People saying “NHS staff knew the pay when they took the job, if they don’t like it they should leave” have no plan for what to do when that actually happens. Spoilers: it’s already started
No, I'm not joking, they quite literally argued to the SCOTUS that innocence doesn't matter -- but that in fact there is no constitutional right for the federal courts to intervene and provide relief for a state level conviction on this basis. The 6 conservative justices AGREED.
To put in context multi millionaire Nadhim Zahawi threatening nurses & ambulance paramedics with bringing in soldiers to break their strike, it’s worth remembering his expenses claim which included heating his horses’ stables was more than a nurse on starting pay is asking for.
If you are a junior doctor in England, your Trust has an obligation to provide you with post-night accommodation (or alternative arrangements) if you say you feel too tired to drive.
If this is not happening where you work, please escalate through your JDF, GOSW and/or LNC.
Britain’s poor face the worst winter in living memory.
A year ago we talked about people having to choose between heating and eating, now many can’t afford either. Basics like soap, toothpaste etc are becoming unaffordable luxuries.
And it’s only going to get worse.
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Is the PM honestly saying that everyone who goes to state school has no aspiration?
93% of children go to state school. That's a lot of people the UK Tory Government are writing off by ringfencing tax breaks for private schools. #PMQs
The funny thing about right wingers having a meltdown about the decline of Christianity in Britain is that
a) it isn't caused by immigration, it's caused by British-born people abandoning religion and
b) Christian migrants are actually inflating the falling Christian numbers
Jackboot of the state to silence people.
Clauses 19-34 of the Public Order Bill give police powers to stop someone from joining a peaceful protest even if they have never been convicted of an offence.
Your freedoms vanishing in the Tory police state.
https://t.co/IBPZ2dVb3F
I can't believe we're in for a week of people looking down cameras and sombrely pronouncing that the real problem with the United Kingdom is insufficient white people.
Before Twitter gets taken over with Christmas-spam, let it be known that if a child in Year 11 with a Sept-Nov birthday goes into care tonight, there’s now a 50/50 chance they’ll end up in unregulated accommodation. That’s because according to this gov, 16 & 17 year olds don’t
The BBC has reported that a Gloucester woman falsely claimed £9.000 in Universal Credit payments and was sentenced to a 12 month community order and the false claim will be recovered … What will Michelle Mone receive after falsely claiming £29 million of taxpayers money.