#TourOfBritain race director blames #Brexit and funding crisis amid criticism
Only 96 riders started the race in Altrincham last week
Critics complained of too many flat stages before finale
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/11/organiser-blames-brexit-and-a-funding-crisis-for-boring-tour-of-britain-cycling
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus #LocalGovernmentFundingCuts
#Cycling
#cycling #localgovernmentfundingcuts #BrexitBonus #torypoliciesinaction #brexit #tourofbritain
#VoterID in #England led to #racial and #disability #discrimination, report finds
All-party report on rules governing 2023 local elections calls voter ID system a ‘poisoned cure
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/11/voter-id-in-england-led-to-racial-and-disability-discrimination-report-finds
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption
#ToryCorruption #torypoliciesinaction #discrimination #disability #racial #england #voterid
How #austerity (and #ideology) broke #Britain
This endless week of #CrumblingSchools, #PrisonCuts and collapsing #CouncilFinances has been 13 years in the making – and even loyal #Tories now know the game is up
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/10/how-austerity-and-ideology-broke-britain
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#torypoliciesinaction #tories #councilfinances #prisoncuts #crumblingschools #britain #ideology #austerity
#TUC to complain to #UN watchdog over ‘undemocratic’ #UK #AntiStrikeLaw
Trade union body says British government move is in ‘breach of #InternationalLaw’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/10/tuc-to-complain-to-un-watchdog-over-undemocratic-uk-anti-strike-law
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryUnlawfulnes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/10/tuc-to-complain-to-un-watchdog-over-undemocratic-uk-anti-strike-law
#toryunlawfulnes #torypoliciesinaction #internationallaw #antistrikelaw #uk #un #tuc
What, a #school revamp once every 440 years isn’t enough?
#RishiSunak is evading his #DutyOfCare after slashing millions from the budget for #RepairingSchools when he was chancellor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/what-a-school-revamp-once-every-440-years-isnt-enough
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople
#moneybeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #repairingschools #dutyofcare #rishisunak #school
#Covid19's back, you say? As #disabled and vulnerable people know all too well, it never went away
The government’s policy is to pretend we’re getting ‘#BackToNormal’. The result is millions of us live in fear of losing our lives
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/covid-coronavirus-disabled-vulnerable-people
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #PublicHealth #MoneyBeforePeople #ToryIndifference #England
#england #toryindifference #moneybeforepeople #publichealth #health #torypoliciesinaction #backtonormal #disabled #COVID19
Revealed: covert deal to cut help for #pupils in #England with #SpecialNeeds
Government contract aims to reduce the number of specialist care plans by a fifth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/10/revealed-covert-deal-to-cut-help-for-pupils-in-england-with-special-needs
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #SEN #MoneyBeforePeople
#moneybeforepeople #sen #education #torypoliciesinaction #specialneeds #england #pupils
Rishi who? #Sunak slips down pecking order in #G20 scramble to court #India
The British PM did eventually meet his counterpart at the Delhi summit – but after a day’s wait, and without an impressive photo op
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/09/rishi-sunak-g20-india-delhi-summit
#ToryPoliciesInAction #GlobalBritain #ToryFailure #BrexitBonus
#BrexitBonus #ToryFailure #GlobalBritain #torypoliciesinaction #india #g20 #Sunak
UK’s years out of #EU #Horizon programme did ‘untold damage’, say scientists
Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since #Brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/09/britain-eu-horizon-programme-scientists-research-scheme-flagship
#BrexitBonus #torypoliciesinaction #brexit #horizon #eu
What went wrong at #UK government’s #OffshoreWind auction?
Industry sources say auction was ‘catastrophic’, after failure to secure any new offshore #windfarms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/what-went-wrong-at-uk-governments-offshore-wind-auction
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #ClimateCrisis #ToryIncompetence
#ToryIncompetence #climatecrisis #ToryFailure #torypoliciesinaction #windfarms #offshorewind #uk
#Legionella found onboard the #BibbyStockholm is most deadly strain
Data from #Dorset council shows that Legionella #PneumophilaSerogroup1 discovered on August 15
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/08/legionella-found-onboard-the-bibby-stockholm-is-most-deadly-strain #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity #asylum #Refugees
#refugees #asylum #toryinhumanity #torypoliciesinaction #pneumophilaserogroup1 #dorset #bibbystockholm #Legionella
Several #UK #theatres close due to concerns over #CrumblingConcrete
Cultural institutions join dozens of #schools forced to shut down over use of #RAAC
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/08/uk-theatres-close-concerns-over-crumbling-concrete-raac #ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #RaacAndRuin
#raacandruin #austerity #torypoliciesinaction #raac #schools #crumblingconcrete #theatres #uk
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
#england #torypoliciesinaction #ukpol #publicservices #rishisunak #britain
Councils, #sewage, #SchoolBuildings: #Britain has neglected the dull but vital stuff – and is paying a heavy price -
One of the hallmarks of a civilised nation is a state that manages basic services. That was our right and privilege, but no longer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/07/councils-sewage-school-buildings-britain-basic-services
#austerity #torypoliciesinaction #britain #schoolbuildings #sewage
Blow to #RishiSunak as #OffshoreWind auction appears to have zero bidders
Government’s goals of reaching 50GW of offshore wind by 2030 and reducing #EnergyBills may be at risk
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/07/suank-offshore-wind-auction-bidders-government-energy-bills
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ToryFailure
#ToryFailure #Costoflivingcrisis #climatecrisis #torypoliciesinaction #energybills #offshorewind #rishisunak
Overcrowded, cramped and insecure: state of #UK’s #jails made conditions ripe for #Khalife’s escape
Crumbling buildings, a lack of space inside them and the high turnover of staff paint a picture of the parlous state of the #prisons service
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/07/daniel-khalife-escape-uk-prison-conditions
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#torypoliciesinaction #prisons #khalife #jails #uk
Ben Jennings on the #UK’s crumbling political landscape – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/commentisfree/picture/2023/sep/07/ben-jennings-on-the-uks-crumbling-political-landscape-cartoon #UKPol #RishiSunak #ToryPoliciesInAction
#torypoliciesinaction #rishisunak #ukpol #uk
More than one in seven schools on #RAAC list were denied emergency funding
Twenty-two #schools in #England deemed to be in danger because of concrete unsuccessfully applied for ‘exceptional case’ rebuilding
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/07/more-than-one-in-seven-schools-on-raac-list-were-denied-emergency-funding
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople #Education #Infrastructure #ToryFailure
#ToryFailure #infrastructure #education #moneybeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #england #schools #raac
Former #oil executive #MarkMcAllister lined up to be next #Ofgem chair - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/06/former-oil-executive-mark-mcallister-lined-up-to-be-next-ofgem-chair
#ToryPoliciesInAction #RevolvingDoor ##FosilFuels #RenewableEnergy #Gas #Electricity
#electricity #gas #renewableenergy #fosilfuels #revolvingdoor #torypoliciesinaction #Ofgem #markmcallister #oil
#ExcessWinterDeaths caused by #ColdHomes in #GreatBritain ‘up by about a third’
Campaigners tell MPs more than 1m households missed out on government support for bills
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/06/excess-winter-deaths-caused-by-cold-homes-in-great-britain-up-by-about-a-third
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople #CostOfLivingCrisis #ToryIndifference
#toryindifference #Costoflivingcrisis #moneybeforepeople #torypoliciesinaction #greatbritain #coldhomes #excesswinterdeaths