2022-08-22
Guardian Front Page 22nd of August 2022
Staff shortages in previously good care homes are forcing operators to break rules and put residents at risk, the Guardian reports.
Staff shortages in previously good care homes are forcing operators to break rules and put residents at risk, the Guardian reports.
The Guardian reports that Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss supported NHS cuts in a 2009 article, noting that the health service “cannot be put on a pedestal”, as well as criticizing doctors’ pay increases.
A 20% bonus hike for water bosses makes the front page of The Guardian, while their companies continue to discharge sewage into the ocean.
It has been reported that by January, two-thirds of all UK households will fall into fuel poverty due to planned government support that leaves even middle-income homes struggling to pay their bills.
Leaked audio reveals Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss said British workers lacked the “skill and application” of foreign workers, according to a Guardian.
‘Bitter confrontation’ is set up after ministers intend to cut 90,000 Whitehall jobs while slashing redundancy pay for civil servants.
A masked man attacked Salman Rushdie as he prepared to give a lecture in the US, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian reports that more droughts are likely to be declared tomorrow and more restrictions will be introduced “as climate crisis bites”.
In response to rising energy prices, former PM Gordon Brown has spoken out. According to Mr Brown, companies that cannot lower their bills should be temporarily taken over by the public.