The Green Party’s newest MP is hiring staff for under the average Living Wage. Shocking…
Hannah Spencer is hiring a parliamentary officer for between £25,528 – £32,550. The lower amount for working in Manchester, the upper for London…
The UK Living Wage as stated by the campaign, however, is £26,227.50 outside of London for a 37.5 hour week. Spencer is offering almost a whole grand less than that…
The MP, who won the Gorton & Denton by-election and has since been complaining about booze in the Commons and how hot the weather is, told the Guardian: “Everyone is finding that their wages don’t go as far as they used to.” On winning the seat she said:
“With their support, I will join my Green MP colleagues in the House of Commons, hold the government to account and demand action to push down costs, raise wages and bring desperately needed investment into our community.”
Do as I say, not as I do…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”