There are two news stories about the Liberal Democrats and the privatised utilities today. BBC News reports that we have: called for October's expected energy price cap rise to be scrapped, with the cost covered by a windfall tax on energy company profits. Experts expect the energy price cap - the maximum amount suppliers can charge their customers in England, Scotland and Wales - to hit £3,615. The average bill was £1,400 a year in October 2021. And the Guardian says: Water company bosses should be banned from giving themselves bonuses until they fix their leaky pipes, the Liberal Democrats ...
With a huge increase in the energy price cap looming later this year, the Liberal Democrats have put together a radically different, and better, package of support from the government's plans. The Liberal Democrat plan involves: Cancelling the planned October rise in the energy price cap, giving households across the country a £36 billion boost in dealing with the cost of living crisis.)Paying for this in part via a windfall tax, which fossil fuel companies will be able to afford thanks to their current huge profits. (BP and Shell alone made £29 billion in profits in the first six months ...
The cost-of-living crisis should be the number one priority for all political parties this summer. With the energy price cap due to rise by an eye watering 70%, on top of the 54% rise earlier this year, a cruel winter beckons, one that for some, make no mistake, will be fatal. Martin Lewis, the Money Saving Expert, has spent the summer pleading fruitlessly for solutions from government. Meanwhile, Labour has chosen to squander their time arguing about whether the Shadow Cabinet should join the picket lines of those on strike. There is a huge space for the Liberal Democrats to ...
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The problem with the present Tory leadership contest is that it looks worryingly like a presidential campaign. We've seen televised debates among the contenders, news of them, their campaigns, promises and policies. It sounds as if the winner will have a mandate to take the country in a new direction, though the voters are just the 0.3% of the population who happen to be members of the Conservative Party. Where is the public outcry? This is part of a general trend to move power from Parliament to No.10 which has accelerated since the referendum. It includes the illegal prorogation of ...
Reading the shocking news in today's Guardian that 650 children were strip-searched over a two-year period, with the majority being found innocent of the suspicions against them, I was not surprised to find that the force concerned was the Metropolitian Police. The paper says that the children's commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, was not convinced that the force was "consistently considering children's welfare and wellbeing" after police data showed that in almost a quarter of cases (23%) an appropriate adult was not present during the search, despite this being a requirement under statutory guidance. She was also concerned ...
Is Rishi Sunak really suggesting that it's acceptable to be poorly paid if you're adding social value? That does appear to be the case if you take his proposal to take a tougher approach to university degrees that saddle students with debt, without improving their earning potential So, presumably, a degree in nursing, which the market suggests is underpaid, would be acceptable to Mr Sunak. The problem is that, whilst in the private sector, the market requires businesses to compete with each other for staff, the public sector is distorted by government decisions to "set an example". Thus, increasingly, there ...
Three of Dundee's green spaces - Dundee Law, Victoria Park and Camperdown Park - have been nominated for the 2022 UK's favourite parks award. We are delighted that Victoria Park in our own local area has been nominated. We would encourage residents to take part in the vote! You can vote at www.fieldsintrust.org/favourite-parks/nominations - voting closes on Thursday 18th August.
