May betrays public services
 

Labour's amendment defeated in the Commons



MPs voted to reject Labour’s proposal to amend the Queen’s speech to call for an end to the public sector pay cap. Jeremy Corbyn said ministers had missed an opportunity to “put their money where their mouth is”, while Tim Farron accused DUP MPs of “cheering” while they withheld pay from public servants.
No DUP or Conservative MP voted with the Labour party to include the amendment.
In a debate on the issue before MPs voted, the health secretary Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of using the NHS as a “political football”. In a direct appeal to those Tory MPs who are uncomfortable with the prospect of a continued public sector pay freeze, his shadow Jonathan Ashworth said they had the power to hand a pay rise to public servants tonight.


The Lib Dems have now released a statement on the defeat of the amendment. The party’s leader, Tim Farron, said:



This evening, the DUP have stood alongside their Tory paymasters cheering at the fact that they have withheld more pay for our police, our firefighters, our nurses and our teachers. Shame on them.

After Theresa May’s disastrous missteps this shows nature of the government we have been left with.

This U-turn on a U-turn will stick in the throat of million of hard working public servants, many of whom recently ran towards danger, be it Manchester, Grenfell or London Bridge. These people go above and beyond and yet the government snubs them.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live

Scum

That's going to go down like a lead balloon.

I didn't think it would really go through to be fair.:shrug:
Government don't normally dance to the oppositions tune.

And whilst NI get their extra £billion. we get another £400m in police cuts

Tight bastards

Shocking....

Don't ever forget the also sickening bigots of the DUP who also voted this down with the Cons.

Absolutely disgraceful.

Cameron didn't have an issue accepting the amendment last year...

''There are precedents for governments accepting amendments to the Queen’s speech. In 2016 David Cameron accepted an amendment to the Queen’s speech backed by the opposition and Eurosceptic Tories criticising the speech for not including a bill to protect the NHS from the proposed EU/US free trade deal..''

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live

This is what people were naive enough to vote for. This is what happens when you vote the way the media tells you to vote.

Did you ever think you'd miss ol' Cameron, Kizzy? :joker:. Honestly, next to May he looks level-headed and competent.

she's awful

Appalling, no surprise the May brigade are nowhere in sight, it's indefensible

Ah...Um...Er...........................No.

Vile vile vile!

Them cheering and laughing at not having to pay public service workers more. And people wonder why so many were quick to cling on to and believe in Corbyn when these scum are the alternative.

Absolutely, it was shameful

its stupid its anti economics
the economy grows when working people have more money in their pockets
same goes for vat at a ridiculous 20%

yes bloody Daily Mirror and Guardian and Indie telling people to vote labour

:fist:

Trash, how do people justify voting this

The cap was already on until 2019.
So nothing new here then other than Labour losing the amendment.

I would imagine most people would like to see more in their wage packet, both labour and Tory voters:shrug:
1% is a bit measly, hopefully the government will be advised to raise it in the next budget.

Corbyn using tragedy for political gain - absolutely disgraceful.

Corbyn making false promises - shocking but predictable.

the public sector should be just as angry with themselves and their bosses for the obscene local waste ...a point corbyn and the corrupt unions always ignore