Better pay needed to resolve recruitment crisis in care Cole-Hamilton responds to Eye Pavilion statement Better pay needed to resolve recruitment crisis in care Almost half of leaving care workers cite pay as key factor as Welsh Lib Dems call for creation of carers wage The Welsh Liberal Democrats have proposed the creation of a new carers wage in Wales, to help resolve the current recruitment crisis amongst care workers. Speaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds urged the Welsh Government to adopt proposals which would see care workers receive a £2 an hour pay ...
Embed from Getty ImagesI'm surprised she has lasted as long as she has. Back in 2011 I blogged about the way the Tory right tried to turn an invited lecture she gave at the University of Leicester into some kind of scandal.
From Hemel Today: Eight female councillors in Dacorum have left the Liberal Democrat group after accusing the council leader of "failing to deal with allegations of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment". It means the Liberal Democrats have lost their majority on the borough council, which has now moved into no overall control. The councillors, who included two cabinet members and will now sit as independents, announced they were leaving the group during a full council meeting yesterday (Wednesday, 25 September). They remain members of the Liberal Democrat party. The report goes on to quote a statement from the eight ...
Gateshead has had more than its fair share of conspiracy theorists in recent years. The borough is home to the crackpot claim that street lights are fitted with 5G and are part of a "kill grid" designed to kill everyone. It seems not to have worked. We are still here! As are the conspiracy theorists pedaling other wacky claims. Many of them cheated the street light death rays to get to the
My first full day at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton. Fringe meetings, training events and conference debates attended. The best fringe meeting of the conference was held in the evening - the British Berry Growers Association!
Zoe Franklin, our new MP for Guildford, made her maiden speech on 11 September, in a debate on building safety. THe text is below: I begin by congratulating the hon. Members for Bromley and Biggin Hill (Peter Fortune) and for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn) on their excellent maiden speeches, which gave a real flavour of their constituencies and their constituents. Today's debate highlights once again the wider issues of building safety and poverty. The safety of the buildings that house people and their families should not be subject to their economic status, and we must work together across the House ...
Our leaders' appetite for the good things in life, and getting them for free, has put me in mind of a satirical novel I read years ago - Hilaire Belloc's Mr Petre, which was published in 1925. My hazy recollection was that the hero was taken to be a rich man and so was never asked to pay for anything. Showered with gifts, soon he really was rich. A contemporary review from the Manchester Guardian fleshes out the plot: The story begins in 1953 with the return of Mr Peter Blagden from New York, and for a page or two ...
According to The Economist, "If the Liberal Democrats want to replace the Conservatives, they must move further right on the economy". This was instantly backed unsurprisingly by the Liberal Reform group, the last of the so-called Orange Bookers, a dominant force during the Clegg years. Every time these guys support or share anything, it usually causes outrage from the grassroots, who have historically been more progressive than the politicians. As someone from the right of the party, I'm always perplexed at how much anger Liberal Reform generate. I very happily accept most Lib Dems' identity as centre-left, but parties that ...
The Labour Party are really finding it hard to adjust to government, and I'm not just talking about Ministers and MPs. It is clear that Starmer's Parliamentary army believe that taking tough decisions and making a virtue of them is the key to demonstrating that they are fit for government. Normally, I would agree, but this only applies if they take the right decisions for the right reasons. The cuts to the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners and the refusal to abolish the two-child cap on child benefit are demonstrably the wrong decisions, because they penalise the worst-off ...
Charlie Maynard, our new MP for Witney, made his maiden speech on 9 September in a debate on Syria. The text is below: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the hon. Members for Makerfield (Josh Simons) and for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe), who gave us very different views of their constituencies, but were linked by their love for them. I stand here today to represent the people of Witney. I am incredibly grateful to them for electing me to represent them, and I will do my best for them. I am also incredibly grateful to the people who helped ...
Michael's surgeries take place today and every Thursday during school term time. They are as follows : Thursdays at 5.45pm prompt - West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC and Victoria Park Primary Schools) Thursdays at 6.30pm prompt - Harris Academy reception area All welcome - no appointment necessary!
