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Pensioners are now turning against the Tories and it's all down to Austerity and Tory nastiness.  Austerity and Tory nastiness is hitting everyone but over 60's and care home residents are most at risk; changes in nurse numbers may be key. The squeeze on public finances since 2010 is linked to nearly 120,000 excess deaths in England, with the over 60s and care home residents bearing the brunt, reveals the first study of its kind, published in the online journal BMJ Open. The critical factor in these figures may be changed in nurse numbers, say the researchers, who warn that there could be an additional toll of up to 100 deaths every day from now on in. They estimate that an annual cash injection of £6.3 billion would be needed to close this ‘mortality gap.’ Between 2010 and 2014, the NHS in England has only had a real term annual increase in government funding of 1.3 percent, despite rising patient demand and healthcare costs. And rea...

Last night, faced with hostile amendments in the House of Lords to its post-Brexit anti-money laundering Bill, the UK government continued to block and delay vital reforms to tackle the UK’s role in global corruption and money laundering. DELAYING GETTING DIRTY CASH OUT OF THE PROPERTY MARKET Global Witness reports that one amendment, tabled by Lords from all the major political parties, would have required the government to reveal the true owners of UK properties owned by foreign companies. This transparency would be a vital step to stop UK property being used as a safe haven for dirty and corrupt cash. The government first stated its intention to reveal the true owners of UK properties way back in 2015, stating that a register would be up and running this year. Yet the laws have not passed, and the owners of these properties still benefit from this offshore corporate secrecy. The amendment would simply have forced the government to fulfil its promise within a year. ...

Boris Johnson has just proven why Capitalism is more important to the Tories than Racism and Homophobia Today Bojo Tweeted: The US is the biggest single investor in the UK - yet Khan & Corbyn seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk. We will not allow US-UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall. — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 12, 2018 The US is the biggest single investor in the UK - yet Khan & Corbyn seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk. We will not allow US-UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall. Tories proving once again MONEY is more important than anything else they would have literally worked with Hitler if it meant making a profit.  REVEALED: Toby Young attended NAZI conferences and Theresa May KNEW Some people just weren't having it:  Forget he's a #racist , #Homophobic #fascist ... ...

Did Labour cause the 2008 crash the answer is simple ... NO, they didn't. It was the bankers the same bankers who donate money to the Conservative party. Osborne admits: Labour did NOT cause the Recession. He also admits that the Tories had promised to match Labour’s spending plans, in an interview with Andrew Neil for The Spectator‘s Coffee House Shots on October 12 (they went back on that promise when they took office in 2010). Also, The permanent secretary to the Treasury, Sir Nicholas Macpherson, has argued that the 2008 financial crisis was “a banking crisis pure and simple”, contradicting Conservative claims that it was caused by Labour overspending. His remarks emerged after Ed Miliband came under pressure on the leader’s Question Time on BBC1 in 2015, facing accusations that Labour government had overspent, a view strengthened by the now notorious letter left by the former Treasury chief secretary Liam Byrne to his successor in 2010 that there ...

Some 35 of the richest 100 people in Britain have donated £19 million to the Tories proving the Tories are still the party of the rich elite.  The list includes Richard Branson's Virgin Group companies, who have given the Tories more than £70,000 donations since 2001. More than a third of the Sunday Times Rich List, published today, are Conservative donors, according to a Labour party analysis. The wealthy backers, who include property moguls, financiers and retail CEOs, have a combined net worth of more than £123 million. Since last year’s election, three of the richest 100 people in Britain have given the Tories more than £180,000. JCB boss Lord Bamford and his family have given the party almost £115,000 since last May, and more than £7.7 million since 2001. Tetra Pak billionaire Hans Rausing and his family have donated more than £1.2 million. Ukrainian-born investment mogul Len Blavatnik, who ranks second on the Rich List, has given more ...