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If performance related pay was attached to the role of Royal Mail CEO, then I’m not sure Rico Back would deserve the minimum wage, let alone a £8.5m package made up of an outrageous £5.8m golden hello in 2017 and an astonishing £2.7m in maximum annual pay, shares, bonuses, pension …

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 …

Mr Juncker has warned that EU-UK trade talks after the Brexit deal is ratified …. Royal Mail said: "The company is making this High Court application … Source link

The Island has officially received the ‘writ from the clerk to the crown’ for the general election. This official part of the process for a general election was overseen by Geoff Underwood, High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight and returning officer for parliamentary elections, and Claire Shand, acting returning …

Sam Strangeways Sarah Lagan Published Nov 7, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Nov 7, 2019 at 9:45 am) Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz has accused the Government of “sleazy” and “Trumpian” behaviour for spending public funds on a flyer …

Proposals for a new bridge south of Crewe station aimed at easing congestion in Nantwich Road have been adopted by Cheshire East Council. Cabinet members approved a preferred route for the new Southern Link Road Bridge at Tuesday’s meeting, following consultation held over the summer. The new bridge would be …

Published Nov 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Updated Nov 6, 2019 at 12:03 pm) Nick Kempe, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (File photograph) The Opposition Senate Leader accused the government of “wanton misuse of taxpayer funds” over a political …

Let’s transform the mood around the election (Pic: Neil Terry) This general election is an opportunity to kick out the Tories and break from a decade of austerity, scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, and inaction over climate change. If the Tories lose the election on 12 December, it will be a …

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Labour Party conference Jeremy Corbyn has promised Labour’s election programme will be “the most radical and exciting plan for real change ever put before the British electorate”. If the policies that Labour Party members have voted for make it into the manifesto, then that might …

The 2019 election will be the first in decades where both Labour and the Conservatives promise to turn on the public spending tap. The manifestos have yet to be released, but both have already made multibillion-pound pledges as the era of austerity comes to an end. Labour’s major spending pledges …