a pineapple. That means I'll be better off by just over 90p each day. I can at least put that towards my ever increasing energy/food/fuel - delete as appropriate - bill
@JasonManford Are we sure this isn't just a ploy so that another Tory can step in at the helm? The electorate may then give the newbie a chance, leading to the Tories staying in power even longer. 😢 Leave him in power so we can vote the lot of them out in the next GE