Boris Johnson says train strikes “wrong and unnecessary”
Brexit will hurt Britain’s competitiveness, boost productivity and cut workers’ wages for the rest of the decade, according to a scary new study.
A report from the Resolution Foundation’s think tank, in collaboration with the London School of Economics, said leaving the EU would make Britain “poorer” in the 2020s.
The study says the immediate impact of Brexit is already clear, with the “devaluation surge in inflation” increasing the cost of living for households and reducing investment.
Economists said the real wage was set at £ 470 lower per worker on average each year than it would have been if Britain had chosen to stay in the EU.
Sophie Hale, chief economist at the Resolution Foundation, said Brexit was “the biggest change in Britain’s economic relations with the rest of the world in half a century.”
Elsewhere, the government has proposed a new Bill of Rights that would allow it to ignore interim European court rulings and could facilitate the deportation of foreign offenders.
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Brexit: Ministers warn against Gulf trade deal over “terrible” human rights situation
Boris Johnson’s government has been warned against a post-Brexit free trade agreement with a group of Gulf states over a “terrifying” human rights record.
Union leaders and activists have called on ministers to rethink their approach as talks on an agreement between the United Kingdom and six Gulf states begin in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will meet with representatives of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh to begin talks with the bloc, writes Adam Forest.
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Sunak says the Bank of England will act “forcibly” to tackle inflation
Rishi Sunak said the government and the Bank of England were working to fight rising inflation, which peaked at 40 this morning.
Asked if the bank had lost control of inflation, which should remain at the 2% target, the chancellor said: “I want people to be confident that we have all the necessary tools and the determination to reduce inflation and bring it back.
“First, the Bank of England will act vigorously to fight inflation.
“Second, the government will be responsible for loans and debt, so that we do not worsen the situation and do not raise people’s mortgage rates more than they will increase.
“Finally, we are improving the productivity of our economy, improving the energy supply we have and moving people from welfare to work.”
Mariam Zakir-Hussein June 22, 2022 10:56 AM
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Senior Home Office official says no department likes more than a “good crisis”
Matthew Rycroft, a senior State Department official, said there was nothing the department “loved better than a good crisis.”
Asked earlier by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Neill, that “there always seems to be a crisis” in the Home Office, Mr Rycroft told the Municipal Home Affairs Committee: “I absolutely acknowledge that ”
He added: “You may remember when the Secretary of State and I created a program to transform the Home Office called One Home Office, one of the things we wanted to unlock was the feeling in the department that we were really going out of crisis to crisis. .
“You know, there is nothing that the Ministry of Interior loves more than a good crisis. And, of course, a good crisis response is an important part of the functioning of the State Department. But there is much more to it than that.
“And what I’m trying to do is get us to do better with our usual business and prevent things from turning into crises.”
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Bus drivers will go on strike over the wage dispute
Hundreds of bus drivers have to strike in a pay dispute.
Unite members hired by Stagecoach in Merseyside will leave on June 30 and again on July 4.
Unite Secretary General Sharon Graham said: “Stagecoach is a very profitable company – it can easily afford to pay its workers decent wages, but chooses not to.
“Unite will always challenge employers who make excessive profits by exploiting and paying workers. Our members will receive the full support of Unite until this dispute is resolved. “
Unite Regional Officer Dave Roberts said: “Unite members are taking strike action as a last resort. Despite lengthy negotiations, Stagecoach refused to make an offer that met members’ expectations.
“Even at this late stage, strikes and the inevitable disruptions they will cause can be avoided if Stagecoach makes a reasonable payment offer.
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The government had to “hold the line” against RMT’s demands, the deputy prime minister said
Dominique Raab said the government should “keep the line” against RMT’s demands to improve wages and railway conditions.
The justice minister said the strikes were “deeply regrettable” and that railway reform was needed.
“Of course, we need to reform the way the railways work, given the new ways of working on the effect it has on travel to the city,” he told LBC Radio. “But there are also old practices that, frankly, are quite outdated and unnecessary that need to be reformed.
He added: “I think Network Rail is taking the right approach. We know that the price of life is a challenge, we know that it affects workers everywhere.
“But the only thing that will keep inflation higher for longer and undermine wage packages for longer is if we have a spiraling increase in public sector wages above what is responsible. And that is the question here.
“It is to protect the salaries of those with the lowest incomes that we must keep the line.”
Mariam Zakir-Hussein June 22, 2022 10:12
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The teachers’ union is threatening to go on strike if the government does not propose an “inflation plus” salary increase.
The country’s largest education union will consult with its members on industrial action this fall if the government fails to increase teachers’ salaries “plus inflation”.
In a letter to Nadhim Zahawi – seen by The Independent – the joint secretaries general of the National Education Union (NEU) warned that they would not stand aside “while pushing both education and teachers on the ground”.
This comes amid the biggest industrial strike on the rail network in decades and the latest data showing that inflation in the UK is reaching a new 40-year high, rising 9.1% in the 12 months to May – of 9% in April.
Our political correspondent Ashley Cowburn reports:
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Inflation: Raab advocates restoring triple-lock pensions
Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab has defended the restoration of the triple pension lock, which will lead to higher incomes in line with inflation as the government fights against wages that keep pace with rising prices.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today program: “They (retirees) are particularly vulnerable and disproportionately affected by the increase in energy costs, which we know everyone is facing.
The government has set aside £ 37 billion to help people cope with rising spending, he said, but “at the same time we need to stop making the problem worse by fueling demand for pay, which will only lead to higher inflation.” longer and it only harms the poorest and the worst ”.
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The mayor of London calls for free NHS care for all UK residents to help “prevent a new Windrush scandal”
The mayor of London called on the government to make access to the NHS free for all people living in the UK to prevent a new Windrush scandal.
As the nation celebrates Wind Day, Sadiq Khan called on the government to end its hostile environmental policy and limit regulations on charging NHS migrants who affect undocumented Londoners as they struggle to prove their immigration status. to receive free health care.
The policy disproportionately affects black, Asian and ethnic minority patients, and ending it would prevent a recurrence of the situation in which members of the Windrush generation were charged for treatment – or refused – the mayor said.
Our competition correspondent Nadine White reports:
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Brexit will cut wages and make the UK poorer in the coming decades, according to the study
Brexit will hurt Britain’s competitiveness, boost productivity and cut workers’ wages for the rest of the decade, according to a scary new study.
A report from the Resolution Foundation’s think tank, in collaboration with the London School of Economics, said leaving the EU would make Britain “poorer” in the 2020s.
The study says the immediate impact of Brexit is already clear, with the “devaluation surge in inflation” increasing the cost of living for households and reducing investment.
Political writer Adam Forest also has:
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The government cannot allow “militant” unions to “win a dispute”, says Dominique Raab
Dominique Raab said the government could not “back down” and allow the striking railway workers to “win” the dispute amid the largest industrial action on the network in three decades.
Risking a new clash, the deputy prime minister also described the actions of the country’s largest railway union, RMT, as “militant” – just minutes after insisting the government did not want the dispute to become “politicized”.
As inflation reaches a new 40-year high, the cabinet minister said it showed the need to take a “hard line” with the union, telling Sky News that there was a risk of a “vicious circle” of rising wages. inflation even higher.
Our political correspondent Ashley Cowburn also has:
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