🔴 The #StrikesBill is about to go through second reading in the House of Commons
Along with latest amendment to the #PublicOrderBill that Sunak is pushing, which will give powers to police to stop protests even before there's disruption, UK is seeing inc anti-strike legislation
Opposition minister points out 12 years of Tory failure for NHS crisis, countering Grant Shapps who blames continuing strikes for public service failures.
@Femi_Sorry 14 health unions said that they would no longer work with the NHS Pay Review Body as they do not consider it to be independent bbc.co.uk/news/health-64…
The prime minister and his officials had previously refused to say whether Sunak or his family used the NHS after the Guardian revealed he was registered with a private clinic in west London clinic that charges £250 for a consultation. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
In 2000, Catholic Charity the St George Educational Trust (SGET) were investigated by the charity commission for money laundering linked to Italian Fascist Roberto Fiore.theguardian.com/uk/2000/sep/18…
SGET is run by Michael Fishwick, former member of the National Front and Third Position Group who uses SGET’s Telegram to promote other far right orgs & conspiracies.
🔴NEW: NHS England awards Palantir an £11.5m extension of data platform services, without competition.
The contract is to extend ‘provision of the Foundry platform until 11th June 2023 to support the procurement of the new NHS Federated Data Platform’ #PalantirWatch
As first reported by @TheRegister, Palantir has been granted an extension, issued without tender, to the £23 million two-year agreement signed in 2020 - now to run for another year while the FDP procurement process is finalised. theregister.com/2023/01/04/pal…
In the notice, NHSE state they are ‘committed to procuring the future provision and requires adequate time to do so’, adding ‘a change of contractor at this stage would cause significant inconvenience and have substantial duplication of cost implications’ contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/2cf9dde…
Nurses strike in England, Wales & Northern Ireland to go ahead after government fails to hold talks theguardian.com/society/live/2…
"Union with most ambulance workers" pulls out of the process used by the government to set pay in the NHS, and won't participate till "substantial reforms are made". itv.com/news/2022-12-1…
SOPHIE HILL: ‘NORMS CAN BREAK DOWN MORE EASILY THAN YOU THINK’
In Aug 2021 we spoke to the Harvard political scientist about the UK's 'devastating failure of governance' and why cronyism is a threat to our democracy.