Eight people died in a bus accident in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local police said Wednesday. The accident occurred at 11 a.m. Wednesday when a passenger bus collided with a cement tanker on a highway section in Lixian county. Seven people d… read more
UK has directly trained over 5000 members of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, 1000 more than initially targeted, the Defence Secretary has confirmed. read more
The UK Geoenergy Observatories project was formerly known as the Energy Security & Innovation Observing System for the Subsurface (ESIOS). read more
Speaking in response to the Home Office statement today on a partial amnesty for Grenfell survivors, Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said:
“I raised this question in parliament on Monday and am pleased there has been some response from the Home Office. But the partial amnesty is limited to twelve months, which does not go far enough.
“Some victims have literally lost everything in this horrific tragedy: all their possessions, homes and loved ones. The idea that on top of this they could be deported later is grotesque.
“To access all the support they need without fear of deportation, any survivors concerned about their status must be given indefinite leave to remain. Otherwise, they may just disappear off the grid.”
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read moreJohn McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, speaking after his Urgent Question in the House today on the mixed messages coming from the government on public sector pay, said:
“Millions of public sector workers will have been left disappointed today after the Chancellor refused to make a statement to Parliament to clarify Government policy.
“Our dedicated public sector workers have suffered enough and deserve more than the empty words being offered to them by this weak and unstable cabinet of chaos.
“Today neither the Prime Minister, the Chancellor nor the Chief Secretary to the Treasury was able to tell us when a decision will be made about the future of the pay cap.
“The Chancellor should now formally inform the Pay Review Bodies that they are free to do what is right by the public servants and the services we depend upon by making a fair pay award. If they won’t the Tories should stand aside for a Labour Government will give our public sector workers the pay rise they deserve and end austerity in the national interest.”
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