Sunka faces a slamming as it emerges the UK slipped into recession last year
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Sunka faces a slamming as it emerges the UK slipped into recession last year
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Latest by-elections leave the Tories staggered and begging to be put out of their misery
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Construction of affordable homes in London is grinding to a halt, Gove told | Social housing | The Guardian
Completely the wrong solutionComment
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We've tried building houses in London, we've tried not building houses in London... What are we supposed to do?!?Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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Funnel the money into large scale housing outside of London, the whole area needs decentralising. We know they haven't been building anything close to what's required elsewhere meaning there's little alternative available anymore outside the city. Affordable living within London is a unicorn in of itself and it's not feasible for them to just keep building endless homes within the same square mile radius. Make controlled affordable housing elsewhere, drive demand out of the city, that will help to diversify businesses out also and with it jobs. Throwing yet more billions at London is only of benefit to oversees property owners expanding their portfolio on the cheap or planners with aspirations of turning London in a real world Mega City OneComment
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Agreed. My point is that saying "do x outside of London" to some of these people, you feel like you're trying to tell them that Martians exist.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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If Labour were vaguely sensible they’d advocate for federalism (in the German sense of regional devolution) to tackle the over centralisation around London, but they aren’t, so they won’t.Comment
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We do that in Wales and it's a mess.Comment
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Devolution isn’t a federal arrangement if that’s what you mean, because there’s no parity in powers between the different parts of UK govt.Originally posted by cutmymilk View Post
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Rebel Tory MPs pushing for Rishi Sunak to quit before he is deposed | Rishi Sunak | The Guardian
Because their stupidity knows no boundsComment
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The Tories find themselves embroiled in scandal on two fronts over the Post Office Horizon fireshow. One of those scandals will fall one of two ways with one seeing Kemi Badenoch's neck increasingly on the lineComment
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Is it even news with zero consequences? People committed suicide and left families behind to fend for themselves over Horizon, meanwhile the people at the top skipped away free as a daisy and were even awarded for it, all the while they knew everything, their f*****g scum every one of them.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
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They Just need to sort this out, it's a stain on both of the main parties, and delaying it down the road is hurting nobody but the current sitting government. To try and kick it on so they don't have to deal with it is a massive open goal, You give Labour something to campaign on at a GE that the public are passionate about, and you give the next government the win of being the ones who finally put this issue to rest (financial burden or not it's a win). They can then beat them with the stick of being the government of inaction.Originally posted by fishbowlhead View PostComment
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Welsh 20mph speed limit is a success, claims government | Road safety | The Guardian
Apparently a success because average speeds have fallen by... 4mph
Michael Gove failed to register hospitality with donor whose firm he referred for PPE contracts | Michael Gove | The GuardianComment
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"I warned ministers about our disgraceful UK detention centres. Their solution? Stop the inspections."
David Neal
Home secretary sacks borders watchdog via Zoom after clash
James Cleverly gets top civil servant to fire David Neal after clashing over series of critical reports
"David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, was told by a top civil servant on Tuesday that James Cleverly was terminating his job with immediate effect.
Neal, who had been in the role for nearly three years and was due to step down next month, had recently expressed his concern that there would be no one in the watchdog role for several months as ministers tried to force through Sunak’s controversial Rwanda policy.
Downing Street blocked his reappointment, an unusual move for the post in which his predecessors all served two full three-year terms in the post.
The Home Office said Neal, a former police officer and soldier who commanded the 1st Military Police Brigade from 2016 until 2019, had “breached the terms of appointment”.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said: “This is total Tory chaos on borders and immigration. A series of Conservative home secretaries have sought to bury uncomfortable truths revealed by the chief inspector about our broken borders, and shockingly they are still sitting on 15 unpublished reports – stretching back to April last year. The home secretary must now publish those reports in full.""Comment
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