Water CEOs could be jailed for sewage dumping cover-up under new law. Won't end dumping, profiteering. Failed regulators to decide whether to prosecute. If they don't? Need customer reps on regulatory bodies, customer vote on exec pay. Must nationalise. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I believed Starmer and Reeves were too smart to repeat austerity. It appears I was wrong. says Danny Blanchflower. UK heading to austerity 2.0, obsession with defunct economic theories. Need postwar reconstruction, public investment, redistribution. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to meet chancellor Reeves ahead of the Budget. Agenda - more privileges for banks/corporations. How easily can hungry children, freezing pensioners, poorer households meet ministers to demand change. Corporations Rule, Not OK. archive.ph/Fa4pC

Private equity owned US hospices deliver profiteering, high debt, asset stripping, worse care. Discharge patients before death, more likely to transfer patients to hospitals & emergency rooms, higher complaints/deficiencies. PE is now in UK healthcare. theguardian.com/business/artic…

Police under pressure to accelerate criminal investigation into Grenfell fire. Accelerate ... it has been 7 years. Nothing changed. Just like the Post Office scandal where after 25 years no one charged with anything. Justice delayed is justice denied. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Mirage of £1.4bn govt saving from Winter Fuel Payment cut. Ignores cost of handling 880,000 applications for Pension Credit (PC). PC claimants can get WFP and other benefits - total cost around £4bn. 1.6m pensioners below poverty line may lose WFP. leftfootforward.org/2024/08/the-go…

Article sums up what I &, I believe, many Labour MPs are feeling about Winter Fuel Allowance. Unless there’s a serious change by Tuesday’s vote, I will be forced to vote against whilst threat of whip withdrawal will lead to others dissenting by abstaining. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel payments is mean and politically inept. Assumed savings won't materialize More pensioners will die. Every death from cold will be blamed on the chancellor. There are alternatives. Chancellor must row back. Will she? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Royal Mail could be allowed to end second class letters delivery on Saturdays. 1st class stamp now £1.35; 2nd class 85p. Privatised 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. 70%-125% price rise for worse service. Privatisation = higher prices, lower service. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thames Water boss says he's 'angry' over pollution amid govt crackdown. He got £195,000 bonus for 3 months. Thames wants to hike prices by 60%. Pollution, customer exploitation, massive dividends, underinvestment are deliberate choices. Let it go bust. itv.com/news/2024-09-0…

Justice for Grenfell deaths may not come this decade, warns former chief prosecutor. Criminal trials unlikely B4 2029. Same at the Post Office. No one charged after 25 years. Corporations are above the law. But law moves speedily against little people. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

UK Govt played ‘shocking’ role in building deregulation before Grenfell deaths. Govts remain intoxicated with deregulation to boost corporate profits. None produces any report on human consequences. Nothing will change until corporate power is tamed. standard.co.uk/news/crime/fir…

Northumbrian Water bosses criticised for sewage spills in the Ouseburn for 9,607 hrs. Company's total sewage spills for 2023 - 280,029 hrs. CEO pay £842,000, incl. £234,000 bonus. There are no responsible water companies. All fleece/harm people. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Labour govt has made a policy error in denying Winter Fuel Payments to poor and vulnerable pensioners. Instead of listening, it is spinning and getting into more trouble. It must change the policy ahead of higher energy bills and save lives. leftfootforward.org/2024/09/the-la…