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Has Britain become ashamed of its own history?
Cambridge historian Robert Tombs joins The Capitalist to challenge the prevailing narrative of empire, slavery and national guilt – and explain why Britain needs a better story.
Discussing his new book with @NigelBiggar.
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Today consumer confidence dropped 11 points since September – the largest monthly fall since the pandemic
🧵Making sure it always pays to work is political motherhood and apple pie: something so obvious it’s barely worth saying.
✍️@JohnPenroseNews
It would mean that someone getting £8k state benefits who worked full time at the minimum wage would repay everything they’d claimed each year, and always be much better off working too.
The effects would be electric. Millions of low-paid benefits claimants would suddenly have the same strong, simple and predictable incentives to work as Britain’s top earners, so everyone would know that getting promoted or working a little overtime will always pay, no matter how much they’re getting at the moment.
Read more: capx.co/how-kemi-badenoch-ca…
After six months, someone able to work should be offered a suitable job or supervised volunteer work while seeking employment.
Placements must protect existing jobs, and claimants should earn their benefits through useful activity, rebuilding routine and confidence.
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🧵Welfare reform isn’t just about controlling the total bill – it’s also about making working-age support deliver for those who need it.
✍️Luke Murfitt
Kemi Badenoch is right to want to change tax rules which leave high earners facing punitive rates
✍️@JohnPenroseNews
We need to abolish complicated benefits cut-offs and cliff edges for high and low earners alike
Read more: capx.co/how-kemi-badenoch-ca…
Public Financial Institutions, or PuFins, are being used to flatter the debt figures
Read more: capx.co/labour-need-to-stop-…
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Would you work for less than 30p of every £ you earnt? Fixing benefits cliff-edges that destroy work incentives is a no-brainer, so I wrote for @CapX on how to do it for high & low earners alike, at zero cost for the Chancellor
capx.co/how-kemi-badenoch-ca…
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Hiding debt doesn’t make it disappear.
CPS Fellow @TimDier explains why Labour’s approach to measuring debt risks encouraging more borrowing and spending - leaving taxpayers to pick up the bill.
Read the full briefing here: cps.org.uk/research/pufins-t…
Be generous to people who have no choice, and firm with people who do
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ICYMI: @NigelBiggar on why we must know our own history to protect our valuable traditions and institutions
