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It's getting to the point Charles Dickens novels are reflecting modern life again.
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bluethrunthru
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Shapps turn today to make a public oaf of himself. Theo Usherwood rang the electoral Commission who said they aren't interested - its a factual announcement and in any event the Mayor of London is not in any election on Thursday so its outside their remit. I think given no objections were raised by Shapps own dept when they were informed a week ago probably doesn't help his case
www.standard.co.uk
Crossrail row as Grant Shapps accuses Sadiq Khan of breaking election rules
The Transport Secretary said he would report the matter to the Electoral Commission watchdog
www.standard.co.uk
That would be the Grant Shapps who last week announced the Great British Rail Sale just before the elections...Shapps turn today to make a public oaf of himself. Theo Usherwood rang the electoral Commission who said they aren't interested - its a factual announcement and in any event the Mayor of London is not in any election on Thursday so its outside their remit. I think given no objections were raised by Shapps own dept when they were informed a week ago probably doesn't help his case
Crossrail row as Grant Shapps accuses Sadiq Khan of breaking election rules
The Transport Secretary said he would report the matter to the Electoral Commission watchdog
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I'm With Stupid
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I love it when upper middle class types come out with advice for saving money and it's just stuff that every working class person has always done. I read a list from the Telegraph on Twitter the other day and the first suggestion was that you can actually save money by using your dishwasher instead of washing up by hand.
Fred_Quimby
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Is this the Electoral Commission that the government has just taken control of?Shapps turn today to make a public oaf of himself. Theo Usherwood rang the electoral Commission who said they aren't interested - its a factual announcement and in any event the Mayor of London is not in any election on Thursday so its outside their remit. I think given no objections were raised by Shapps own dept when they were informed a week ago probably doesn't help his case
Crossrail row as Grant Shapps accuses Sadiq Khan of breaking election rules
The Transport Secretary said he would report the matter to the Electoral Commission watchdog
bluethrunthru
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yeah but they don't seem to know what it does lol
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They want to make sure it does what they tell them to do.
bluethrunthru
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utterly incompetent from top to bottom
Fred_Quimby
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Oh they do. Why would you want control of this independent body if you weren't going to break the law?
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bluethrunthru
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just Tories being Tories
www.gov.uk
www.hospitalityandcateringnews.com
All tips to go to staff under government plans to enhance rights of 2 million workers
Government unveils plans to overhaul tipping practices, helping around 2 million people top up their income.
Government U-turns on support for fair tips in hospitality - Hospitality & Catering News
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News: Government U-turns on support for fair tips in hospitality. The FT is this morning reporting that government are set to U-turn on their commitment to stop people working in hospitality losing out from employers withholding tips. New legislation to make tips...
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just Tories being Tories
All tips to go to staff under government plans to enhance rights of 2 million workers
Government unveils plans to overhaul tipping practices, helping around 2 million people top up their income.
Government U-turns on support for fair tips in hospitality - Hospitality & Catering News
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News: Government U-turns on support for fair tips in hospitality. The FT is this morning reporting that government are set to U-turn on their commitment to stop people working in hospitality losing out from employers withholding tips. New legislation to make tips...
Why is this bad?
MillionMilesAway
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The gov.uk link is from September, apparently reiterating a policy floated 6 years ago. That would mean employers would need to pass tips on.
No argument that that's a good thing.
The FT article says it's going be dropped from the Queen's Speech, so it won't be made law.
If they drop it of course that’s bad and sadly hardly surprising given the state of this government
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Tory bastards.
Determined to revive feudalism
Determined to revive feudalism
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Blueinsa. I don’t think it’s bad, but a question on why the government has dragged its heels for over 5 years should be asked to add context. You could say that the government are being creative and useful in doing what they are elected to do and helping the hundreds of thousands in hospitality. You could also be cynical and say that they are desperately searching down the sofa for any loose change to pass over to soften criticism.
Why didn’t they do this years ago when they could? How is this going to help the many restaurant and bar owners who are being shafted every which way from rents to price of heating to food costs and now onto an erosion in the profit they could take from a meal or whatever.
Who wins when these owners go bust or throw the towel in.
it’s a headline grabbing sticking plaster.
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I wonder what dead cat will be used Friday to distract from both the local elections and today's "Fucked if you're poor" economic news?