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archie norman retweeted
Starmer doesn't need to win a parliamentary vote to reform welfare.
Here are ten quick welfare fixes that can be made in a week:-
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Despite what politicians would have us believe, British energy policy is not cheap, not home-grown and not secure.
Read my latest analysis here:
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#sustainableeconomy
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This is absolutely ridiculous.
'The Government’s land use framework states that 9% of England’s farmland will need to be taken out of production for climate goals.'
farminguk.com/news/controver…
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Starmer says Whitehall is filled with 'a cottage industry of checkers and blockers'. It’s too hard 'for the most enterprising people in country to just get on with the job'. So he's going to cut compliance costs for firms by 25%. Great! Just a few minor problems... (1/?)
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Congratulations to @marksandspencer for being named the best in-store supermarket 🎉 🏆 🛒 👏
🔗 which.co.uk/news/article/whi…
ALT Which is the best in-store supermarket? M&S (614) 79% Tesco (358) 74% Aldi (377) 72% Iceland (607) 72% Waitrose (304) 72% Sainsbury’s (513) 71% Lidl (603) 69% Asda (406) 66% Morrisons (596) 66% Results based on a Oct - Nov 2024 online survey of 2,653 members of the public. Sample size in brackets. Customer scores based on satisfaction with the brand and likelihood to recommend.
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Window size really is one of the most shocking examples of patronising safety regulations in the UK. Hundreds of thousands of new houses are being designed and built with tiny windows because someone decided we can't be trusted not to fall out of them.
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This Government’s treatment of farmers is shabby and spiteful. The incoming changes to APR will lead to the break up of numerous small farms, stoke food price inflation, undermine Britain’s ability to feed itself and destroy a rural "way of life", developed and engrained over many generations of hard work, for countless UK families.
These policies are class-war idiocy by an overwhelmingly urban party that knows little of the countryside and seems to care even less.
Plus Labour's IHT changes will also lead to the sale and break-up of countless SMEs across other sectors too - firms which are the engine of UK growth and innovation, employing no less than two-thirds of our work force.
Today, @FarmersToAction and other farmer campaigning groups staged another tractor protest outside Parliament, as MPs debated an e-petition with more than 148,000 signatures calling for the rentention of existing IHT exemptions for working farms.
I strikes me that ministers in this already deeply unpopular government will be forced to change their minds when faced with the resolve of UK farmers – just as they did a quarter of a century ago – because the broader country will agree these IHT/APR changes are unfair, incoherent and deeply counter-productive.
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My article in The Mail on Sunday on why we must all fight plans by the Government to dismantle our hugely successful academy schools in England @MailOnline @AshcroftAcademy
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There is still something really odd about the #FamilyFarmTax IHT raid; there is virtually nothing about the proposals that make any sense whatsoever. 1/12
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We’re committed to bringing you trusted value and everyday low prices on the products that matter most - without compromising on the quality you expect from M&S. No tricksy pricing – just first price, right price 🙌
🗞️ Find out all about our Value You Can Trust campaign in our latest release: bit.ly/3Egzlfn
#NotJustAnyNews #ValueYouCanTrust
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🚨Great new campaign from @the_tpa!
Inheritance Tax is a hugely complicated tax, it destroys small businesses, and it's an immoral and unfair burden on grieving families.
Time to scrap it!
We're launching a campaign to abolish inheritance tax once and for all! 🚨
With tax reliefs vanishing, family businesses & farms are being hit hard - proof that IHT is unworkable, unfair & immoral.
Enough is enough. Join us in our fight to scrap it!💪
scrapinheritancetax.com/
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Blimey! What a letter. From a brilliant head teacher @Miss_Snuffy an Exocet straight into the heart of Bridget Phillipson’s “reforms” which seem almost designed to harm the life chances of poor children.
Please take a minute to read and RT;
My open letter to the Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP
Many teachers and school leaders share my concerns with regard to her decisions but are scared to say.
If you can find it in you, please RT.
My letter is also here: spectator.co.uk/article/what…
‘We have a lot more to do’: no pats on the back at M&S despite blockbuster year theguardian.com/business/202…
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As we have been saying, no other major economy is shutting down its domestic oil and gas production.
We’ll be losing £12 billion in tax receipts, hundreds of thousands of jobs - and for what? To import fuel from abroad with higher carbon emissions.
It’s totally mad.
🔴 President-elect Donald Trump says Britain is making ‘a very big mistake’ by retreating from oil and gas
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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Congratulations to Sir @NickGibbUK!
He left millions of children more able to read, better educated and with a richer and deeper knowledge of the world.
Over his 10 years as Schools Minister, England rose from:
- 10th to 4th in the world in Reading.
- 27th to 11th in Maths.
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“The biggest lie in the world right now is that cows are killing the planet. At the core of that lie is how methane is calculated.”
~ Farmer, Andrew Wright.
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M&S Brixton through the ages:
1901 ➡️ 1959 ➡️ 1985 ➡️ 2024
Today we launched our new & improved store, fit to serve the people of Brixton for another 121 years!
This excellent analysis shows why the NI increase will hit the lower paid worst reducing investment and employment in retail and hospitality.
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Some of the worst features of the UK tax system are the product of short term political expediency:
