The downfall of the Tory party.
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New Year speech
In his first address of the year - a wide-ranging speech - PM Rishi Sunak set out five goals that he insisted voters should hold him to account on. He said he wants to:
- Halve inflation to ease the cost of living and give people financial security
- Grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity across the country
- Decrease national debt to secure the future of public services
- Cut NHS waiting times to improve patient care
- Stop small boats crossing the Channel - detaining and removing those who reach the UK illegally
Sunak was quizzed on the detail of his plans - and opposition parties criticised his speech:
- Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner described Sunak as a "do-nothing prime minister" and said the country would be left asking "is that it?" after his speech
- The SNP's Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, said Sunak's pledges were nothing more than "flimsy promises" - and an "advert for why Scotland needs independence"
- Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey accused the PM of being "asleep at the wheel" while the health service was "stretched to breaking point"
- Meanwhile Carla Denyer, the Green Party's co-leader, tweeted to say Sunak's growth plan was "unsustainable" and warned of an "austerity 2.0"
While Sunak promoted his vision for 2023, strike action continues to affect most of the UK.
Just 10% of England's normal rail services are due to run on Thursday, when 12,500 train drivers in the Aslef union stage walkouts.
In Scotland, nurses have confirmed they won't go on strike at the same time as nurses in England on 18 and 19 January.
Sunak speech had feel of the conference speech he never gave
Chris Mason
Political editor
Political leaders will often use the first week of any new year to try to tap into that early January sentiment of reflection and renewal. Today it was Rishi Sunak’s turn. Tomorrow it’ll be Keir Starmer’s for Labour.
Sunak’s address had the feel of the party conference speech he never gave. He was cast briefly last autumn towards political oblivion — before the implosion of Liz Truss’s premiership.
His five promises are an attempt to provide structure and accountability to his next 12 months of governing. Some look eminently achievable, others rather vague. Some in their very formulation underline the gravity of the current situation.
Promising the economy will grow by the end of the year still means months and months of recession beforehand.
Sunak sought – even beyond those promises – to set out what drives him. His passion for education. An aspiration all young people in England study maths in some form until they’re 18. His anger at antisocial behaviour, albeit without new specific ideas to tackle it.
Amid what many see as the multiple crises now, this broad vision might appear jarring to some. This is a man who became prime minister in the blink of an eye, still attempting to introduce himself to the country.
But his political and economic inheritance - and the ticking clock of an election within two years - mean that his challenge is delivering enough, quickly enough.
For tomorrow, it’ll be his opponent’s turn – Keir Starmer setting out his alternative vision, as each man grapples to be seen as the most competent and inspiring manager of a rather bleak era.
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So why did they cut the target for maths teacher recruitment by 27% - and still fail to meet it?
https://www.fenews.co.uk/education/...t-on-prime-ministers-ambition-of-maths-to-18/
Presumably we have enough maths teachers so don't need to recruit more? Oh, hold on....
https://www.nfer.ac.uk/media/5143/teacher_supply_and_shortages.pdf#page=7schools reported high levels of non-specialists teaching maths (45 per cent reporting at least ‘some’ lessons) and physics (39 per cent reporting at least ‘some’ lessons)
Going up to 62% and 55% in schools with recruitment problems (ie the ..err... "struggling" ones)
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Liked they way he released his inner Yoda with the "do or do not" delivery statements.
They are all a bit rubbish:
BofE already said inflation with reduce by the end of the year.
Better paid jobs so they can raise the taxes and lower/freeze allowances to take more.
Yeah Tories are all for saving public services.
Almost every sick person in the country is on a waiting list so can't get much worse (is it about 1 in 9 are on alist?).
How many 'illegal' boat entrants have they processed?
Still, at least all our kids will be able add up by the age of 18 (if he can find the maths teachers).
Bernie
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What is the problem there?
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It means that the PM's goal of "reducing inflation" will happen whether he does anything about it or not. It's like me setting a goal to get the sun to rise tomorrow morning.
What a lot twaddle, the man like the other 3 unelected is a liar who no one believes a word he says, somewere in all that is going on is the real truth, if you look at the bigger picture all this pain and suffering is not just in the uk it is world wide which, i find alarming, it is like some one decided the plebs have to much freedom these days and it has to stop, call me a cynic or what ever but i need convincing other wise
Another nail in the tory coffin UK's Sunak to announce strike legislation as soon as Thursday -The Times
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Problem, reaction, solution.
Government creates the problem, waits for the reaction, then implements a solution, they do it time after time, usually to the detriment of citizens.
Bernie
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Firstly, inflation doesn't necessarily fall but that's another matter. He didn't claim to be the architect of falling inflation and wasn't setting a goal but eplaining a course of action. To use your analogy, many might worry about keeping the lights on 24 hours a day till someone explains that the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
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As inflation run riot the tories have been making sure everyone knew that keeping inflation down was the job of the BoE but they would do what they could. Now suddenly when it looks like the worst is over and it will reduce Rishi rushes in and starts claiming he will sort the problem.
But the main problem is that his pledges shout loud and clear that, although he doesn't know who broke all these things, he will fix it. Or maybe he won't - he doesn't really care which cos he will be OK regardless.
Because they themselves are bad at maths?
Bernie
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Cutting maths teacher recruitment targets by 27% doesn't mean that fewer would be teaching maths with respect to previous years but that the increase would be less than desired.
Why are so few specialist maths teachers recruited? Possibly because school curricula have been dumbed down so much that maths was deemed to hard and would hurt school pass rates. This is nothing new though.
Could you give it a shot we haven't seen the sun here for days
Labour have already announced they will remove this as soon as they get back into power.
The first U-turn of 2023 -
The government has confirmed it will not go ahead with a controversial plan to privatise Channel 4.
Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries had said government ownership was "holding Channel 4 back".
But her successor Michelle Donelan has now said the broadcaster "should not be sold", instead proposing other reforms because "change is necessary".
Channel 4 welcomed the news, saying the decision "allows us to be even more of a power in the digital world".
The plan to sell the broadcaster for a possible £1.5bn had faced opposition from Channel 4 executives and much of the TV industry.
Ms Donelan said she had reached her decision "after reviewing the business case and engaging with the relevant sectors".
Her alternative reforms include allowing the broadcaster to make and own the rights to some of its own programmes - many of which are currently made by independent production companies - and moving more jobs outside London.
"This announcement will bring huge opportunities across the UK with Channel 4's commitment to double their skills investment to £10m and double the number of jobs outside of London," Ms Donelan said.
"The package will also safeguard the future of our world leading independent production sector. We will work closely with them to add new protections such as increasing the amount of content C4C [Channel 4 Corporation] must commission from independent producers."
The news comes a day after a letter, in which Ms Donelan recommended the move to the prime minister, was leaked.
That sparked an angry response from Ms Dorries, who said the privatisation was one of a number of "progressive" policies that were being "washed down the drain".
Responding to the confirmation that privatisation would not go ahead, Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon said: "The principle of public ownership for Channel 4 is now set for the foreseeable future, a decision which allows us to be even more of a power in the digital world.
"Channel 4 is innovative, editorially brilliant and loved by audiences that others don't reach, most of all the young and underrepresented. In the analogue world, we did this spectacularly. Now, in the digital era, we are doing it again."
Channel 4 has been owned by the government but funded by advertising since it was set up in 1982.
During Ms Dorries' tenure as culture secretary, the government said that declining advertising revenues and traditional TV viewing, and rising programme budgets, meant Channel 4 was being held back from competing with other TV services.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would continue with the privatisation plan during his leadership campaign last year. But he has now accepted Ms Donelan's decision to scrap it.
A statement from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Thursday said: "However, doing nothing also carries risks and the government believes change is necessary to ensure the corporation can thrive now and long into the future in a rapidly changing media landscape."
Channel 4 has not previously been allowed to make its own programmes - meaning it also doesn't own the rights to hits, which can be lucrative when the shows are sold to other broadcasters or streamers.
Under the new proposals, it will be able to make some programmes and therefore make money from those rights.
Ms Donelan has also promised to protect independent production companies by offering to raise the proportion of shows they make for Channel 4.
The broadcaster currently has a quota to commission at least 25% of its programmes from those independent producers, but in practice the real figure is around 60%, according to Channel 4's latest annual report.
Pact, the trade association for independent TV production companies, welcomed the government's decision not to go ahead with privatisation.
"However, we are disappointed that the government will be relaxing Channel 4's publisher-broadcaster status and permitting Channel 4 to produce its own programmes in-house," it said in a statement.
"Our main opposition to privatisation was the proposals around in-house production. Any relaxation of Channel 4's publisher-broadcaster status will be a blow to the sector, who are already facing increased production and business related costs."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64174141
The government has confirmed it will not go ahead with a controversial plan to privatise Channel 4.
Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries had said government ownership was "holding Channel 4 back".
But her successor Michelle Donelan has now said the broadcaster "should not be sold", instead proposing other reforms because "change is necessary".
Channel 4 welcomed the news, saying the decision "allows us to be even more of a power in the digital world".
The plan to sell the broadcaster for a possible £1.5bn had faced opposition from Channel 4 executives and much of the TV industry.
Ms Donelan said she had reached her decision "after reviewing the business case and engaging with the relevant sectors".
Her alternative reforms include allowing the broadcaster to make and own the rights to some of its own programmes - many of which are currently made by independent production companies - and moving more jobs outside London.
"This announcement will bring huge opportunities across the UK with Channel 4's commitment to double their skills investment to £10m and double the number of jobs outside of London," Ms Donelan said.
"The package will also safeguard the future of our world leading independent production sector. We will work closely with them to add new protections such as increasing the amount of content C4C [Channel 4 Corporation] must commission from independent producers."
The news comes a day after a letter, in which Ms Donelan recommended the move to the prime minister, was leaked.
That sparked an angry response from Ms Dorries, who said the privatisation was one of a number of "progressive" policies that were being "washed down the drain".
Responding to the confirmation that privatisation would not go ahead, Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon said: "The principle of public ownership for Channel 4 is now set for the foreseeable future, a decision which allows us to be even more of a power in the digital world.
"Channel 4 is innovative, editorially brilliant and loved by audiences that others don't reach, most of all the young and underrepresented. In the analogue world, we did this spectacularly. Now, in the digital era, we are doing it again."
Channel 4 has been owned by the government but funded by advertising since it was set up in 1982.
During Ms Dorries' tenure as culture secretary, the government said that declining advertising revenues and traditional TV viewing, and rising programme budgets, meant Channel 4 was being held back from competing with other TV services.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would continue with the privatisation plan during his leadership campaign last year. But he has now accepted Ms Donelan's decision to scrap it.
A statement from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Thursday said: "However, doing nothing also carries risks and the government believes change is necessary to ensure the corporation can thrive now and long into the future in a rapidly changing media landscape."
Channel 4 has not previously been allowed to make its own programmes - meaning it also doesn't own the rights to hits, which can be lucrative when the shows are sold to other broadcasters or streamers.
Under the new proposals, it will be able to make some programmes and therefore make money from those rights.
Ms Donelan has also promised to protect independent production companies by offering to raise the proportion of shows they make for Channel 4.
The broadcaster currently has a quota to commission at least 25% of its programmes from those independent producers, but in practice the real figure is around 60%, according to Channel 4's latest annual report.
Pact, the trade association for independent TV production companies, welcomed the government's decision not to go ahead with privatisation.
"However, we are disappointed that the government will be relaxing Channel 4's publisher-broadcaster status and permitting Channel 4 to produce its own programmes in-house," it said in a statement.
"Our main opposition to privatisation was the proposals around in-house production. Any relaxation of Channel 4's publisher-broadcaster status will be a blow to the sector, who are already facing increased production and business related costs."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64174141
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5 days! I'm surprised they managed to hold out that long
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