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Chief executive of Ofwat, David Black, on @BBCr4today sounding very much like a spokesman for the water companies, rather than their regulator. Suggests critics have a "confusion" between company returns and dividends, adds the industry is "complex" + "difficult to understand" DB: “Companies are competing on international capital markets.
Delayed, rushed and mistargeted but Sunak’s energy package is still welcome
The Government of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak is big state and tax-raising, not that they would ever admit it. Battered by events – notably the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and the self-inflicted “Partygate” shambles – the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have needed to repeatedly intervene in the economy, outside of the normal six-month cycle of Budgets and Spring Statements.
We are onto Boris Johnson and he knows it’: the inside story of Labour under Keir Starmer
As the second anniversary as Labour leader looms, Starmer’s MPs accept he has yet to ‘seal the deal’ with voters. By Paul Waugh Chief Political Commentator – Inews April 2, 2022 6:00 am(Updated 11:34 am) Keir with Camden Labour Council Candidates at Camden manifesto release When Sir Keir Starmer was first told on Monday evening that police fines were imminent for those involved in Partygate, his instant reaction was telling. “For Johnson?” he asked.
Final UK Evacuation Flight For Afghan Nationals Has Left Kabul Airport, MoD Confirms
The final UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals has left Kabul airport, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Any further flights which will now leave Kabul under the UK’s evacuation operation will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the final flight purely for evacuations under Operation Pitting had departed from Kabul.
As delta variant spreads, Biden Administration will not lift travel restrictions
While several countries are reopening to vaccinated Americans, the United States will remain firmly shut for now. Reuters first reported the U.S. … As more places reopen to allow vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists alike, we’re seeing certain destinations enforce more stringent entry … Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information.
Can Keir Starmer Bounce Back From A Batley And Spen By-Election Loss?
(Photo: Christopher Furlong via Getty Images) On the very day that Matt Hancock was fighting to save his political career in Westminster, Labour’s battle to hang onto one of its own parliamentary seats was being played out nearly 200 miles north in West Yorkshire. Amid ugly, unsettling scenes outside a mosque in Batley as worshippers left Friday prayers, the party’s candidate Kim Leadbeater was being harangued and chased by an anti-gay rights activist.
Will The Ridiculing Of Matt Hancock Skewer Him, Or Spare Him?
Health Secretary Matt Hancock with adviser Gina Coladangelo (Photo: Yui MokPA) One of the tabloid-tastic details of The Sun’s jaw-dropping scoop on Matt Hancock was that “the office where the tryst happened is where Mr Hancock famously hangs his Damien Hirst portrait of the Queen”. He committed adultery in front of Her Majesty, has the man no shame? Or did he dangle a facemask over the painting to spare her eyes?
Why The Unite Election Has Lessons In Unity For Keir Starmer - And The Left
(Photo: Leon Neal via Getty Images) You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. “Two down, one to go.” That’s how a Labour MP reacted this week to the news that moderate Gary Smith was just elected to lead the GMB union. It was a reference to the fact that this year’s general secretary elections for the UK’s ‘big three’ trade unions – Unison, Unite and GMB – have seen two victories for candidates seen as friendly to Keir Starmer.
Boris Johnson’s In A Holding Pattern On Covid, But Is Keir Starmer Too?
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Just six days ago, Matt Hancock’s name was mud, his reputation ground into the dirt by Dominic Cummings’ onslaught. Today, the health secretary returned to his bouncy ways as he seized on the news that the UK reported not a single death from Covid for the first time since last July. “The vaccines are clearly working,” he said.
Brexit Is Back, Whether Either Party Likes It Or Not
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. There were some truly concerning new figures on Covid today, confirming a sharp spike in cases of the Indian variant (a 160% increase over the past week). It appears that its doubling time is just five days, even scarier than the 14-day doubling time of the Kent variant that caused such devastation in January.
Boris Johnson Marries Confidence With Caution On The Indian Covid Variant Risk
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Boris Johnson’s carefully chosen words in prime minister’s question time were – like most of his Covid statements these days – part science, part politics.
Will Boris Johnson’s Covid Caution Finally Snap This Summer?
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. In politics, as with the British summer, it never rains but it pours. Just under a fortnight since his stunning local elections success in England, Boris Johnson is finding out just how the political weather can change pretty quickly. And in true 2021 style, lots of problems are coming at once.
Trade Union Boss Howard Beckett Condemned After Call To 'Deport' Priti Patel
Home secretary Priti Patel. (Photo: Dan Kitwood via Getty Images) A leading official in Unite the union has been suspended from the Labour Party after tweeting that Priti Patel should be “deported” for her treatment of refugees, HuffPost UK understands. Howard Beckett has apologised for saying the home secretary is “disgusting” in a now deleted tweet. Patel was born in London to Indian parents who fled to the UK from Uganda just before Idi Amin’s decision to deport all Asians.
Rachel Reeves Ditches Labour’s ‘Don’t Mention The War’ Approach To Brexit
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Ok, so she didn’t use the word Brexit. But when Rachel Reeves made her debut as shadow chancellor in the Queen’s Speech debate, she did something few Labour politicians have dared attempt in the Starmer era: point out the downsides of the way Boris Johnson “got Brexit done”.
No.10 Admits Whitehall Has Conducted Secret 'Lessons Learned' Review On Covid
(Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The government has conducted a secret “lessons learned” review on the Covid pandemic but is refusing to publish it, Downing Street has admitted. Whitehall civil servants in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have conducted internal assessments of what went wrong to improve best practice, HuffPost UK has been told.
Unite Should Stop Trying To Be Keir Starmer’s ‘Backseat Driver’, Gerard Coyne Warns
(Photo: Ian Forsyth via Getty Images) Unite the union should stop acting like Keir Starmer’s “backseat driver” and give him time to do his job, a lead contender in the race to replace Len McCluskey has declared. Gerard Coyne, who was narrowly defeated by McCluskey in 2017, said Unite had been “more focused in messing around in Westminster politics” than delivering for its 1.2 million members in recent years.
Was Boris Johnson Right To Fear Other Countries’ Covid Waves Will Wash Up In The UK?
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Back in March, when the Covid third wave hit the rest of Europe, Boris Johnson was clearly worried about its impact on the UK. “People in this country should be under no illusions that previous experience has taught us that when a wave hits our friends, I’m afraid it washes up on our shores as well,” the PM said.
No.10 Condemns ‘Appalling’ Abuse Of Captain Sir Tom Moore By Online Trolls
Downing Street has condemned “absolutely appalling” abuse directed by online trolls towards Captain Sir Tom Moore. Boris Johnson’s press secretary Allegra Stratton hit out as she revealed the PM was thinking of the 100-year-old charity fundraiser, who is in hospital after testing positive for Covid. Piers Morgan also rounded on trolls on Tuesday morning, calling them “vermin” for attacking Captain Tom, who raised more than £30m for NHS charities by walking in his garden during the pandemic.
80,000 People To Get Door-To-Door Testing For South African Covid Variant
Around 80,000 people in England are to receive door-to-door Covid testing after the discovery of 11 cases of the South African coronavirus variant in people who hadn’t travelled to the country. The “surge” testing provided by mobile laboratories and local public health staff will cover eight different local areas covering parts of London, Walsall, Broxbourne, Maidstone, Woking and Southport.
Dido Harding Refuses To Apologise For Damage To NHS Brand Caused By Test And Trace
Baroness Dido Harding, Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace (Photo: PA) Dido Harding has refused to apologise for any damage caused to the NHS’s brand by her heavily criticised test and trace service. The Tory peer told a Health Service Journal summit that “far from apologising, I’d like to say thank you to the NHS staff” for helping support the system through laboratory work and clinical help on tracing.
Rishi Sunak Hits The Pause Button As The Dominic Cummings Legacy Lives On
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Having spent most of his short career as chancellor being seen as the nice man who dishes out dosh, it was perhaps no surprise that Rishi Sunak sounded less sure-footed with the tough stuff. Even as he lobbed some red meat towards Tory backbenchers on public sector pay today, he couldn’t bring himself to use the F-word: freeze.
Keir Starmer 'Likely' To Support Boris Johnson’s Brexit Trade Deal
Keir Starmer is expected to order Labour MPs to vote for a Brexit trade deal secured by Boris Johnson – on the grounds that no-deal would be far worse for jobs and the economy. The Labour leader is braced for a backlash from some former Remain supporters among his MPs and party activists, but HuffPost UK understands that at present he is “likely” to recommend support for a late agreement hammered out with Brussels.
How Easter Became The New Christmas In Boris Johnson’s Covid Calendar
© 2020 Getty Images CARDIFF, WALES - NOVEMBER 09: A woman wearing a face mask walks past a cafe with a 'Happy Christmas' sign on The Hayes on November 9, 2020 in Cardiff, Wales. Wales' health minister said cases are levelling off after its 17-day lockdown. Pubs, restaurants, and other non-essential businesses are allowed to reopen from today.
Will Boris Johnson Be Forced To Extend The Current Lockdown Beyond December 2?
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Just two weeks from today, Boris Johnson is likely to come before parliament to set out his plans for ending the current lockdown, detailing the replacement restrictions he wants to kick in from the following week from December 2. MPs will get to vote on the next steps and you can bet the debate will be intense.
£40bn Tax-The-Rich Plan To Pay For Covid Crisis Calls For 'Pandemic Profits Levy'
(Photo: SIPA USA/PA Images) A “pandemic profits levy” should be part of a £40bn plan to tax the better off and repair the public finances hit by the Covid outbreak, a leading economic think tank has urged. A major new report by the Resolution Foundation calls for a tax hike on those companies that have done well out of the pandemic and predicts that the economy won’t get back to normal until 2023 at the earliest.
Is Boris Johnson Ready To End The Dominic Cummings Era?
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. The contrast between the national Covid crisis and the navel-gazing that preoccupies Downing Street could not have been starker. Just as the UK learned it was the first country in Europe to pass the 50,000 death toll from the virus, Boris Johnson’s No.10 was convulsed with intrigue and in-fighting.
Sadiq Khan Says Tory ‘Demonisation’ Of Teachers Is Putting Staff At Risk Of Violence
(Photo: PA) Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s “demonisation” of teachers during the Covid crisis is putting staff at risk of violence from pupils and parents. In a Zoom call with more than 3,000 teachers and support staff in the National Education Union, Khan said that ministers and special advisers including Dominic Cummings should be praising their profession as “heroes” rather than denigrating them.
Lords Inflict Huge Defeat On Boris Johnson’s Plan To Break International Law On Brexit
General view of the House of Lords in London as the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill is debated. (Photo: PA Wire/PA Images) Boris Johnson’s plan to break international law over Brexit has been overwhelmingly rejected by the House of Lords. Peers voted by 433 to 165 to strip out clauses in the Internal Market Bill which would allow the UK to renege on its obligations in the withdrawal agreement signed with the EU.
Unison Leadership Contender Denies Anti-Semitism Claims As Labour Urged To Investigate
A contender to lead Britain’s biggest trade union has been reported to the Labour Party for alleged anti-Semitism, HuffPost UK can reveal. Labour Against Antisemitism has urged the party to suspend Unison assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie for sharing social media posts that compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the Holocaust and that suggested anti-Jewish hatred was being exaggerated to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.
Will The Second Wave Swamp Boris Johnson’s ‘Light Touch’ Covid Curbs?
A TV screening British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he addresses the nation regarding new coronavirus restrictions. (Photo: EMPICS Entertainment) You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Belgian waffle? For a man who loves having his cake and eating it, there was something delicious about the timing of Boris Johnson’s latest TV address to the nation on coronavirus.
Keir Starmer Says Jeremy Corbyn 'Deserved' To Lose The Last Election
Keir Starmer conference speech (Photo: HuffPost UK) Keir Starmer has declared that Jeremy Corbyn “deserved” to lose the last general election because the public didn’t trust Labour with their security, jobs or their money. In his clearest break yet with his predecessor, the Labour leader used his first conference speech to vent his “anger” at the impotence of the party being out of office for the last 10 years.
These are the new coronavirus rules - and they could last until Spring.
Government could also introduce more 10pm curfews on pubs and restaurants following dramatic spike of infections in the under-30s. Boris Johnson has … The government is introducing new measures on Monday. The number of people that can attend social gatherings will be slashed to six in England … The announcement has been met with some confusion from the public.
New £400bn Tax On House Price Rises ‘Would Help Young Avoid Covid-19 Debts’
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. A new £400bn tax on house price rises should be used to protect young people from the unfair impact of coronavirus, a leading think tank has urged. The centre-right Social Market Foundation warned that without radical moves to find extra tax on “unearned” income, the UK faces an unsustainable national debt and stagnant growth that will blight the lives of future generations.
Labour Pays ‘Substantial Damages’ To BBC Panorama Anti-Semitism Whistleblowers
(Photo: PA) Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Labour’s row over anti-Semitism is set to reignite after the party formally apologised to whistleblowers and the BBC’s Panorama for claiming they had “maliciously” misrepresented the issue.
How Julian Lewis Pulled Off A Very British Coup To Chair The Intelligence And Security Committee
Conservative MP Julian Lewis. (Photo: House of Commons - PA Images via Getty Images) You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Who he, Lewis? And the news The look on Chris Grayling’s face said it all. The former minister had breezed into the first meeting of the newly convened Intelligence and Security Committee in the Macmillan Room in Portcullis House, fully expecting to be the only Tory name on the ballot paper.
Chinese Mobile Giant Huawei To Be Stripped Out Of UK 5G By 2027
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will be banned from installing any new equipment to the UK’s 5G phone network from the end of this year and have all its kit stripped out by 2027, the government has announced.
Michael Gove Finds Out The Hard Way That Boris Johnson Really Is The Boss
(Photo: BEN STANSALL via Getty Images) You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Deputy dawg Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have always had much in common, not least their shared expression of grey-faced shock the morning after the Vote Leave triumph in the 2016 EU referendum.
Trump ‘Undermining’ Global Fight Against Covid By Hoarding New Drug, UK Minister Warns Original
Donald Trump risks “undermining” global collaboration on Covid-19 by buying up the world’s supplies of a drug treatment for the virus, the British government has warned. Business minister Nadhim Zahawi hit out after it emerged that the United States had struck a deal with pharma giant Gilead to purchase almost its entire production of Remdesivir for the next three months.
PM's 'Build, Build, Build' Pledge Under Fire As £12bn Becomes £9.5bn
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Boris Johnson’s claim to “build, build, build” his way out of the coronavirus pandemic was thrown into confusion amid claims that he appeared to have cut funding for affordable housing.
Exclusive: What Schools Will Be Told To Do In September So All Pupils Can Return
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Schools in England will be urged to deploy Covid-secure “year bubbles” of up to 240 pupils under government plans to get all children safely back in the classroom from September, HuffPost UK has learned.
Sadiq Khan To Move London’s City Hall To Docklands To Save £55m
London mayor Sadiq Khan is set to move City Hall to the capital’s Docklands to save £55m over five years and protect front-line services hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The dramatic move would mean the Greater London Authority (GLA) breaking its lease half a decade early, at the end of 2021, after 20 years in the Norman Foster-designed building on a prime riverside spot on the south bank of the Thames, overlooking Tower Bridge.
2015 - What Happened - FINAL Final
00 upvotes00 downvotes 0 views 76 pages Description: 2015 Election, Internal report Date uploaded Jun 19, 2020 Copyright © © All Rights Reserved Available Formats PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this document Share or Embed Document Did you find this document useful? 2015: what happened? Introduction This note is intended to provide a resource for helping to understand what happened in the 2015 general election.
POST ELECTION REVIEW the Field Campaign Review Document.docx
00 upvotes00 downvotes 0 views 114 pages Description: 2015 Post-election review Date uploaded Jun 19, 2020 Copyright © © All Rights Reserved Available Formats PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this document Share or Embed Document Did you find this document useful? 1 The Field Operation An overview of the field strategy for the 2015 General Election July 2015 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................
Final Labour Together Report
00 upvotes00 downvotes 0 views 139 pages Description: Post-mortem on Labour's 2019 election performance Date uploaded Jun 18, 2020 Copyright © © All Rights Reserved Available Formats PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this document Share or Embed Document Did you find this document useful?
Marcus Rashford Slams Minister After 'Snarky' Tweet In Free School Meals Row
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. England footballer Marcus Rashford has hit back at a cabinet minister who failed to respond to his pleas for free school meal vouchers to cover the summer holidays. Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey sparked an online backlash after she commented on the 22-year-old’s tweets about the difficulties facing poorer families in the UK.
BBQs And Garden Parties Could Be Allowed Within Weeks Under Lockdown Easing Plan
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. The public will be allowed to hold barbecues and garden parties with people from outside their household from the end of June, under plans being considered by the government.
Grant Shapps Hints At ‘Air Bridges’ Between UK And Low-Risk Covid-19 Countries
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Families hoping for an overseas summer holiday have been given a glimmer of hope after Grant Shapps floated the idea of “air bridges” between the UK and countries with a low incidence of Covid-19.
Nadine Dorries Shared Video That Doctored Keir Starmer's Child Grooming Remarks
Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. Tory health minister Nadine Dorries has been reprimanded by Downing Street after promoting false claims online about Keir Starmer’s stance on prosecuting child sex grooming gangs.
Boris Johnson Gets His Excuses In First As He Defends Covid-19 Response
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Does he know his Rs from his elbow? As a former journalist, Boris Johnson is more aware than most of the constant demands of the media for something new. Today, he finally caved to demands for more clarity about his plans to ease the UK out of its Covid-19 lockdown. And he did so by showering the No.10 press conference with a veritable confetti of front-page story material.
How Quickly Can Keir Starmer Get Labour Back Into Power?
EMPICS ENTERTAINMENT Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. On his election as the new leader of the Labour Party, one of the first people to ring Keir Starmer was Boris Johnson. After brief congratulations, he invited the leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition to a briefing on the coronavirus outbreak next week.
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