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@ChrisMayLA6

I was astonished too. I kept quiet and showed the headline to my partner who is a librarian…he almost fell off his chair.

I can’t imagine a primary school without a library. This just doesn’t compute. How was it allowed to happen that libraries were removed…from schools?!

#ToryLegacy

@ChrisMayLA6

I was astonished too. I kept quiet and showed the headline to my partner who is a librarian…he almost fell off his chair.

I can’t imagine a primary school without a library. This just doesn’t compute. How was it allowed to happen that libraries were removed…from schools?!

#ToryLegacy

@therightarticle That there even is a thing as "school dinner debt" does not say good things about what is a relatively wealthy nation.

#enshittification #ToryLegacy

@therightarticle That there even is a thing as "school dinner debt" does not say good things about what is a relatively wealthy nation.

#enshittification #ToryLegacy

#Brexit has put £370m a year on #PriceOfPower from #EU since 2021, experts say

Trade body #EnergyUK also estimates total energy cost of leaving bloc could reach £10bn by end of decade
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/25/brexit-has-put-370m-a-year-on-price-of-power-from-eu-since-2021-experts-say
#ToryLegacy #BrexitBonus

#Brexit has put £370m a year on #PriceOfPower from #EU since 2021, experts say

Trade body #EnergyUK also estimates total energy cost of leaving bloc could reach £10bn by end of decade
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/25/brexit-has-put-370m-a-year-on-price-of-power-from-eu-since-2021-experts-say
#ToryLegacy #BrexitBonus

#RollingStockFirm’s £80m dividend payout fuels calls for #UK #rail #nationalisation

#Unions describe #Porterbrook’s figures, despite downturn in wider rail industry’s revenues, as ‘shocking but unsurprising’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/14/porterbrook-rolling-stock-firm-dividend-uk-rail-nationalisation-calls
#ToryLegacy

#RollingStockFirm’s £80m dividend payout fuels calls for #UK #rail #nationalisation

#Unions describe #Porterbrook’s figures, despite downturn in wider rail industry’s revenues, as ‘shocking but unsurprising’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/14/porterbrook-rolling-stock-firm-dividend-uk-rail-nationalisation-calls
#ToryLegacy

' “the government must escape the serial mistakes of the past 45 years, of trying to shrink the state and promote a self-organising market”. This drive towards a smaller state funded by lower levels of #taxation, a #ConservativePolicy, has left the #UK in terrible condition.'

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/the-october-budget-can-rachel-reeves-escape-from-the-tories-fiscal-prison/
#ToryLegacy

' “the government must escape the serial mistakes of the past 45 years, of trying to shrink the state and promote a self-organising market”. This drive towards a smaller state funded by lower levels of #taxation, a #ConservativePolicy, has left the #UK in terrible condition.'

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/the-october-budget-can-rachel-reeves-escape-from-the-tories-fiscal-prison/
#ToryLegacy

Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’

Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland

Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’

Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland

Will the #UK ‘give up’ #Gibraltar next? In #Spain, we’re more worried about #Brexit’s absurdities

Ignore warnings of the Rock following the #ChagosIslands – new border checks are more of a threat to livelihoods in the territory and beyond
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/10/will-the-uk-give-up-gibraltar-next-in-spain-were-more-worried-about-brexits-absurdities
#ToryLegacy

Will the #UK ‘give up’ #Gibraltar next? In #Spain, we’re more worried about #Brexit’s absurdities

Ignore warnings of the Rock following the #ChagosIslands – new border checks are more of a threat to livelihoods in the territory and beyond
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/10/will-the-uk-give-up-gibraltar-next-in-spain-were-more-worried-about-brexits-absurdities
#ToryLegacy

#English #water system singled out for criticism by #UN special rapporteur

Prof #PedroArrojoAgudo says regulator #Ofwat ‘complacent’ about water firms putting their #shareholders before #public
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/09/english-water-system-singled-out-criticism-un-special-rapporteur
#ToryLegacy

#English #water system singled out for criticism by #UN special rapporteur

Prof #PedroArrojoAgudo says regulator #Ofwat ‘complacent’ about water firms putting their #shareholders before #public
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/09/english-water-system-singled-out-criticism-un-special-rapporteur
#ToryLegacy

‘‘It’s decimated’: #Rayner faces a battle to boost #Britain’s [#England's, #ItsDevolved] #SocialHousing

#Labour wants action. But rent caps, rising interest rates and restrictions on councils have hit the #AffordableHomes sector hard
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/06/its-decimated-rayner-faces-a-battle-to-boost-britains-social-housing
#ToryLegacy

‘‘It’s decimated’: #Rayner faces a battle to boost #Britain’s [#England's, #ItsDevolved] #SocialHousing

#Labour wants action. But rent caps, rising interest rates and restrictions on councils have hit the #AffordableHomes sector hard
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/06/its-decimated-rayner-faces-a-battle-to-boost-britains-social-housing
#ToryLegacy

Private firms ran almost all #CareHomes forced to shut for breaches in #England

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were #RunForProfit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/06/private-firms-ran-almost-all-care-homes-forced-to-shut-for-breaches-in-england
#ToryLegacy

Private firms ran almost all #CareHomes forced to shut for breaches in #England

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were #RunForProfit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/06/private-firms-ran-almost-all-care-homes-forced-to-shut-for-breaches-in-england
#ToryLegacy

#England urged to bring in #MinimumUnitPrice on #alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year

Health leaders tell government to follow #Scotland and #Wales on cost of cheap booze after #Darzi report on death toll
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/05/england-urged-to-bring-in-minimum-unit-price-on-alcohol-as-deaths-rise-10-a-year
#ToryLegacy

#England urged to bring in #MinimumUnitPrice on #alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year

Health leaders tell government to follow #Scotland and #Wales on cost of cheap booze after #Darzi report on death toll
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/05/england-urged-to-bring-in-minimum-unit-price-on-alcohol-as-deaths-rise-10-a-year
#ToryLegacy

#Coronavirus

#Covid19 on the rise as experts say #England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, #XEC, emerges

'Our capitulation to the virus is a combination of a population where most are now many months or years from their last vaccine dose, and that vaccine dose was in any case poorly cross-protective for the very distinct current variants.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/covid-on-the-rise-as-experts-say-england-has-capitulated-to-the-virus
#ToryLegacy

#Coronavirus

#Covid19 on the rise as experts say #England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, #XEC, emerges

'Our capitulation to the virus is a combination of a population where most are now many months or years from their last vaccine dose, and that vaccine dose was in any case poorly cross-protective for the very distinct current variants.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/covid-on-the-rise-as-experts-say-england-has-capitulated-to-the-virus
#ToryLegacy

'Lack of [#NHSEngland] #ICUcapacity was ‘political choice’, #ChrisWhitty tells #CovidInquiry – #UK politics live

#ChiefMedicalOfficer #England] tells #Covid19 inquiry that UK had ‘very low’ capacity compared with other wealthy countries'

'The main thing we could do at the beginning, before we understood it slightly better, was to reduce the amount of Covid. If you don’t get Covid, you don’t get #LongCovid.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/sep/26/uk-politics-labour-keir-starmer-un-general-assembly-speech
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy

'Lack of [#NHSEngland] #ICUcapacity was ‘political choice’, #ChrisWhitty tells #CovidInquiry – #UK politics live

#ChiefMedicalOfficer #England] tells #Covid19 inquiry that UK had ‘very low’ capacity compared with other wealthy countries'

'The main thing we could do at the beginning, before we understood it slightly better, was to reduce the amount of Covid. If you don’t get Covid, you don’t get #LongCovid.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/sep/26/uk-politics-labour-keir-starmer-un-general-assembly-speech
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy

Thousands of #PostOffice operators say they still have #Horizon IT problems

Almost all operators who continue to face ‘discrepancies’ say they involve a financial shortfall, survey finds
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/23/post-office-operators-horizon-it-problems-shortfall
#Fujitsu #Outsourcing #ToryLegacy

Thousands of #PostOffice operators say they still have #Horizon IT problems

Almost all operators who continue to face ‘discrepancies’ say they involve a financial shortfall, survey finds
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/23/post-office-operators-horizon-it-problems-shortfall
#Fujitsu #Outsourcing #ToryLegacy

#Corporate #UK #TaxBreaks to cost £20bn more than they generate, study finds

Exclusive: Relief rolled out in 2023 will cost £30bn in taxes but spur only up to £10.5bn investment, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/corporate-uk-tax-breaks-to-cost-20bn-more-than-they-generate-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy

#Corporate #UK #TaxBreaks to cost £20bn more than they generate, study finds

Exclusive: Relief rolled out in 2023 will cost £30bn in taxes but spur only up to £10.5bn investment, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/corporate-uk-tax-breaks-to-cost-20bn-more-than-they-generate-study-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy

'‘#Scam and #scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn #Tory #Asylum contracts

The former top civil servant at the #DepartmentForInternationalDevelopment has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes #corrupt contracts awarded during #Covid
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/22/tory-asylum-housing-costs-ex-aid-chief-scam
#ToryCorruption #ToryLegacy

'‘#Scam and #scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn #Tory #Asylum contracts

The former top civil servant at the #DepartmentForInternationalDevelopment has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes #corrupt contracts awarded during #Covid
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/22/tory-asylum-housing-costs-ex-aid-chief-scam
#ToryCorruption #ToryLegacy

#UK #debt hits 100% of #GDP, the highest level since 1960s

Debt pile increases by 4.3 percentage points in year to August, adding to challenge for chancellor #RachelReeves
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/uk-debt-gdp-rachel-reeves
#Economy #ToryLegacy #PoisonedChalice

#UK #debt hits 100% of #GDP, the highest level since 1960s

Debt pile increases by 4.3 percentage points in year to August, adding to challenge for chancellor #RachelReeves
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/uk-debt-gdp-rachel-reeves
#Economy #ToryLegacy #PoisonedChalice

'#ThamesWater lenders ponder easing repayment terms as it fights to survive

Troubled company seeks fresh terms and confirms it has immediate access to only about £1.6bn'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/thames-water-lenders-ponder-easing-repayment-terms
#ToryLegacy

'#ThamesWater lenders ponder easing repayment terms as it fights to survive

Troubled company seeks fresh terms and confirms it has immediate access to only about £1.6bn'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/thames-water-lenders-ponder-easing-repayment-terms
#ToryLegacy

#Immigration and #Asylum

#HomeOffice urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route

Most applicants who feel forced to use 10-year immigration route are people of colour, data analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/home-office-urged-to-scrap-long-expensive-10-year-visa-route-racist
#ToryLegacy

#Immigration and #Asylum

#HomeOffice urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route

Most applicants who feel forced to use 10-year immigration route are people of colour, data analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/home-office-urged-to-scrap-long-expensive-10-year-visa-route-racist
#ToryLegacy

#NewHomePlanningApprovals in #England fall to lowest level in a decade

Exclusive: Housebuilders blame decline on former government’s decision to end binding targets for local authorities
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/19/new-home-planning-approvals-in-england-fall-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade

#ToryLegacy

#NewHomePlanningApprovals in #England fall to lowest level in a decade

Exclusive: Housebuilders blame decline on former government’s decision to end binding targets for local authorities
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/19/new-home-planning-approvals-in-england-fall-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade

#ToryLegacy

#Immigration and #asylum

'Valued #doctor ‘will be forced to leave #UK’ after autistic daughter refused #visa

London-based doctor #TajwerSiddiqui says #HomeOffice rules are separating him from his wife [Also a Dr.] and #Alina, 19'

"Earlier this year the previous government tightened up the rules for health and care workers ... previously allowed to bring relatives to the UK when they secured a job.'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/16/valued-gp-will-be-forced-to-leave-uk-after-autistic-daughter-refused-visa
#ToryLegacy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

#Immigration and #asylum

'Valued #doctor ‘will be forced to leave #UK’ after autistic daughter refused #visa

London-based doctor #TajwerSiddiqui says #HomeOffice rules are separating him from his wife [Also a Dr.] and #Alina, 19'

"Earlier this year the previous government tightened up the rules for health and care workers ... previously allowed to bring relatives to the UK when they secured a job.'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/16/valued-gp-will-be-forced-to-leave-uk-after-autistic-daughter-refused-visa
#ToryLegacy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

‘The “#inhumane” treatment of #migrants rounded up in a “futile” operation for the now scrapped #Rwanda scheme, has been laid bare in testimonies from #HomeOffice staff that reveal force was used against distressed detainees.'

'Home Office accounts show the department paid out £56.8m in compensation for more than 2,700 wrongful detentions in the five years before the Rwanda raids.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/revealed-inhumane-treatment-of-migrants-uk-failed-rwanda-plan-laid-bare
#ToryInhumanity #ToryWaste #ToryLegacy

‘The “#inhumane” treatment of #migrants rounded up in a “futile” operation for the now scrapped #Rwanda scheme, has been laid bare in testimonies from #HomeOffice staff that reveal force was used against distressed detainees.'

'Home Office accounts show the department paid out £56.8m in compensation for more than 2,700 wrongful detentions in the five years before the Rwanda raids.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/revealed-inhumane-treatment-of-migrants-uk-failed-rwanda-plan-laid-bare
#ToryInhumanity #ToryWaste #ToryLegacy

Billpayers in #England and #Wales tricked into ‘#StealthBailout’ of #WaterCompanies

Campaign group challenges industry regulator over price rises for customers that will pay to upgrade infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/14/billpayers-in-england-and-wales-tricked-into-stealth-bailout-of-water-companies
#ToryLegacy

Billpayers in #England and #Wales tricked into ‘#StealthBailout’ of #WaterCompanies

Campaign group challenges industry regulator over price rises for customers that will pay to upgrade infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/14/billpayers-in-england-and-wales-tricked-into-stealth-bailout-of-water-companies
#ToryLegacy

'#Darzi review says the #NHS is in a critical condition but sets out a treatment plan'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/11/darzi-review-says-the-nhs-is-in-a-critical-condition-but-sets-out-a-treatment-plan
[🤞] #ToryLegacy

'#Darzi review says the #NHS is in a critical condition but sets out a treatment plan'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/11/darzi-review-says-the-nhs-is-in-a-critical-condition-but-sets-out-a-treatment-plan
[🤞] #ToryLegacy

'More than 1,500 #ChildTraffickingVictims in #UK feared back with exploiters

Children’s commissioner criticises referral mechanism after FoI data reveals scale of problem'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/child-trafficking-victims-uk
#ToryLegacy

'More than 1,500 #ChildTraffickingVictims in #UK feared back with exploiters

Children’s commissioner criticises referral mechanism after FoI data reveals scale of problem'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/child-trafficking-victims-uk
#ToryLegacy

#GavinWilliamson to face #CovidInquiry over impact of #school closures

Then education secretary faced repeated calls to resign over school and exam procedures during #pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/06/gavin-williamson-to-face-questions-on-school-closures-at-covid-19-inquiry
#ToryLegacy #Covid19

#GavinWilliamson to face #CovidInquiry over impact of #school closures

Then education secretary faced repeated calls to resign over school and exam procedures during #pandemic
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/06/gavin-williamson-to-face-questions-on-school-closures-at-covid-19-inquiry
#ToryLegacy #Covid19

#Reeves can loosen #Britain’s purse strings: she just needs to think outside the #Treasury box

The chancellor claims she needs to shave pennies from all departments, but there are better options for dealing with the £22bn funding hole
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/07/reeves-chancellor-purse-strings-treasury-22bn-hole
#UKPol #UKEconomy #ToryLegacy

#Reeves can loosen #Britain’s purse strings: she just needs to think outside the #Treasury box

The chancellor claims she needs to shave pennies from all departments, but there are better options for dealing with the £22bn funding hole
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/07/reeves-chancellor-purse-strings-treasury-22bn-hole
#UKPol #UKEconomy #ToryLegacy

Three reports lay bare scale of #NHS malaise. But will #RachelReeves fund a transformation?

Analyses by #LordDarzi, the #NHSConfederation and #HospitalChiefs detail a spectrum of ills in the service. But will their recommendations fuel appropriate remedies?

 #Tory #HealthReforms[sic] left #UK open to #Covid19 calamity, says top doctor’s report
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/07/three-reports-nhs-malaise-rachel-reeves-lord-darzi?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Health #PublicHealth #ToryLegacy

Three reports lay bare scale of #NHS malaise. But will #RachelReeves fund a transformation?

Analyses by #LordDarzi, the #NHSConfederation and #HospitalChiefs detail a spectrum of ills in the service. But will their recommendations fuel appropriate remedies?

 #Tory #HealthReforms[sic] left #UK open to #Covid19 calamity, says top doctor’s report
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/07/three-reports-nhs-malaise-rachel-reeves-lord-darzi?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Health #PublicHealth #ToryLegacy

#UK #MusicIndustry presses government to solve post-#Brexit limits on touring

As documents reveal #EU ‘not prepared’ to change, #KeirStarmer is reminded of #Labour’s manifesto pledge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/08/uk-music-industry-presses-government-to-solve-post-brexit-limits-on-touring
#BrexitBonus #ToryLegacy

#UK #MusicIndustry presses government to solve post-#Brexit limits on touring

As documents reveal #EU ‘not prepared’ to change, #KeirStarmer is reminded of #Labour’s manifesto pledge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/08/uk-music-industry-presses-government-to-solve-post-brexit-limits-on-touring
#BrexitBonus #ToryLegacy

'The head of a family-owned company that has made specialist wires and cables for six generations for clients ranging from naval vessels to film sets has blamed #Brexit for shredding its business'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/07/sixth-generation-uk-wire-maker-blames-brexit-shredding-business
#BrexitBonus #ToryLegacy

'The head of a family-owned company that has made specialist wires and cables for six generations for clients ranging from naval vessels to film sets has blamed #Brexit for shredding its business'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/07/sixth-generation-uk-wire-maker-blames-brexit-shredding-business
#BrexitBonus #ToryLegacy