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#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

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

‘‘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

'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

#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

#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

#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

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

'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

Seven years after #Grenfell disaster, thousands live in fear of #cladding fire

As the final report on the fatal London blaze looms, many developers have not begun safety work
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/01/grenfell-seven-years-cladding-fire-blaze-safety
#ToryIndifference #ToryLegacy

#AquaticLife under threat as #pollution and warmer waters wreak havoc

Research makes clear that the problem caused by #sewage and #ClimateChange is more urgent than previously thought
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/30/aquatic-life-under-threat-as-pollution-and-warmer-waters-wreak-havoc
#ClimateCrisis #Environment #ToryLegacy

#Cleverly[sic] accused of aggravating #AsylumBacklog by ‘dithering’ on key decisions -

Ministers under the then home secretary refused to give caseworkers permission to tackle outstanding cases covered by the #IllegalMigrationAct, departmental sources and the #UK’s biggest #CivilService union have told the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/30/james-cleverly-accused-aggravating-uk-asylum-backlog-crisis
#ToryLegacy

‘‘Happiness recession’: #UK 15-year-olds at bottom of #European #satisfaction league

Quarter of #British #teenagers in age group report low #LifeSatisfaction, compared with 7% of their Dutch peers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/29/uk-teenagers-low-life-satisfaction-europe
#ToryLegacy

Half a million children ‘face holiday #hunger’ if £1bn crisis fund is ditched

Exclusive: Charities say ending #HouseholdSupportFund in #England will increase hardship for struggling families

Analysis: How England came to rely on ‘sticking plaster’ fund
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/20/half-a-million-children-to-go-hungry-if-1bn-crisis-fund-is-ditched
#ToryLegacy

More companies in #England and #Wales went bust in the last year than at the height of the [2008/09] #FinancialCrisis, the latest #insolvency figures show.

There were 25,551 insolvencies in the 12 months from August 2023 to July 2024, new data from the #InsolvencyService released this morning shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/aug/20/global-markets-rally-soft-landing-hopes-oil-low-uk-insolvencies-business-live
#ToryLegacy

Clapping for #NHS in #pandemic may have been 'dangerous', #HealthOmbudsman says

The new government has launched a review of the health service after taking power, with #HealthSecretary #WesStreeting declaring the NHS "broken".

Politics News | Sky News - https://news.sky.com/story/clapping-for-nhs-in-pandemic-may-have-been-dangerous-health-ombudsman-says-13199032
#ToryLegacy

#England #PrisonOvercrowding emergency measures come into force

Ministers activate #OperationEarlyDawn, allowing defendants to be held in police cells as more sentenced over #riots
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/england-prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-come-into-force
#ToryLegacy

'#Crisis measures to tackle #English #PrisonOvercrowding imminent, says union

#POA chair says ministers could declare as soon as Monday that #OperationEarlyDawn is coming into force'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/18/prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-imminent-union
#ToryLegacy

'Disciplinary hearing date for #ChildQ strip-search officers still to be set

A date is still to be set for a disciplinary hearing that could result in three #MetropolitanPolice officers being sacked for their alleged part in the #StripSearch of an #InnocentChild in December 2020'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/18/disciplinary-hearing-date-for-child-q-strip-search-officers-still-to-be-set
#ToryLegacy

#Radiographer shortage in #England ‘is delaying #BreastCancer treatment’

Urgent need to recruit more #mammographers to enable disease to be detected promptly, says professional body
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/radiographer-shortage-in-england-delaying-breast-cancer-treatment-says-society
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#Radiographer shortage in #England ‘is delaying #BreastCancer treatment’

Urgent need to recruit more #mammographers to enable disease to be detected promptly, says professional body
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/radiographer-shortage-in-england-delaying-breast-cancer-treatment-says-society
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#Radiographer shortage in #England ‘is delaying #BreastCancer treatment’

Urgent need to recruit more #mammographers to enable disease to be detected promptly, says professional body
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/radiographer-shortage-in-england-delaying-breast-cancer-treatment-says-society
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#Radiographer shortage in #England ‘is delaying #BreastCancer treatment’

Urgent need to recruit more #mammographers to enable disease to be detected promptly, says professional body
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/radiographer-shortage-in-england-delaying-breast-cancer-treatment-says-society
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#Radiographer shortage in #England ‘is delaying #BreastCancer treatment’

Urgent need to recruit more #mammographers to enable disease to be detected promptly, says professional body
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/radiographer-shortage-in-england-delaying-breast-cancer-treatment-says-society
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#RailStrikes

#Aslef train drivers agree deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos

Last long-running dispute between unions and #EnglishTrainCompanies will be resolved if members back offer
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/14/aslef-train-drivers-agree-deal-that-could-end-rail-strikes-after-two-years-of-chaos
#ToryLegacy #England #Travel

#Labour urged to scrap £4bn #Tory mega-#jails plan and fund #rehabilitation

Exclusive: Former #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons #NickHardwick says money would be better spent preventing #crime
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/14/labour-urged-to-scrap-4bn-tory-mega-jails-plan-and-fund-rehabilitation
#ToryLegacy

#Brexit delays to #seed #imports could hit crop production, say growers

Tomato and pepper growers call for #UK to strike deal with #EU to avoid disruption and duplicate testing
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/13/brexit-delays-to-seed-imports-could-hit-crop-production-say-growers
#BrexitBonus #ToryLegacy

'Record payouts for #CEOs: the way they live now

The latest #HighPayCentre report confirms the persistent and damaging culture of #entitlement at the top of #business'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/12/the-guardian-view-on-record-payouts-for-ceos-the-way-they-live-now
#ToryLegacy #UK

'#Sellafield has apologised after pleading guilty to #CriminalCharges relating to a string of #cybersecurity failings at #Britain’s most hazardous #nuclear site, which it admitted could have threatened #NationalSecurity.

Among the failings at the vast #NuclearWaste dump in #Cumbria was the discovery that 75% of its computer servers were vulnerable to cyber-attacks, Westminster magistrates court in London heard'
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/08/sellafield-apologises-guilty-plea-security-failings-nuclear
#ToryLegacy

The age of extinction

Vaccinating #badgers more effective than culls in stopping #BovineTB, study finds

Percentage of badgers with bTB fell to zero in Cornish study, raising hopes of end to cull of 210,000 badgers since 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/06/badger-vaccination-cull-eradicate-bovine-tuberculosis-btb-farmers-cornwall-study-zsl-aoe
#ToryLegacy #ToryCruelty

#NHSEngland
#Pharmacies in England cutting services amid financial pressures, research finds
Poll reveals emergency contraception, free prescription deliveries and extended opening hours among services hit

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/05/pharmacies-england-cutting-services-financial-pressures-research
#ToryLegacy

#SpecialEducationalNeeds system in #England in ‘utter disarray’, says ombudsman

Exclusive: Young people and their families lack support, while social workers are overwhelmed, according to Amerdeep Somal
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/04/special-educational-needs-system-england-utter-disarray-ombudsman-amerdeep-somal
#ToryLegacy

A simple solution to #RachelReeves’ #SpendingCuts? Stop subsidising the #banks

A £22bn ‘black hole’ could be filled overnight if Labour stopped paying unnecessarily high interest on balances at Threadneedle Street
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/04/a-simple-solution-to-rachel-reeves-spending-cuts-stop-subsidising-the-banks
#ToryLegacy

''Worrying deterioration in #safety’ at #UKImmigration removal centres, warns #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons [for #England & # Wales Prisons in #Scotland are devolved, but IRCs are not...]'
All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/04/worrying-deterioration-in-safety-at-uk-immigration-removal-centres-warns-chief-inspector-of-prisons
#ToryLegacy #ToryInhumanity #Immigration

#Tory ‘'#FreeMoney’: £4bn lost to fraud and error on flagship #HMRC ‘innovation’ scheme - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/03/free-money-4bn-lost-to-and-error-on-flagship-hmrc-innovation-scheme
#ToryLegacy #ToryWaste

Why are #English #GPs taking industrial action and how will it affect patients?

#Doctors have begun a #WorkToRule action over a funding row, with each practice adopting different rules
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/01/why-gps-in-england-are-taking-collective-action
#ToryLegacy #NHSEngland

#CovidInquiry – a damning report

“#FatalStrategicFlaws” in #pandemic planning led to thousands of #AvoidableDeaths, says inquiry lead #BaronessHallett

'Although #BorisJohnson promised a “world-beating system”, only half of close contacts were reached through #TestAndTrace in badly affected areas. The use of private companies such as #Serco added to the complications, while, unfathomably, local #NHS expertise was overlooked.'
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/the-covid-inquiry-a-damning-report/
#Covid19 #ToryLegacy #IdeologyBeforePeople

#UK ‘desperately exposed’ to #CyberThreats and #pandemics, says minister

#ScienceSecretary #PeterKyle says national resilience suffered ‘catastrophically’ under #Tories
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/29/uk-desperately-exposed-to-cyber-threats-and-pandemics-says-minister
#ToryLegacy

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

New Survey: Nearly 90% of #GB parents are worried for their children's future #LifeChances – #UNICEF #UK calls for urgent reset from new Government

https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/new-survey-nearly-90-of-gb-parents-are-worried-for-their-childrens-future-life-chances-unicef-uk-calls-for-urgent-reset-from-new-government/
#ToryLegacy

#Tories ‘deliberately covered up’ true state of #PublicFinances, says minister

#SteveReed hits out at #Conservatives’ handling of #PublicServices as chancellor prepares to detail ‘£20bn black hole’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/28/tories-deliberately-covered-up-true-state-of-public-finances-says-minister
#ToryLegacy

#RachelReeves expected to reveal £20bn #shortfall in #PublicFinances

#Chancellor may raise some #taxes in the autumn due to what Labour describes as its ‘shocking inheritance’ from #Tories

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/25/rachel-reeves-expected-to-reveal-20bn-shortfall-in-public-finances
#ToryLegacy