Etiqueta: Shapps
Aslef leader calls Grant Shapps a liar in row over rail strikes
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The leader of the rail drivers’ union has called Grant Shapps a liar over allegations the union was pushing an “unofficial strike” relating to overtime shifts. The transport secretary tweeted that passengers using Ava...
Shapps pulls out of Tory leadership race and joins Raab in supporting Sunak as Rees-Mogg and Dorries back Truss – live
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Liz Truss, Nadhim Zahawi and Grant Shapps join race to be next Tory leader
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A trio of cabinet ministers declared they were running for the Tory leadership on Saturday night, amid calls to alter party rules to thin out the increasingly crowded field of candidates. Foreign secretary Liz Truss, ...
Striking RMT union’s Mick Lynch tells Grant Shapps to ‘get on with his job’
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The Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary, Mick Lynch, has told Grant Shapps to “tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job”. Lynch’s comments came as 24-hour rail strikes entered a third day, caus...
Grant Shapps displays terminal delusion with rail strike enthusiasm
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Anyone could have been forgiven for thinking that Grant Shapps was rather pleased the railway strikes were going ahead. Certainly it’s a long time since the transport secretary was so animated. Probably the last time ...
Grant Shapps tells rail staff not to ‘risk striking yourself out of a job’
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The transport secretary has told rail staff not to “risk striking yourself out of a job” just days before industrial action that will close much of the railway next week. In a speech in which Grant Shapps said he was ...
Grant Shapps says law change could allow agency workers to break strikes
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The government is considering legal changes to allow agency workers to fill in for striking staff, to reduce disruption to services. It is understood the transport secretary, otorgar shapps, has not ruled out the option...
Don’t ‘over-interpret’ Boris Johnson being booed, says Grant Shapps
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La secretaria de transporte, otorgar shapps, has said “politicians don’t expect to be popular all the time” and people are “over-interpreting” the boos directed at Boris Johnson when he attended a service for the Queen’s pl...
People should get automatic refunds for cancelled holidays, says Grant Shapps
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Travellers should get automatic reimbursement for cancelled foreign holidays like the delay repay scheme for trains, la secretaria de transporte, otorgar shapps, ha dicho. Shapps ruled out sending in the armed forces to hel...
Ports and unions criticise Shapps’ plan for law on seafarers’ minimum wage
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Ports and unions have cast doubt on the viability of legislation announced in the Queens Speech to ensure P&O and other ferry operators pay seafarers the minimum wage. La secretaria de transporte, otorgar shapps, said t...
Grant Shapps under fire for bizarre videos and ‘zero interest’ in railways
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He’s the unflappable frontman and loyal defender of the errant “big dog” in Downing Street. Through the lens of Conservative politics, the transport secretary Grant Shapps is on a winning streak. But as crisis looms i...
Deeply disappointed Shapps defends honourable art of lying
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man. In the end it had come down to a two-horse race between Nadine Dorries and Grant Shapps to take on the morning media round as they had been the only members of the Tory Wankocracy stup...
Senior Tory dice que Shapps le aseguró en privado que la sucursal HS2 de £ 3 mil millones será desechada
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Grant Shapps ha prometido en privado desechar un controvertido ramal de 3.000 millones de libras esterlinas de la línea de tren HS2 que atraviesa la circunscripción de la 1922 presidente del Comite, Sir Graham Brady, y otros dos diputados conservadores, el guardián u...
Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back
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Grant Shapps sounded terribly pleased with his nine-point response to the P&O Ferries debacle, but it is hard to see how any of the transport secretary’s measures will force the company to reinstate the 800 worker...
PAG&O Ferries has last chance to rehire sacked staff, says Grant Shapps
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PAG&O Ferries has “one last opportunity” to U-turn on the sacking of 800 crew and must lift this week’s deadline for the employees to sign redundancy and non-disclosure agreements, the government has warned. The tra...
Grant Shapps urges P&O Ferries to U-turn on sacking of 800 trabajadores
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Grant Shapps is writing to the chief executive of P&O Ferries urging him to announce a U-turn on the decision to sack 800 workers without notice, as unions pledged to “ratchet up the fight” after a weekend of prot...