You cannot blame the nurses for wanting to provide for their families. “He doesn’t have a housekeeper, he has a single cleaner and they’re worried about being able to afford a nanny,” the source said. Questions have also been asked about Mr Johnson’s health. GettyImages-1228610834.jpg. But others (the minority) disagreed, saying high salaries are necessary to entice the best talent to the House of Commons and ultimately to government. "I can understand people thinking that it's our money, like it's my money too. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more, Ban on 'all social mixing' in Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, More than 170 workers test positive for coronavirus at meat processing plant, Jeremy Corbyn broke 'rule of six' at dinner party with eight others. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. She believes that this recruitment is being carried out in an “ethical” manner (NHS chief nurse sets out £180m plan to boost nursing workforce ahead of winter). By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. All rights reserved. ", With files from Catherine Cullen and Chris Hall.

We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Obviously, given that lots of people have been taking pay cuts or been laid off because of Covid-19, it’s fair to say the idea that the PM might feel underpaid hasn’t gone down well. One of the reasons given was that he allegedly feels “underpaid”. And, in a second piece, Toby Young, previously a supporter of the Prime Minister, wrote that he had “given up” on Mr Johnson, stating: “He’s no longer fit to be Prime Minister and should step down as soon as he’s got Brexit done.”. “It’s not like the Élysée or the White House where you can get away from it all because they’re so big,” they added. worried about being able to afford a nanny. ‘He’s stuck in the flat and Downing Street is not a nice place to live. While Mr Johnson and Downing Street are insistent that the Prime Minister has recovered from his intensive care stay after contracting Covid-19 in April, others are not convinced. Matt Hancock: I would report my neighbour. Share. OTTAWA — The nanny hired to care for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s three children has been given a full-time government salary — and a slight pay increase. Now, a minister with young infants is allowed to take someone, other than a partner, to care for that child or for a minister with a disability to take a support person if needed. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. Visit our live blog for the latest updates Coronavirus news live. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. New rules for ministers with babies who are travelling overseas allow them to to take a nanny or carer paid for by taxpayers. Plan to simplify Covid lockdown rules with three-tier system is being considered to help public, The winning Premium Bonds numbers for October 2020, and how to check if you won, The new Liverpool lockdown rules explained and which areas are affected, The parts of Wales under local lockdowns, and the restrictions explained, What the orange dot on your iPhone screen means after iOS 14 update. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? The prime minister says that she will be paying for her partner's flights, since there are not many engagements for partners. When it comes to British politics, there’s several debates which just refuse to die. We have to take that into consideration, too.". Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also leads Boris Johnson on the ‘best Prime Minister question’. Tweet. Besides, his partner doesn't work, so why does he need a nanny anyway? But how this can be in any way ethical is difficult to comprehend. 17 September 2020. Isabelle LeCointee, who was the Trudeau family nanny from 1981 to 1984, said she doesn't have a problem with the current arrangement.
“He’s stuck in the flat and Downing Street is not a nice place to live. The Prime Minister has given up his newspaper column with the Daily Telegraph, said to be worth £275,000, and is no longer being paid for speaking arrangements. And now, if the discourse wasn't bad enough, people are debating whether prime minister Boris Johnson is “underpaid” on his £150,000 salary. Meanwhile, back in their home country, the health service is struggling with coronavirus and one of the main problems is a lack of trained nurses. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? Although the monarch is politically neutral, she develops strong relationships with those at the head of the government. It must be tough struggling along on £150,000 a year plus presumably very generous expenses, free accommodation, free transport, free Caribbean holidays and lots more besides. As PM Johnson has to fork out for his own food, plus guests at Chequers (the prime minister's country residence). "I don't think we can compare the situation of the prime minister and everyone's family," LeCointee said in an interview with Alan Neal on CBC Radio's All in a Day. ‘We will defy government’ and refuse new Middlesbrough lockdown, says mayor, Plan to simplify ‘confusing’ lockdown rules with ‘three-tier’ system, Ban on ‘all social mixing’ in Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, Jeremy Corbyn broke ‘rule of six’ at dinner party with eight others, Pubs face £1,000 fine if they don’t stop people dancing and singing. They might be with us a lot, they might just be in the hotel,” she said. "In terms of security, both women went through security clearances and we're very open with what the family is doing when they are with the prime minister," Purchase said when asked about the posts as a potential security risk. After Ms Ardern became prime minister, the guidelines for ministers' overseas travel were reviewed and changed, reports the Herald. YouGov/Times voting intention poll also place Labour head-to-head with the Tories at 40 per cent. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. While travelling in Europe, one of the nannies also posted the location of the hotels the prime minister and his family were staying at while attending summits in Malta and Paris. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. The debate comes as a response to a very juicy, As PM Johnson has to fork out for his own food, plus guests at Chequers (the prime minister's country residence). Yet given £150,000 puts Johnson in the top 1 per cent of earners in the UK, and that he struggled to answer how much care workers are paid just this week, there's surely a worry that a pay rise would make him even more out of touch? He doesn’t have a housekeeper – he has a single cleaner and they’re worried about being able to afford a nanny.

His father, Pierre Trudeau, employed a nanny to care for his three young boys after he and their mother divorced. Ms Ardern said she had made sure it did not cost more than was usual.

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ITN. In addition to Brexit negotiations and the coronavirus pandemic, Mr Johnson has also had to deal with criticism from previously loyal right-wing publications. Jacinda Ardern, Clarke Gayford and baby Neve. Trudeau is not the first prime minister to have nannies on staff at his official residence. His then-chief of staff, Fred Doucet, defended the move, saying that the woman was actually a maid who "interfaces with the children in a habitual way.". Granatstein, 1999. This week’s Spectator magazine – a publication that Mr Johnson used to edit – accused the Prime Minister of presiding over “disorder, debacle, rebellion, U-turn and confusion”.

Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The results coincide with a further YouGov poll conducted earlier this week that reveals public approval of the Government’s response to the coronavirus crisis has dropped to its lowest level yet, with a net score of -33. Help us improve GOV.UK. And one of his friends even told the. The report alleges that friends of Johnson say he’s struggling with the pay cut he took to become PM. Westminster insiders and friends have also expressed concern that the Prime Minister is struggling to cope with the pressures of the role, describing him as “subdued”. This compares to last week, when the Conservatives held a five-point lead. Stop with the arguably ageist arguments and encourage everyone to act responsibly, signed, a middle-aged, overweight asthmatic with a daughter at Newcastle uni who is trying to behave responsibly when she has already lost half of her first year. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. The hirings were approved late last week, with cabinet authorizing the appointment of the two women under the Official Residences Act as "special assistants" at the prime minister's residence.
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Conservative Interim Leader Rona Ambrose said Trudeau's nannies have become a "political issue" because he made a point of rejecting the child benefit because of his family's wealth. (Photo by Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images). He will be going to some things, but he's primarily travelling to care for Neve.". After CBC News reported on the posts, the woman either removed them or tightened her security settings to obscure the content from public viewing. taxpayers are paying the wages of two nannies who care for the children of, Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers, Canadians approve of Trudeau's 1st weeks in office, poll suggests, Justin Trudeau says work-life balance 'even tougher' for MPs than him, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. "There is no spousal programme for this, so we just made a judgment call that we would cover his travel for this trip. For security reasons, prime ministers are forbidden from flying commercial. "The only man in Canada who makes $325,000 a year who is going to get taxpayer dollars for his child care is the prime minister of Canada and I think that's wrong," she said. It would be extraordinary to imagine that the prime minister had no other savings from his previous £350,000 a year income, or any inherited wealth, but he and he alone decided to take on the job and to father a new child, and if he is anywhere near as successful as Tony Blair in cashing in in his time as prime minister, he’s unlikely to ever have any money worries. A source told the Times that he is worried about supporting his children, four of which are in university, on his £150,000 Prime Ministerial salary. A senior Conservative who meets regularly with the prime minister told The Times: “This is all weighing very heavily on him. The main sources of trained medical staff are India and the Philippines. Boris Johnson’s speech in full: Today’s statement as Prime Minister returns after recovering from coronavirus, “He’s pin sharp one day and then he will say to somebody in his own inimitable way ‘Why have you not briefed me on that?’ and he’ll be told ‘You were told that yesterday.’ Whereas on other days he will cut straight to the quick and he knows the answer straight away.”. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. According to a person who knows him and other senior members of the cabinet, the impact of contracting the virus has been “huge”. This prime minister is not only self-centred and, in my view, morally bankrupt, he doesn’t seem to have any idea how people have to manage on a fraction of the income he is paid.

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