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Adam Rowledge retweeted
50 MPs.
The campaign to bring Hospitality VAT in line with Europe has now reached another milestone, with 50 MPs backing EDM 65944.
This is no longer a niche issue. It is now a cross-party parliamentary campaign.
The question is simple.
Is your MP one of the 50?
If not, why not?
Hospitality employs over 3 million people, supports every high street, every town and every tourist destination in the country.
If your MP hasn’t signed, ask them where they stand.
#VATsTheProblem #VATInlineWithEurope #Hospitality #Pubs #Restaurants #Hotels #Tourism
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
The politics of #immigration is not a response to public anxiety, but one of the mechanisms through which anxiety is continuously reproduced and politically organised.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
#migration
#hostileenvironment
Adam Rowledge retweeted
Labour has been warned not to “regulate flexible jobs out of existence” after new polling found two-thirds of part-time workers chose their role specifically because it offered flexibility around childcare or studying.
Labour warned not to kill off hybrid jobs millions rely on bit.ly/4dTWNOH
Adam Rowledge retweeted
Hospitality has so much potential - to create jobs, to drive high street regeneration and economic growth. But it is held back by tax - the most highly taxed sector of the economy
Now the sector is united that #VATsTheProblem. A new sector-wide campaign, spearheaded by Tom Kerridge, is calling for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10% - the single biggest lever the Government can pull to unleash potential. So let’s make the Sunmer’s VAT cut the start. Sign the petition today 👇
vatstheproblem.co.uk
Adam Rowledge retweeted
Tourism Minister Steph Peacock revitalising seaside towns is critical. “We’re very, very aware of the challenges that the sector is facing,” she says, “and we really want to do everything we can to promote British tourism.” Govt launches £2m national domestic coastal tourism campaign to spread the season and acknowledges reaction to tourism tax is mixed
politicshome.com/news/articl…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
We need business rates action for hotels to avoid more pain in year 2 and reform of the system
3,800 jobs are to go from Premier Inn owner Whitbread, which has decided get rid of its chain of branded restaurants & sell & leaseback £1.5 bn of its hotels, after being hit by higher property taxes.
The decisions were taken because of “significant cost increases in the form of business rates & national insurance,” said CEO Dominic Paul.
"Compared to other countries around the world, business rate taxes are punitively high, & that affects companies’ ability to invest & grow,” he said.
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Adam Rowledge retweeted
Research exposes structural exploitation of migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors superdiversity.net/2025/07/1… via @IRiS_Birmingham
Adam Rowledge retweeted
The goal of Starmer’s new #immigration plan is to #takebackcontrol but without acknowledging #Brexit’s failings writes @nandosigona (@unibirmingham) for @openDemocracy #mustread
opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
Don't think @nandosigona liked how the UK PM has framed the new white paper on #immigration very much
Hinting that honest individuals—recruited & sponsored by British employers—who have applied and paid significant visa fees to work here, are somehow “squalid”? That's truly squalid.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
This is so important every year and I thank Jess Phillips for her continued work on this subject.
"This is the tenth year I have read this list"
Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips reads names of women killed by men over the last year in the UK
It takes her more than four minutes
bbc.in/3Dnx41J
Adam Rowledge retweeted
BIRMINGHAM LIGHT FESTIVAL 2025✨
The inaugural programme is now live. It’s SO full of joy and that’s because people and partners that love this city deeply have come together to make the impossible happen. Thank you so much!! Let’s do this 🙏
birminghamlightfestival.co.u…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
I can’t recommend strongly enough the film Green Border now available on Amazon and YouTube amp.theguardian.com/film/art… #euborders #asylum #migration
Adam Rowledge retweeted
BIRMINGHAM LIGHT FESTIVAL ✨
19 - 22 February 2025
Save the dates & get ready to see the city in a different light. Birmingham Light Festival will transform a series of city centre locations into a spectacular gallery of illuminated artworks!
🧵 For more info
Adam Rowledge retweeted
New piece arguing that the humanitarian crisis in Darién is a direct result of failed international migration policies & inadequate cooperation and responses by regional governments leading to severe human suffering. Will the rhetorical turn mean actions? cris.unu.edu/migration-crisi…
Adam Rowledge retweeted
I decided that 2 masters degrees in the last 6 years wasn’t enough so I did a thing…
Looking forward to working under the excellent supervision of @timothyloliver & @chelotti_nicola for the next 6ish years
#phd #phdlife
I decided that 2 masters degrees in the last 6 years wasn’t enough so I did a thing…
Looking forward to working under the excellent supervision of @timothyloliver & @chelotti_nicola for the next 6ish years
#phd #phdlife