Update from the frontline:
Lots of Covid about.
Admissions high. About 20% of all patients.
With antiviral service, taking up about 1/3 of working time.
Cases presenting differently. Lots of gastro issues. Dizziness seems quite frequent. As with previous variants,โฆ
A whopping 59 charities have written to MPs calling for them to cancel Aprilโs real-terms benefits cut, and to increase rates by at least 7% to help rising energy and food costs. This will be the biggest storm in the cost of living crisis - and the Tories are under pressure.
P&O Crisis โ @RMTunion calls for four-point plan to protect jobs, services and basic employment standards as it's revealed government knew of intention to sack workers and disrupt services but failed to act
#SaveOurSeafarers#WeWontGoWithPandO
https://t.co/Ev6wTd5A5i
This afternoon I joined the @RMTunion demonstration outside DP Worldโs London HQ and stood in solidarity with workers who have been treated disgustingly by P&O.
The government must act now to save jobs at P&O and protect workers rights. #SaveOurSeafarers
Despite record profits, Dubai-based DP World has launched a pre-meditated โeconomic attackโ on British workers. Today I have instructed ยฃ10 million to be allocated to a new campaign fund. If any employer attacks my members, no action will be ruled out. ๐ https://t.co/0qFhIRWJpw
Today we came together to demand the government scraps its Nationality and Borders Bill that would criminalise refugees and those who show the humanity to help them, and instead build a safe passage and security for those fleeing conflict around the world.
#MarchAgainstRacism
๐จ Government forcing through #HealthAndCareBill
We need everyone to speak against this privatisation - our NHS will only survive if we fight for it
This announcement of a private hospital is tip of the iceberg - we must drive these private leeches out of health provision
Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Twani in Masafer Yatta at midnight, terrorized the residents, and pointed their guns at children and the elderly.
Future of P&O - @RMTunion demands protection of UK seafarer jobs amid speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers are to be sacked and replaced with foreign labour
https://t.co/et8BRoOJC4
Stand in solidarity with @RMTunion and demand the government ceases its contracts with P&O and all other companies guilty of fire and rehire practices.
Join @jeremycorbyn at todayโs protest at DP World HQ, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E5JQ at 4pm.
"The action taken by P&O Ferries today is a national scandal".
Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh says P&O Ferries has 'betrayed the workers that have kept this country stocked throughout the pandemic'.
https://t.co/RHHHJdMIYz
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@LouHaigh@BorisJohnson This whole ferry thing feels wrong and it feels like geo-economic warfare by nation state actors designed cause friction between brexiteers and remainers also to destabilize the flow of goods in and out of the UK to non european ports as most UK goods go via Europoort Rotterdam