Karen Forshaw (above), sparked outrage after mobile phone footage emerged, showing her arguing with Ian Barrington who uses a wheelchair A bus driver who was filmed telling a disabled black passenger that she did not understand foreign languages is off work and facing the sack. The driver, identified by MailOnline …
Read More »Royal Mail general election strike blocked by High Court
Over the two-day hearing, the union argued there was no evidence of interference with the ballot and that the “legitimate partisan campaigning” for the “yes vote” was in line with the rules. However, Mr Justice Swift, who chaired the hearing, said that strike action risked the “delay or non-delivery” of electoral material produced …
Read More »Royal Mail loses court appeal after Ofcom fined it £50m
Royal Mail loses court docket enchantment after Ofcom fined it £50m for breaching competition law by ‘discriminating’ in opposition to rival agency Whistl The communications watchdog slapped Royal Mail with elegant in August remaining twelve months The tribunal has now upheld the elegant which linked to its actions in 2014 …
Read More »Royal Mail claims union interfered with ballot over potential Christmas postal strikes
Royal Mail has accused trade union officials of “consciously and deliberately” interfering with a ballot of postal workers over potential strikes. The company is bringing a High Court action against the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in a bid to block threatened action, after members voted to back walkouts by 97 …
Read More »Postal union unlawfully ‘coercing’ Royal Mail workers to strike during election, court hears
Royal Mail’s procedures state employees cannot open their mail at delivery offices without the prior authorisation of their manager. It comes after Conservative MPs warned that any major disruption to postal voting may increase Labour’s chances of electoral success and leave the final election result open to legal challenge. Studies …
Read More »Labour expected to water down radical environmental policy and other key pledges in manifesto
Labour is expected to water down its radical environmental policy and other key pledges in the party’s election manifesto, amid concerns that they will prove undeliverable. Despite making climate change Labour’s number one priority, senior party figures have signalled that a commitment to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030 …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit behind Prince William and Kate Middleton at Remembrance event
The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry joined Prince William and Kate Middleton for the first time tonight since Harry suggested he had drifted apart from his brother and the pair spoke of their struggles with public life in a revealing documentary. Harry and Meghan were seated in the second …
Read More »Tory dossier reveals eye-watering cost of Corbyn’s plans
Boris Johnson on Sunday moves his Election campaign up a gear by accusing Jeremy Corbyn of plotting to land Britain with a £1.2 trillion bill – equivalent to an extra £43,408 for every household in the country. The astonishing figure, based on the additional cost of Labour’s policies over a …
Read More »Meghan Markle and Prince Harry join Prince William and Kate Middleton for Festival of Remembrance
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have joined Kate Middleton, Prince William and the Queen at the Royal Albert Hall for the annual Festival of Remembrance. It is the first time the Sussexes and Cambridges have been seen together since Harry and Meghan opened up about their struggles in an emotional …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘reckless’ £1.2 trillion spending splurge revealed
Jeremy Corbyn would increase spending more than three times faster than Gordon Brown did, with Labour’s pledges amounting to an additional splurge of £1.2 trillion over five years, according to the Chancellor. The Conservatives will on Sunday publish a dossier setting out calculations that Sajid Javid said showed the “true cost of …
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