Tag Archive: tories

Nov 01

New figures show the Tories have cut 248 frontline nurses in the West Midlands

New figures show the Tories have cut 248 frontline nurses in the West Midlands. David Cameron and his Tory-led government came into power promising to protect frontline NHS jobs but the evidence against that claim is stacking up, not just in the West Midlands but across the country. Statistics released by the Health and Social …

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Oct 13

Citizen Dave and the ‘hour of reckoning’

You get the impression that David Cameron is the only one of the three party leaders who really enjoys making his party conference speech. What to the others is a dreary task surrounded by potential pitfalls is, to him, an opportunity to connect with his inner ham actor. There was certainly a spring in his …

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Aug 13

When the cheering stops the real legacy of 2012 will start; and it won’t be pretty

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a ‘big cultural change’ in school sports in the UK to instil a more ‘competitive ethos’ and capitalise on the success of Team GB. London Mayor Boris Johnson said something similar about how he could ‘see the benefits of sport and what it does for young people’, only …

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May 21

‘No fault dismissal’ plan expected to be shelved quietly by Tories

Vince Cable warned ministers that proposal would leave ‘dead hand of fear’ hanging over employees

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May 21

What exactly do YOU do all day Mr Duncan Smith?

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has refused to apologise for saying the 1518 Remploy workers facing the threat of redundancy spend much of their time making cups of coffee. In an exchange of views with campaigners who handed in a petition against the closure of Remploy factories at his office Mr Duncan Smith …

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May 18

The London social housing squeeze

As a new right to buy offer takes effect, Conservative councils in the capital are reducing social housing to a safety net provision for the poorest

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May 04

David Cameron apologises for local election losses

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lose hundreds of seats while Labour makes big gains amid ongoing economic suffering

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