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NEW The UK's welfare bill now expected to climb to Ā£431.3bn by 2031/32, says the Office for Budget Responsibility.
In March, the OBR had estimated that the UKās welfare bill would rise to Ā£406.2bn ā the equivalent to 11 per cent of GDP ā by 2030-31.
Chancellor John Healey says no Government action on welfare until next year after publication of two reviews.
More now on @GBNEWS.
This is a disgrace @JohnHealey_MP
Why should we keep funding the parasites?
NEW The Government plans to use Ā£150million of taxpayersā money āto fund additional large sites to accommodate asylum seekersā, detail in the Treasuryās red book says. More Budget analysis now on @GBNEWS.
Oh look @andyburnham is this you?
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Brexit Thought for the Day:
Since 2010 Members of Trade Unions (Particularly @unitetheunion - Ā£53M, @unisontheunion - Ā£28M, @GMB_union -Ā£27M and @UsdawUnion -Ā£23M) have funded @UKLabour to the tune of over Ā£150M.
Trade Union Members have a LEGAL RIGHT to Opt-out of their Union's Political Fund if they have one. They cannot be forced to pay the political levy, and opting out must not lead to detriment (such as loss of benefits or other disadvantages compared with contributing members).
If you support any political Party other than @UKLabour Opt-out of the Political fund and watch funding for @UKLabour start to dry up!!
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May I ask a small favour for my birthday today? Share this poll for fairness and let's see what results X brings in.
If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?
Election Poll.
97%Reform
1%Conservative
1%Labour
1%Lib Dems or others
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šØNEW: The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has endorsed Reform UK's "alternative budget" released today, claiming their analysis shows it would "finally get Britain's economy growing again"
The Fabian Society isnāt elected by the public, but its own history shows how often its ideas find their way into Labour policy and government plans.
Fabian campaigns argued for a legal minimum wage.
A Fabian pamphlet by Ed Balls called for an independent Bank of England, a policy introduced by Gordon Brown in 1997.
The Society says its work helped shape Labourās 2024 manifesto, including its proposed National Care Service ā now part of the governmentās policy.
This means an unelected, Labour-affiliated organisation has had a hand in shaping policies that affect all of us.
So letās stop pretending these ideas appear from nowhere.
We need to know who is developing them?
Who is influencing the people in power?
And why shouldnāt the public scrutinise that influence just as closely as we scrutinise elected politicians?
#LabourOut #FabianSociety
Labour ministers publicly listed as Fabian Society members
The latest GOV.UK interests list, published 15 October 2026, confirms these senior ministersā memberships:
- Wes Streeting ā Defence Secretary
- Lucy Powell ā Education Secretary
- Jonathan Reynolds ā Business Secretary
- Lisa Nandy ā Culture Secretary
- James Murray ā Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
- Lucy Rigby ā Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- Douglas Alexander ā Scotland Secretary
Other ministers on the list include Sarah Jones, Luke Pollard, Alison McGovern, Georgia Gould, Kirsty McNeill, Michael Shanks, Katie White, Ian Murray, Chris Bryant, Keir Mather and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter.
Mayors
- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London ā his City Hall register lists him as a Fabian Society vice-president.
The Fabian Societyās 2026 conference programme also listed Labour mayors Steve Rotheram, Bev Craig, Claire Ward, Oliver Coppard and Helen Godwin as speakers.
That shows they took part in Fabian events; the programme does not confirm they are members.
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Labour hoovering up migrant votes as they get ILR and are legally able to vote. No other Party is doing that. Thus far this totals around 200.000 with another 800.000 from the Boris wave alone in the offering. Migrant votes will soon be able to dictate the result of any election
Today I am going to look into the Fabian Society and its influence on British politics
The Fabian Society isnāt some obscure name from a history book. Itās a socialist society and think tank that helped found the Labour Party and to this day remains affiliated to it.
The Fabians openly say they work with Labour politicians and aim to influence political debate. They publish research, reports and policy ideasāand their members include people serving in government.
The Governmentās own interests list names ministers including Wes Streeting, Lucy Powell, Lisa Nandy, Jonathan Reynolds and James Murray as Fabian Society members.
That doesnāt mean the Society writes every government policy though.
It does mean its ideas and networks have a route into the heart of government.
The Society says it has no collective policy positions, but its role in shaping debate is something voters should understand.
So when Labour announces a new policy, itās fair to ask: who helped shape the thinking behind it, and whose ideas are being put into practice?
How much influence does the Fabian Society have on the decisions made by our government?
Sources: the Societyās description of its aims and Labour links ; the Governmentās published ministerial interests list .
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Itās blanketā¦ Itās blanket. You wouldnāt have the freedoms that you have to ban the poppy from a British pub if our British war heroes didnāt give the ultimate sacrifice for the poppy to exist in the first place. Itās a sign of upmost respect to our fallen heroes you absolute poorest excuse of a man! šš¼š¬š§š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ
Makerfield voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU.
When @andyburnham wanted their vote, he promised to control immigration and said he wouldnāt reopen the Brexit argument.
24,927 voters believed him.
Now heās @UKLabour chosen one, their messiah in waiting, and suddenly those promises donāt seem to matter.
Heās happy to talk about bringing back EU free movement, brushing aside the people who trusted him when it suited his political ambitions.
Thatās the real betrayal.
He asked voters to believe him, then treated their trust as something he could discard once it became inconvenient.
At a time when faith in politics is already on the floor, Burnham is helping drag it lower.
A democratic vote was given. The publicās decision should not be quietly undone because politicians have decided they know better.
Makerfield deserves an answer: did you mean what you promised, Mr Burnham ā or was it just what you thought people needed to hear?
I suspect it was the latter!
#BurnhamOut #LabourOut
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Rejoining freedom of movement, giving settlement to the BorisWave, and opening legal routes for third world migration.
This Labour govt is setting out a manifesto for the obliteration of Britainās borders and the conversion of our country into nothing more than an economic zone.
Andy Burnham touts possible return to free movement between UK and EU as he says he wants 'honest discussion' trib.al/WH6s6Uh
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šØ Andy Burnham has said he is open to taking Britain BACK into freedom of movement with the EU.
That means 450 million people will be able to move to the UK, with no powers to stop them.
Plus anyone in the world who can get their hands on citizenship of ANY EU country.
Burnham is determined to open the floodgates and overwhelm Britain.
He MUST be voted out!
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Judge Amjad Nawaz, child rape enabler is at it again! š¤¬
He allowed 70-year-old migrant Chaudhry Zaman of Slough to walk free from court after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl - Suspended sentence plus 80 hoursā unpaid work
He allowed 69-year-old Imam Mohammed Habibullah of Dudley to walk free from court after sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman because he had a been iman for the muslim community for 25 years - Suspended sentence
He allowed Santokh Mahal of Wolverhampton to walk free after he carried out six sexual assaults on four women aged from 18-years-old to 47-years-old - Suspended sentence
He allowed former Dudley Labour Councillor and court magistrate Derrick Hemingsley who took hundreds of indecent images of two boys aged under 12 to walk free from court - Suspended sentence
He allowed Simon Aldridge of Dudley to walk free from court after he downloaded āvileā indecent photographs and films involving children as young as six being raped and abused - Suspended sentence
What the actual F*CK.
Please share, itās time to make Judges acountable for their shockingly lenient sentences.
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šØ LABOUR OPENS THE DOOR TO FREE MOVEMENT AFTER PROMISING BREXIT VOTERS THE OPPOSITE
Every Leave voter in this country needs to see what Andy Burnham just told the Sunday Times.
The Prime Minister says he would welcome an āhonest discussionā about returning to free movement between the UK and the EU. He wants a new relationship with Brussels that could include full membership or the single market, which would require free movement.
In June, he stood in Makerfield, a seat that voted LEAVE, and promised not to āre-runā Brexit arguments. He said he was ānot proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EUā. In September he told the BBC Britain could go āall the wayā towards rejoining.
Think about the sheer nerve of this. Labourās own 2024 manifesto ruled out free movement, the single market and a customs union. Now the man who signed up to it wants a ādiscussionā about tearing it up.
Look at how Labour handles migration. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants foreign workers to wait up to 15 years before settling permanently, and more than a hundred Labour MPs are fighting to water it down. Meanwhile the Prime Minister is open to letting any EU citizen move here again.
Burnham himself admits free movement āhad very significant challenges associated with itā. Yet he still wants to talk about bringing it back. Nigel Farage calls it āa total betrayal of Brexit Britainā. Chris Philp says there can be āno returnā to it.
So here are the questions for Andy Burnham. Will you rule out free movement, yes or no? Will you tell voters the truth before your Brussels summit on 20 November, not after? And will any change get a mandate from the public at a general election first?
