James Cousins

@Anthony_Hornsby Small thing but really special to see

Seeing Coventry shirts in JD is wild to me. Working in Sports Direct as a kid I always wanted to see Cov shirts in store and never did. This is cool.

@MikeTappTweets You turned quicker than the wind! You looked principled for a second then

On Monday morning, I will nominate Mr. Andy Burnham to be our next Prime Minister. I've consistently argued that stability is key to delivery for our great country. And stability comes from unity. I look forward to fighting every day under Burnham's leadership. For unity and hope to defeat the politics of division and fear

@__mike91 Feel free to tax my business’ revenue by 20% if you wish. We’d go bust and everyone who works for me would lose their job.

i think if more people knew that private corporations only pay tax on profit while they as individuals have to pay tax on revenue there’d be a revolution.

@thelornashow Really enjoyed the interview with Nicola, thought it was very very well put together with the right questions!👏 She also came across brilliantly

🩵⚽️⬇️ #pusb

@CliffordF55 @UKGovscan I would be astonished if that figure didn’t include temp/agency staff. It won’t just be the commission cost of recruiting staff, there will be salaries in there too

@UKGovscan There is something deeply disgusting about paying £274m to Adecco. Recruitment is easy - post on job sites, search LinkedIn recruiter, indeed CV's etc. You can essentially mimic a recruitment agency by hiring a team of 10 HR recruiters for circa £500k-£600k a year.

Croydon Council spending is now live See 1,288,984 payments totalling over £7bn Here's where a near-bankrupt council's money went: • £563m to Veolia & Viridor (bins & waste) • £274m to Adecco (Recruitment Agency) • £183m Browne Jacobson (Law firm) • £174m to Brick by Brick, the council's own developer, wound down amid Croydon's financial collapse • £83m to TfL for concessionary travel • £37m on taxis & SEN transport

@_CallumAnderson @RoyalMail I thought it was quite funny tbh! 🤣 Certainly got the word out there

Really @RoyalMail? Unnecessarily poor form.

@Cllr_Seb @CharlieSimpsonA What evidence do you have to suggest that wasn’t also done? Are you suggesting the debt shouldn’t have been paid off? Also, a Reform council lobbying a Labour government - I’m sure they would have listened with intent 🤣

@GeekaWhat @CharlieSimpsonA No, do what other authorities are doing. Lobby the government, use internal skills to create efficiencies (not pwc or other consultants) and look at proper restructuring Also wage freezes for senior officers and reducing political cabinet numbers

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK-led Leicestershire County Council has paid off £26.9 million of debt inherited from the previous Conservative administration. The repayment has reduced the council’s debt to the lowest level in recorded history, according to officials. They say the move will save taxpayers money by cutting interest payments and freeing up more funding for frontline services. A source in the Reform council group said: "We’ve just paid off £26.9 million of high-interest debt inherited from the previous administration. As a result, Leicestershire County Council’s debt is now at the lowest level in recorded history." Reform took control of the council after becoming the largest party last year. The party says the debt reduction is part of its efforts to put the authority’s finances on a stronger footing.

@Cllr_Seb @CharlieSimpsonA So the solution is to just keep borrowing in to oblivion? It’s young people like us who will really have to deal with the impact of this debt. To be clear, I’m not saying cutting the things you suggest is good in any way, but continued high levels of debt is plain irresponsible

@GeekaWhat @CharlieSimpsonA Cutting rural buses, school meals and paying £1000’s for third party consultants is not my experience of what people want to see. That’s what’s happened here.

@Cllr_Seb @CharlieSimpsonA I think there’s plenty to criticise Reform on, but showing fiscal responsibility (which both Labour and the Tories seem to be allergic to) is something a lot of us would like to see more of. I’m not doubting what you know, I just think the critique is a little facetious

@GeekaWhat @CharlieSimpsonA I agree But I think the posts saying Reform cut x off debt is misleading But hey ho, what do I know 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Cllr_Seb @CharlieSimpsonA Well obviously it was tax payers who funded it, I don’t think anyone was ever trying to make out Nigel and co put their hand in their pocket to pay for it. Taxpayers should have never been straddled with the debt in the first place.

@GeekaWhat @CharlieSimpsonA The money was borrowed to pay for statutory services, recently central government cut funding to councils to help with these. I’m saying that it is tax payers who paid this debt and to acknowledge the cuts. Reform have to own the whole picture

@maxcownie_ Sunak was a highly successful fund manager with a Masters from Stanford. How is that less qualified than Reeves? She worked on the BOE Grad Scheme and in customer retention for mortgage customers in a bank?

This kind of snobbery is just not needed. Like it or not, she was still the most qualified CX we’ve had in a long time.

@Cllr_Seb @CharlieSimpsonA Every penny of interest paid cuts front line services, does it not? If that money had never been borrowed this wouldn’t even be a conversation.

@CharlieSimpsonA Tax payers paid off the debt Reform simply cut services including school meals, bus services, non-statutory services and paid consultants to figure out savings. Let’s be real

@dunstanharris @ClubhouseGrowth Depends on your mileage. My Tesla costs me less than 2p a mile in electricity - savings are enormous if you do enough mileage.

@ClubhouseGrowth £7.5k for a car for 2 years is not good value when a £7.5k decent second hand car could run 5/10 years.

A friend of mine has been paying £350 a month to drive a Clio for the last 2 years. 🤦‍♂️😳 Told him about a much better deal, and last night he sent me this. He’s now pocketing an extra £150 a month to put straight into his S&S ISA, let alone the fuel savings. 💷 Love helping people make better financial decisions for their future. 👌📈

@forster_k It’s all a big load of fun to them isn’t it. Less smiles and more focus on the task at hand. This PM merry go round seriously has to end. We’re a laughing stock.

So many very happy looking Cabinet ministers & Labour MPs at Andy Burnham’s photo.

@AllisonCGardner I’m not entirely sure blaming the right wing media for Labours inability to be on the same page after 15 years in opposition is entirely fair, but I agree with the sentiment that this merry go round of PMs serves no one other than selfish MPs looking to advance themselves

Just one of many emails from members and non members.

@JENSONJ671 @NigelRober91329 @Coventry_City Apologies, open for 4 days but you get the point. Long time to go yet...

@GeekaWhat @NigelRober91329 @Coventry_City Window is open tbf

Our 2026/27 Premier League fixtures. 🐘

@NigelRober91329 @Coventry_City With that attitude we might as well not bother. The window isn’t even open yet!

Yoi cant get a harder start. If we can get 1 draw out of these games id be happy. With the team we have got we will be relegated by mid jan. The club need to get players in and decent onrs at thst. We need at lesst 2 strikers, 3 midfoelders and 3 degenders and 2 keepers. 2 wingers . All have to be pos with premier league ecperience. Going to codt us 200 million.. i honestly cannot see us scoring more thsn 6 goals in rhe first 2 months. Imagine sims and haji simply slided away. Dovin trying to stop the likes of some of these strikers. Even grimes is going to struggle. Hope im proved wrong

@jspujji UGC

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@electricfelix Not defending it at all, but unsurprising when you see the state of motorway parking - especially after about 7pm. If you’re a HGV driver and it’s a case of risking a £70 PCN that your employer will pay, or risking your license running out of driving hours, you can understand

Mark Stubbs reporting on the biggest case of ICEing ever seen in Europe? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 #redflag #alwaysbecharging 🌩️🌩️🌩️ really shows you truck PARKING is a way bigger issue than charging could ever be... linkedin.com/posts/mark-stu…

@WilliamOelrich People come and go in organisations of this size - I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Doug has got very little wrong.

Very bizarre departure right before the Premier League… #PUSB