TUC calls on political parties to commit to needs-based funding for all public services | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/tuc-calls-on-political-parties-to-commit-to-needs-based-funding-for-all-public-services

#TUC
#NeedsBasedFunding
#PublicServices
#Unions
#Tories
#Austerity
#Corrupution
#Inept
#ToryFailure
#ToryFailures
#ToryCuts
#Labour
#PCS
#POA
#IFS
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#StrikesBill

Britain's Best Days Are Behind Us, Say Voters
A majority of voters believe “nothing in #Britain really works” and say #RishiSunak’s party has made #PublicServices worse, according to an exclusive new poll

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/britains-best-days-are-behind-us?r=i3k8c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#UKPol #ToryPoliciesInAction #England

Until it's enshrined in rock-solid legislation that #PublicServices and #PublicProperty cannot be seized and sold (to themselves and their mates) by future #governments then what's the fucking point?

The cure for sick Britain? Restore public spending | Austerity | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/24/the-cure-for-sick-britain-restore-public-spending

#SickBritain
#PublicSpending
#PublicServices
#Tax

The Future is Public: Global manifesto for public services

Fantastic work and well worth a re-visit. #publicservices #publicservice #publicsector #union

Modest wealth tax on richest 0.3% could raise more than £10bn for public services, says UK Trades Union Congress.
https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/modest-wealth-tax-on-richest-0-3-could-raise-more-than-10bn-for-public-services-says-tuc/
#wealthtax #ukpolitics #wealth #publicservices

Rightly the #TUC suggests a 'modest' and clearly focussed #wealthtax would give a significant fiscal boost to #publicservices... we need to (re?)establish fairness in #taxation in the UK as a way of rebuilding society both financially and morally....

The TUC have as yet not 'recommended' this change, but the very act of pointing out what it would entail ratchets up the pressure on the Labour Party to be thinking about such things!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/11/modest-wealth-tax-could-raise-more-than-10bn-for-public-services-says-tuc

‘‘Modest’ #WealthTax could raise more than £10bn for #PublicServices, says #TUC

Union body raises idea of levy on #UK’s richest 140,000 people as it calls for ‘national conversation’ on issue
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/11/modest-wealth-tax-could-raise-more-than-10bn-for-public-services-says-tuc

Strong words from Robin McAlpine on the management of Scotland’s public services. It’s hard to disagree with much that he says. Sadly, it’s also hard to see any Scottish Government having the will to follow his suggestions for solving the problem.
#Management #PublicServices #NHS #Scotland The Scottish empire which needs to fall http://robinmcalpine.org/the-scottish-empire-which-needs-to-fall/

Another Angry Voice

Who owns it now?
When the Tories privatised our national infrastructure and services they pretended that government is too inefficient to run these things properly, but now they're being run by foreign governments!
As they were flogging off our vital national infrastructure and services on the cheap, the Tories insisted that government is too inefficient to run these things properly.

https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/who-owns-it-now?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#PublicServices #ToryFail #ToryLies #ToryCorruption #politics

In response to Rishi Sunak fawning over cars and "motorist" constituents (in contrast to, let's say, the auto industry and corporate interests)

(original post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sambutlerUS/status/1685666589754945536)

#Transit #Mobility #Cars #RishiSunak #UK #Bicycles #Buses #Bike #PublicSpace #PublicTransit #Walking #Pedestrians #Community #Communities #Accessibility #PublicServices #MultiModal #FuckCars #CarFree #government #PublicPolicy #ClimateCrisis #climate #EnergyCrisis #pollution #cancer #particulates #AirPollution #Traffic #TrafficDeaths

#wordup #privatization #publicservices

“Migrant workers make a huge contribution to public services and society through their hard work and tax contributions. They should be welcomed and treated with respect, not punished for the government’s failure to fund public services properly.”

Christine McAnea of trade union Unison on Sunak's divisive proposal to part-fund public sector pay rises by hiking fees to immigrants (for visa applications and NHS access).
#Racism #Migrants #MigrantWorkers #PublicServices

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/16/borderline-racist-rishi-sunak-plan-to-fund-pay-rises-by-hiking-migrant-fees

I hope the #fediverse can do something about providing robust #publicservices as well as #twitter used to and stick it to the new overlord.
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/bc-government-hit-tweet-limit-amid-wildfire-evacuations-7268169?ref=dailydevbytes.com

It would be great if there was an instance only for public service announcement accounts. That way they could join the fediverse & we could know exactly where to go for crucial weather & disaster info. No one admin or CEO could cut them out on a whim.
#twitterdown #TwitterMigration #publicservices #emergencies

#Thameswater: a case in point for #capitalism collapse.

When #assets & resources have been stripped & profiteers (here: Macquarie bank) are disgarding the shells of the enterprises they used, we, the average #taxpayer, are utterly fucked. We lose #access to #publicservices & #utilities AND have to fork out more money to #shareholders. If we don't want to leave people dying on the streets, we need to seize back the money stolen & enforce #publicservice #legislation. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/contingency-plans-reportedly-being-drawn-up-for-thames-water-collapse

Thames Water is on the brink of collapse. Why? Because, since privatisation, the investment funds that own it have milked it dry. Its debt levels equal the eyewatering amount of dividends paid out to investors. Renationalise all water companies now.

#water #CorporateGreed #PublicServices

https://news.sky.com/story/ministers-weigh-contingency-plan-for-collapse-of-thames-water-12910760

Increase 'public' investment. Privatising a service that is the only affordable mode of transport left in the country for waged workers, rural families will not lead us anywhere. Public transport is a public service needing public investment. And it's not hard, all it needs is the political will to upgrade and reform, rather than outsourcing it to shoddy private vendors. #SustainableTransport #Mobility #PublicTransport #PublicServices #Privatization

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashwini-vaishnaw-if-you-have-to-go-green-then-we-as-a-country-must-invest-significantly-in-railways-8689571/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/24/environment-france-emmanuel-macron-crisis-uk

#Woke: 5.6 million people will be taught about the #biodiversity #crisis, the #climate crisis and the #naturalresources crisis – how these phenomena relate to the #publicservices they supply and how public sector #workers can use this knowledge to change the way they work.

Most of the apps that are not about entertainment are made to downsize human resources, that's why the financial industry love(d) them.
Or to break a monopoly that wasn't relying on an app and later downsize human resources.
There are hopefully exceptions. The thing is users end doing the job of the missing human resources, sometimes paying it not only with their time.
Not to mention the price of a mobile phone and charges to access the web.
#PublicServices