Public sector wages playing catch up. Or should public sector workers' pay fall ever further behind that in the private sector? (Good luck with recruitment and retainment when TAs and nurses can earn more at Aldi, BTW).
A compensation package is not just the wage. It’s the holiday entitlement, pension entitlement and pay scales too.
Compensation.
Another daft Americanism.
I asked my Human Resources Officer and she just said ‘do the math’
In Athens and we spent the day going around the Acropolis and Parthenon. Amazing to see the cradle of democracy and the ancient temples and fantastic views from there on a warm and sunny day of the city as well as from the Areopagos hill where St Paul spoke to the Athenians.
Though fair to say the Acropolis museum is not a fan of Lord Elgin and the British Museum. Even leaving spaces in its marbles display for where the missing pieces are, though given some of them were quite weather beaten maybe his Lordship did his best to conserve them after all
Athens is amazing. Can't say I blame them for wanting their bits and bobs back.
Elgin bought them from the government of the day. The British museum bought them from Elgin. Greece can buy them from the British museum
Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me
The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
Already doing more planning than Sue Gray
The thing is he is probably the one person who can do something about Social Care - he’s managed it for 10 years so has an idea of where the issues are and will be able to carry things along
Back in the Brown days he proposed a levy on every estate on death for social care.
Will this be back on agenda?
At the moment Casey is doing a report on social care but not due until 2028.
Edit: And also, coincidentally (?), Fabians are releasing a report this week on social care.
What exactly is wrong with a levy on estates? Yes I've worked all my life etc etc, but the increase in the value of, in particular, my house is down to social development, not my efforts. Anyway, I've done my best to ensure my sons and grandchildren can look after themselves.
I never saw a problem with it either.
Isn't it that it's all estates, not just those who go into care. Some people think they'll be lucky enough to not need care and don't want a mutual charge. If you go into care it's irrelevant, your estate will be spent on care fees.
Public sector wages playing catch up. Or should public sector workers' pay fall ever further behind that in the private sector? (Good luck with recruitment and retainment when TAs and nurses can earn more at Aldi, BTW).
A compensation package is not just the wage. It’s the holiday entitlement, pension entitlement and pay scales too.
Compensation.
Another daft Americanism.
I asked my Human Resources Officer and she just said ‘do the math’
Tell them to take their pink slip on the way out....
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham won’t commit to keeping Labour’s manifesto promises on tax and has opened the door to new tax rises if he becomes PM.
His decision to back the current fiscal rules wins him a reprieve from markets, but it limits his options to fund policies like council house-building. It raises the prospect of tax hikes.
Confirmation Burnham would restore the 50% additional rate income tax rate the Brown government introduced and Osborne scrapped. A Burnham government would also revise council tax bands to hit wealthy property owners more
The most corrupt state attorney general in history so of course he got Trumps endorsement !
This is good news for James Talarico. It’s still going to be difficult to win Texas but probably the best chance the Dems have had in a very long time .
The only way to confront the triple lock would be be for Andy Burnham (as PM), Kemi as LotO and Sir Ed Davey to agree jointly to end it.
"The country can't afford it - and we are being serious about addressing the issues facing the country."
Plaid and SNP can be asked to join.
Do it now. Show savings to be invested in the NHS before the next election.
Farage will huff and puff that he is standing up for the pensioners. But will face the charge that he he shows no interest in sorting out the national finances. From all quarters.
women made redundant, year on year: +75%. men in the same period: −13%. retail, hospitality, admin. the female-heavy sectors are now where the cuts are landing.
In Athens and we spent the day going around the Acropolis and Parthenon. Amazing to see the cradle of democracy and the ancient temples and fantastic views from there on a warm and sunny day of the city as well as from the Areopagos hill where St Paul spoke to the Athenians.
Though fair to say the Acropolis museum is not a fan of Lord Elgin and the British Museum. Even leaving spaces in its marbles display for where the missing pieces are, though given some of them were quite weather beaten maybe his Lordship did his best to conserve them after all
Athens is amazing. Can't say I blame them for wanting their bits and bobs back.
Elgin bought them from the government of the day. The British museum bought them from Elgin. Greece can buy them from the British museum
The only way to confront the triple lock would be be for Andy Burnham (as PM), Kemi as LotO and Sir Ed Davey to agree jointly to end it.
"The country can't afford it - and we are being serious about addressing the issues facing the country."
Plaid and SNP can be asked to join.
Do it now. Show savings to be invested in the NHS before the next election.
Farage will huff and puff that he is standing up for the pensioners. But will face the charge that he he shows no interest in sorting out the national finances. From all quarters.
Agreed but unlikely given the Lib Dem’s and nationalists all think the WASPI women are victims and deserve billions
Small objection to the presentation there: jobs added (or removed) is December year-over-year; wages is March year-over-year. You should always use the same time period.
Public sector wages playing catch up. Or should public sector workers' pay fall ever further behind that in the private sector? (Good luck with recruitment and retainment when TAs and nurses can earn more at Aldi, BTW).
A compensation package is not just the wage. It’s the holiday entitlement, pension entitlement and pay scales too.
Yes, and after all that, there are still lots of vacancies in many public sector jobs.
Doesn’t invalidate my point and there are so many vacancies as there are so many roles and it’s ever expanding.
Indeed the public Sector saw a net increase, over 110,000, in the job figures out today even though there was a decline overall.
The population is expanding. Ceteris paribus, you’d expect the number of public sector jobs to expand. Drilling down into the figures, that explains most of the growth.
The government do realise that UK supermarkets are super competitive when it comes to food where margins are very slim and they already squeezed the hell out of suppliers.
I don't think they do, which is the problem. How on earth do the government intend to cap food prices without having any direct say in whether a supermarket stocks a particular product, and are not intending to cap producers inputs? Do producers make the product for free?
It's the other side of the coin from allowing all & sundry to shoplift all their requirements and still expecting the store to keep going.
Shoplifting will be up significantly since the emergence of self serving tills in most supermarkets. The stores will have a percentage margin to account for shoplifting built into their costings. Then they work out if its cheaper to employ a human being and go back to having every item scanned for you, or continue with this model.
Logistically I can't see minimum pricing working. Supermarkets telling suppliers to lower their costs will only result in a massive headache in the supply chain. Our bigger problems lie with an orange faced Head of State on the other side of the Atlantic
There is also really good price differentiation in supermarkets too for most staples. Very difficult to see where the margin is, unless there is some sort of tax/subsidy to support the essentials.
The government needs to keep saying “inflation is Trump’s fault” and Labour needs to keep saying “Reform supports Trump’s war”.
Public sector wages playing catch up. Or should public sector workers' pay fall ever further behind that in the private sector? (Good luck with recruitment and retainment when TAs and nurses can earn more at Aldi, BTW).
A compensation package is not just the wage. It’s the holiday entitlement, pension entitlement and pay scales too.
Yes, and after all that, there are still lots of vacancies in many public sector jobs.
Doesn’t invalidate my point and there are so many vacancies as there are so many roles and it’s ever expanding.
Indeed the public Sector saw a net increase, over 110,000, in the job figures out today even though there was a decline overall.
The population is expanding. Ceteris paribus, you’d expect the number of public sector jobs to expand. Drilling down into the figures, that explains most of the growth.
Which helps explain the open vacancies. Vacancies are being created, vacancies are being filled, hardly means they cannot recruit solely because of money. More vacancies are being created. These will be filled. Rinse and repeat.
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
EXCL: Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me
The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
I thought I couldn't have more reservations about Burnham...
"HS2: World's 'most expensive' high-speed rail line to be slower and cost more
The project became a symbol of the country's decline, transport secretary Heidi Alexander said.
Full HS2 services from Euston to Handsacre junction, north of Birmingham, will not begin until May 2040 at the earliest and potentially as late as December 2043, said the secretary of state."
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
It isn't a triple lock, it's a triple ratchet. Turning it into an actual triple lock would make it not (long term) exceed the amount of cash the country has as a whole. It's absolutely bonkers that
CPI of 3%,4%,5% and earnings growth of 6%,5%,4% in 3 consecutive years results in a different pension to
CPI of 5%,4%,3% and earnings growth of 5%,4%,6%.
The most the pension ought to grow by in that scenario is 15.752%, not the 16.865% of the first scenario.
It needs changing into an actual triple lock if kept not the current triple ratchet
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
Ref 2 they’d have to limit inventory of the whole range of the capped items as the crazy policy says, as it stands, if the capped item in the range is not available, for example Tesco Value eggs, they have to offer other products, for example Happy Hen eggs, at the same price.
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
Hilarious after he was part of the labour Welsh government that retained just 9 (Nine) seats out of 96 !!!!!!!!!!!!
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
If the Scots did it and England didn’t then the next election would be an SNP bloodbath.
EXCL: Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me
The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
Ref 2 they’d have to limit inventory of the whole range of the capped items as the crazy policy says, as it stands, if the capped item in the range is not available, for example Tesco Value eggs, they have to offer other products, for example Happy Hen eggs, at the same price.
After easter they could just discount Cadbury's creme eggs.
Is there anywhere in the world with a similar policy already in place for comparison?
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
Hilarious after he was part of the labour Welsh government that retained just 9 (Nine) seats out of 96 !!!!!!!!!!!!
How many seats did Kemi's Tories retain?
They didn't even have millstone of being in power.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
Obviously this can't be sustained if it were to happen, but (IMO) it won't. It's a gimmick for dim SNPs as implementation would require action via the UK parliament which the SNP expect them to refuse.
It would be quite amusing if Westminster said 'Yes, OK we'll legislate allow you, but only Scotland, to force people to sell lots of stuff below cost price' and then sit back and survey the scene.
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
Hilarious after he was part of the labour Welsh government that retained just 9 (Nine) seats out of 96 !!!!!!!!!!!!
How many seats did Kemi's Tories retain?
They didn't even have millstone of being in power.
Predictable whataboutery but at least our conservative MS was returned
Labour are out of power in Wales just as happened in Scotland with the SNP and maybe decades away from recovery
The only way to confront the triple lock would be be for Andy Burnham (as PM), Kemi as LotO and Sir Ed Davey to agree jointly to end it.
"The country can't afford it - and we are being serious about addressing the issues facing the country."
Plaid and SNP can be asked to join.
Do it now. Show savings to be invested in the NHS before the next election.
Farage will huff and puff that he is standing up for the pensioners. But will face the charge that he he shows no interest in sorting out the national finances. From all quarters.
I think we know what Kemi will say if Andy moots the ending of the triple lock.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
Ref 2 they’d have to limit inventory of the whole range of the capped items as the crazy policy says, as it stands, if the capped item in the range is not available, for example Tesco Value eggs, they have to offer other products, for example Happy Hen eggs, at the same price.
After easter they could just discount Cadbury's creme eggs.
Is there anywhere in the world with a similar policy already in place for comparison?
There are plenty of examples of the effects of controlling price below cost in history.
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham won’t commit to keeping Labour’s manifesto promises on tax and has opened the door to new tax rises if he becomes PM.
His decision to back the current fiscal rules wins him a reprieve from markets, but it limits his options to fund policies like council house-building. It raises the prospect of tax hikes.
Confirmation Burnham would restore the 50% additional rate income tax rate the Brown government introduced and Osborne scrapped. A Burnham government would also revise council tax bands to hit wealthy property owners more
Do voters get a say in any of this? We elected Labour less than two years ago on a manifesto.
If Labour MPs now want to fanny about implementing a completely different manifesto just to indulge the ego of someone who has not been an MP for the last 9 years and whose record as Mayor is rather less stellar than the PR spin would have you believe, then they should call an election and let us decide. The arrogant entitlement is sickening.
Many things would be political suicide. Too many in fact.
But it's all very well in theory saying politicians need to lead, and sometimes persuade their own voters - and it is still true - but some things would require absolutely exceptional people to achieve that.
EXCL: Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me
The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
What a costly mistake to make and really how much would filming a training session really help you .
I have to feel for Southampton fans who must be devastated by this decision .
If they were doing what they call "shape" it pretty useful as that is when they walk through offensive and defensive strategies. Teams normally do it 2 days before the match and hence why the rules ban any attempt to see what the other teams are doing 72hr before a match.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
I assume he's the most corrupt candidate, one because that is Trump's type, and two because even the Texas House of Representatives impeached him (even if the Texas Senate let him off), which I highly doubt they'd do in such a strong Republican state without very good cause.
The SNP policy is insane . It will likely lead to supermarkets paying even less to farmers with more going to the wall . The system is so complicated to administer it will be a nightmare for retailers.
Why would anyone want to run a supermarket or corner shop in Scotland if this comes in ?
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items. 2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
Obviously this can't be sustained if it were to happen, but (IMO) it won't. It's a gimmick for dim SNPs as implementation would require action via the UK parliament which the SNP expect them to refuse.
It would be quite amusing if Westminster said 'Yes, OK we'll legislate allow you, but only Scotland, to force people to sell lots of stuff below cost price' and then sit back and survey the scene.
It might force a lot of shop closures with similar 'food deserts' that have appeared in the US.
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EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham won’t commit to keeping Labour’s manifesto promises on tax and has opened the door to new tax rises if he becomes PM.
His decision to back the current fiscal rules wins him a reprieve from markets, but it limits his options to fund policies like council house-building. It raises the prospect of tax hikes.
Confirmation Burnham would restore the 50% additional rate income tax rate the Brown government introduced and Osborne scrapped. A Burnham government would also revise council tax bands to hit wealthy property owners more
What other good ideas does he have?
In addition to the mansion tax Reeves introduced or instead of? Same question for an estate levy - is this in addition to IHTand IHT on pensions?
What a costly mistake to make and really how much would filming a training session really help you .
I have to feel for Southampton fans who must be devastated by this decision .
Incredibly consequential, and is it really such a useful activity - as you say how much can it really help? I can understand American Football which has had it happen, with specific plays etc, but I don't see how it helps here.
I doubted this sanction would happen, but if they got caught multiple times after the first case emerged, there was no choice.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
Southampton have admitted to spying for fixtures against Oxford United in December 2025, Ipswich Town in April 2026 and Middlesbrough in May 2026.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
Southampton have admitted to spying for fixtures against Oxford United in December 2025, Ipswich Town in April 2026 and Middlesbrough in May 2026.
Spying on Oxford seems utterly bonkers given, Sheffield Wednesday aside obviously, they had the worst squad in the Championship.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
True. Somewhat one dimensional and predictable.
Vicente, Solis and Osman improved things away a bit, excellent first half at Norwich and deserved to win at Ipswich
Legs in midfield, genuine pace and an out ball out wide.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
Southampton have admitted to spying for fixtures against Oxford United in December 2025, Ipswich Town in April 2026 and Middlesbrough in May 2026.
@Taz, half wonder if Southampton were spying on us when we played them at theirs given how badly they tore us to pieces in the first half. Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
True. Somewhat one dimensional and predictable.
Vicente, Solis and Osman improved things away a bit, excellent first half at Norwich and deserved to win at Ipswich
Legs in midfield, genuine pace and an out ball out wide.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
After conversion this morning....Windows Surface laptops.....absolutely disgraceful.....
His maths is surely bollocks. 5k times 96 does not equal 300k. Has the silly twat not noticed the increase from 60 members?
If anything it makes his point better as well…
I actually not sure those laptop are £2k each. I think you can get a run of the mill Surface Latop for just over £1000 (maybe they have bought the top of the range ones I suppose) and I would hope they have got a bulk buy discount. The joke was more about buying Windows machines.
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham won’t commit to keeping Labour’s manifesto promises on tax and has opened the door to new tax rises if he becomes PM.
His decision to back the current fiscal rules wins him a reprieve from markets, but it limits his options to fund policies like council house-building. It raises the prospect of tax hikes.
Confirmation Burnham would restore the 50% additional rate income tax rate the Brown government introduced and Osborne scrapped. A Burnham government would also revise council tax bands to hit wealthy property owners more
Do voters get a say in any of this? We elected Labour less than two years ago on a manifesto.
If Labour MPs now want to fanny about implementing a completely different manifesto just to indulge the ego of someone who has not been an MP for the last 9 years and whose record as Mayor is rather less stellar than the PR spin would have you believe, then they should call an election and let us decide. The arrogant entitlement is sickening.
Name the last Tory Government to follow manifesto.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
After conversion this morning....Windows Surface laptops.....absolutely disgraceful.....
His maths is surely bollocks. 5k times 96 does not equal 300k. Has the silly twat not noticed the increase from 60 members?
If anything it makes his point better as well…
I actually not sure those laptop are £2k each. I think you can get a run of the mill Surface Latop for just over £1000 and I would hope they have got a bulk buy discount. The joke was more about buying Windows machines.
I wasn’t getting at you, sorry if that wasn’t clear!
They cost about £900 plus VAT for run of the mill although high spec ones can nudge £1500.
Ironically his overall figure might actually be quite close to correct if so!
But you can get a MacBook Air for about that anyway. And Chromebooks are cheaper still.
The Senedd have given each member two £2000 laptops and offered a £1000 phone on top. That's approximately £300k all together on devices used primarily for Google Chrome.
After conversion this morning....Windows Surface laptops.....absolutely disgraceful.....
His maths is surely bollocks. 5k times 96 does not equal 300k. Has the silly twat not noticed the increase from 60 members?
If anything it makes his point better as well…
I actually not sure those laptop are £2k each. I think you can get a run of the mill Surface Latop for just over £1000 and I would hope they have got a bulk buy discount. The joke was more about buying Windows machines.
I wasn’t getting at you, sorry if that wasn’t clear!
They cost about £900 plus VAT for run of the mill although high spec ones can nudge £1500.
Ironically his overall figure might actually be quite close to correct if so!
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
Hilarious after he was part of the labour Welsh government that retained just 9 (Nine) seats out of 96 !!!!!!!!!!!!
How many seats did Kemi's Tories retain?
They didn't even have millstone of being in power.
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I asked my Human Resources Officer and she just said ‘do the math’
If you go into care it's irrelevant, your estate will be spent on care fees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrghdV1Qllk
This is good news for James Talarico. It’s still going to be difficult to win Texas but probably the best chance the Dems have had in a very long time .
I think John Cornyn holds Texas in November as the GOP candidate but if it is Ken Paxton I can see Texas flipping to the Dems.
"The country can't afford it - and we are being serious about addressing the issues facing the country."
Plaid and SNP can be asked to join.
Do it now. Show savings to be invested in the NHS before the next election.
Farage will huff and puff that he is standing up for the pensioners. But will face the charge that he he shows no interest in sorting out the national finances. From all quarters.
women made redundant, year on year: +75%.
men in the same period: −13%.
retail, hospitality, admin. the female-heavy sectors are now where the cuts are landing.
is Elgin Town Hall
https://elgintownhall.co.uk/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/may/19/donald-trump-primaries-midterms-republicans-kentucky-thomas-massie-pennsylvania-georgia-alabama-oregon-idaho-latest-news-updates
EXCL: Mark Drakeford, former Labour First Minister of Wales, calls on Keir Starmer to set a timetable to step down as Prime Minister and backs Andy Burnham
https://x.com/danbloom1/status/2056760536084185405
EXCL: Andy Burnham’s team is working on a plan for his first 100 days in government in the event that he wins a crunch by-election and replaces Keir Starmer, three people tell me
The plan is in its early stages but is likely to include reforms to the creaking social care system
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/diet-coke-shortage-9.7196280
It’s thin margins anyway and the margins for food producers aren’t massive.
And declining sales due to the effect of the Trump war won’t help the manufacturers cost base either.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/diet-coke-shortage-9.7196280
The project became a symbol of the country's decline, transport secretary Heidi Alexander said.
Full HS2 services from Euston to Handsacre junction, north of Birmingham, will not begin until May 2040 at the earliest and potentially as late as December 2043, said the secretary of state."
https://news.sky.com/story/hs2-worlds-most-expensive-high-speed-rail-line-to-be-slower-and-cost-more-13545915
1) increases in prices of other goods to subsidise loses on the capped items.
2) supermarkets limiting inventory if the capped items. Since the SNP policy enforces substitution with expensive items, this would mean a limit on the number of eggs on shelves.
Cue the shortages.
It's absolutely bonkers that
CPI of 3%,4%,5% and earnings growth of 6%,5%,4% in 3 consecutive years results in a different pension to
CPI of 5%,4%,3% and earnings growth of 5%,4%,6%.
The most the pension ought to grow by in that scenario is 15.752%, not the 16.865% of the first scenario.
It needs changing into an actual triple lock if kept not the current triple ratchet
Is there anywhere in the world with a similar policy already in place for comparison?
They didn't even have millstone of being in power.
It would be quite amusing if Westminster said 'Yes, OK we'll legislate allow you, but only Scotland, to force people to sell lots of stuff below cost price' and then sit back and survey the scene.
Labour are out of power in Wales just as happened in Scotland with the SNP and maybe decades away from recovery
But, yes, in theory it's good.
They always end with shortages.
I have to feel for Southampton fans who must be devastated by this decision .
If Labour MPs now want to fanny about implementing a completely different manifesto just to indulge the ego of someone who has not been an MP for the last 9 years and whose record as Mayor is rather less stellar than the PR spin would have you believe, then they should call an election and let us decide. The arrogant entitlement is sickening.
But it's all very well in theory saying politicians need to lead, and sometimes persuade their own voters - and it is still true - but some things would require absolutely exceptional people to achieve that.
Mind you, we were so predictable away from home this season they probably didn't have to.
Buys eggs in Sicily for, secretly transfer them to Malta and sells them in Scotland. And everyone gets a share.
https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/2056786446636212467?s=20
I doubted this sanction would happen, but if they got caught multiple times after the first case emerged, there was no choice.
https://x.com/Cai_ParryJones/status/2056766731717083262?s=20
After conversion this morning....Windows Surface laptops.....absolutely disgraceful.....
If only they had someone keeping watch, they could have seen it coming
No, because they'd be rounded on and piled on.
So we're in a viscous cycle.
Only two AS still serving who have been members since 1999.
And they are both women - Elin Jones, formerly the Llywydd and now the Finance Minister, and Lynn Neagle.
Legs in midfield, genuine pace and an out ball out wide.
It ain't rocket science
If anything it makes his point better as well…although anyone paying two grand for a Windows laptop needs psychiatric help.
You can see the attraction of Macbook Neo though.
Although neither have big Away support.
It's a fallacy.
They cost about £900 plus VAT for run of the mill although high spec ones can nudge £1500.
Ironically his overall figure might actually be quite close to correct if so!
But you can get a MacBook Air for about that anyway. And Chromebooks are cheaper still.
Kemi said so.
You can't argue with Kemi, she's always right.