New tiered restrictions will cost hospitality firms across the country up to £7.8billion and allow very few businesses in the sector to operate normally, according to new analysis. Recruitment website Caterer.com estimated that pent-up demand for meals and drinks could have delivered as much as £15.9billion to the UK economy when the current lockdown ends … Read more
Rishi Sunak defends public sector wage freeze saying state workers had a ‘7 per cent pay premium’ even BEFORE coronavirus hit and the gap is widening Rishi Sunak has defended public sector pay freeze next year in spending review Chancellor said there was a 7% ‘premium’ for state workers before the pandemic Mr Sunak insisted … Read more
Public sector pay will be frozen next year – but nurses, doctors and the lowest-paid will still get a rise, Rishi Sunak said yesterday. The Chancellor said he could not justify a ‘significant, across-the-board’ hike for the public sector given the difficulties faced by private firms. Many businesses, particularly in retail and hospitality, have been devastated … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces public sector pay freeze for next year but NHS workers will be exempt while the lowest paid will also get an increase… while most private sector workers go without a wage hike By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 13:10 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 13:10 GMT, 25 … Read more
A shocking waste of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is exposed by the Mail today. A major investigation has found that £5.6 billion in public cash has been frittered away on luxuries, feathering Whitehall mandarins’ nests and a wide range of jaw-dropping projects. It comes as Chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to set out a … Read more
Britain could be hit by a wave of strike action if Rishi Sunak goes ahead with a public sector pay freeze, a senior trade union leader warned today. Frances O’Grady, the TUC president, lashed out at reports suggesting that only doctors and nurses will escape a throttling of pay as the Government seeks to balance … Read more
Public sector debt hit a new high of £2.08TRILLION at the end of October as the Government borrowed £215billion in just seven months to prop up the UK economy during the coronavirus crisis Office for National Statistics said UK public sector debt has now hit £2.08trillion The Government borrowed £215billion in the seven months to … Read more
Hospitality bosses fear Government U-turn on bonuses for retaining furloughed staff could jeopardise financing deals with lenders By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 Hospitality bosses fear the Government U-turn on bonuses for retaining furloughed staff could jeopardise financing deals with lenders. … Read more
Thousands of pounds from Britain’s coronavirus bailout pot for the cultural sector goes to music festival promoting ‘world control’ by China Arts Council England awarded £78k to Belt and Road China-UK music festival The festival is supported by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism It promotes the country’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has been … Read more
Test & trace consultants are paid £7,360 a DAY: Fury as private sector company is handed cash equivalent of £1.5 million annual salary for coronavirus tracking Amount has been condemned as ‘disgraceful’ use of taxpayer cash in pandemic The £12bn scheme is seen as vital to the Government’s pandemic response Senior executives from Boston Consulting … Read more