Meanwhile, this was the most shared picture of the Home Secretary. By contrast the standard of living for the majority in the UK was still forecast to deteriorate further than it had in decades. Bonuses and profits had hit record levels while inwards investment in productive capacity waned. The ex-Chancellor, now PM, defended removing caps on banker bonuses and weakening banking regulations like Solvency II (designed to ensure banks hold enough capital to reduce the risk of bailouts). Striking NHS workers were told a below inflation pay rise would need to be funded out of the existing NHS budget, £250m was cut from social care budgets despite social care staffing and capacity being a significant contributor to NHS backlogs and waiting times.īank runs saw Credit Suisse sold to UBS a week after the Silicon Valley Bank was sold to HSBC. Four years ago Boris Johnson was on the verge of giving public evidence to the Party Gate Inquiry, our Home Secretary had just returned from a trip to Rwanda excluding all but right wing press outlets, our Justice Secretary was fighting 20+ bullying allegations, the Deputy Party Chairman had just endorsed the idea of shipping benefits claimants to the country to pick fruit to backfill for worker shortages (presumably not those already in work, those disabled, or those with caring roles - it was never clarified as it didn't progress beyond Daily Mail and GB News headlines).
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