Tim Foster

@JasonGroves1 Not . A . Clue

Asked about rising youth unemployment, Rachel Reeves concedes there is a 'valid argument' that she should not have hiked employers' NI in her first Budget, but insists the money was needed to repair public services like the NHS

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As Reeves jets off to battle shrimp cocktail and sip champagne at Davos, she mustn’t leave hardworking pubs and hospitality businesses in the lurch. They’ve waited 55 days since her disastrous budget — they shouldn’t have to wait any longer. It’s time for a U-turn. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/1…

✅ 18,000 jobs were created in the hospitality sector in the nine months before the General Election. ❌ Since Labour came to power, 111,000 jobs have been lost... It’s very sad but not surprise. Labour have increased the cost of hiring a worker by £1,000.

The comments in this post illustrate just how the people who don’t run pubs, or involved in anyway, simply don’t understand them.

This is what blows my mind about hospitality retail, just so lazy & so poor.

What I will never understand is why there isn’t a mechanism in place to remove a government (any government) if they repeatedly & obviously lied to gain power - & do the exact opposite of what got them elected? No business or other section of society would tolerate it. Each day a new betrayal of British people & our way of life. Economic growth & particularly the high st is being ruined. Small businesses are systematically being destroyed

The average publican makes around 12-20p profit per pint. Pubs are one big tax collection service in the eyes of The Treasury. It’s time this age old trade is supported instead of being targeted by clueless politicians. The Government takes TEN times what the publican does.

@AlexReilley1 @Sacha_Lord @BBCSimonJack @SamCoatesSky @EssexPR @KemiBadenoch @libdemdaisy The Strategy is clearly to divide & conquer - shut the noisy publicans up, move on. Been the same approach for years & years & years.

@Sacha_Lord @BBCSimonJack @SamCoatesSky @EssexPR @KemiBadenoch @libdemdaisy

I suspect the ‘climb down’ over biz rates will be tokenistic & just result in some businesses (pubs) seeing their rates increase by less (but still increase). The sector was told of sweeping reforms to biz rates that would see a rebalancing of how rates are calculated which…

Hey @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP … Remember when you posted this all over social media ?… I do. LIARS

licensing, opening hours and wider efforts to reduce red tape Still utterly clueless

Another. This is now happening every day in every town/city across the UK. This was a family run business, local produce, local jobs. @Keir_Starmer how can you sit by and allow your Chancellor to do this?

@SteveReedMP @CoopParty Because you know the facts to ❤️ & ‘genuinely care’ you have to read them 🙄

Labour will build the homes this country needs.

@BBCNews where’s is the ANY COVERAGE of this today?? Nowhere - our nations farmers ignored, no farmers, NO FOOD!!

Unreal 🤷‍♂️

OBR welfare costs projection: rising £73bn to £406bn over five years...

What farmers think of @RachelReevesMP budget ……. @agricontract @loosecollie @wheat_daddy @TheFarmingForum

What would you ask Chancellor Rachel Reeves about the Budget? She will be on #BBCBreakfast on Thursday. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8v…

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@AlexReilley1 Labour Party tweet again 🤷‍♂️

Slow, clueless, & almost disinterested. That was an unbelievably shit half from a team that looked like they had nothing to play for and had one foot on the beach. #itfc