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Voice of Reason UK 🇬🇧
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Cornish Conservative Party Member



🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch thanks Keir Starmer's family for the "love and support" they have given him as PM Starmer: "Thank you. Let me wish her well and her family. She has extended kindness to me privately at very difficult times" #PMQs




Think it's worth repeating. Zia Yusuf claimed no state support was being offered to Reform MPs for protection. In reality, Nigel Farage was offered a car, a trained driver, a bodyguard, and security on a similar level to that offered Kemi Badenoch. That's quite the deception.










It sounds increasingly clear that Andy Burnham is planning another inheritance tax raid. All his team are willing to say is they won’t be hiking inheritance tax ‘in July’. If they cannot rule out more tax rises, we are in for another summer of damaging speculation as families and businesses worry about where the next tax raid will hit at the Budget. Instead of raising taxes, Burnham should be getting a grip of the welfare bill so we can get taxes down. That is what the @Conservatives will do.

We did some good stuff in 14 years, but made mistakes, particularly on immigration rules, which I, once again, apologise for: 14 years of failure? UK: 5th in Global Trade Table (from 7th) 3rd Fastest G7 GDP Growth since 2010 2nd Services exports and Global Soft Power Index 1st for Tech Sector and Universities in Europe NHS: 2010 to 2024 over 37,800 more doctors and over 53,700 more nurses ~ 90k in total Schools: our children now the most literate in the Western world Children in bbc.co.uk/news/education… Schools rated good outstanding - 68% in 2010 to 88% 2024 Illegal Migration: Boat crossings down 33% on 2022 (up by 80% in some EU countries) Climate Change: the fastest decarbonisation of any major economy - world leaders in offshore wind Crime: Violent/street crime is down 50% since 2010 Business & the Economy 4.2 more people in work 1.2m fewer unemployed NLW increased by 71% since 2015 v 32% inflation Ave earner lowest personal tax rate since 1975 (£2k lower). Lower than US, France, Germany (all G7) More Unicorns than Germany, Sweden and France combined Housing 50 year record of housebuilding (net housing formations) 1m FTBs on the housing ladder Welfare: 400k people off long-term sick saving £5bn 881k fewer workless households

We did some good stuff in 14 years, but made mistakes, particularly on immigration rules, which I, once again, apologise for: 14 years of failure? UK: 5th in Global Trade Table (from 7th) 3rd Fastest G7 GDP Growth since 2010 2nd Services exports and Global Soft Power Index 1st for Tech Sector and Universities in Europe NHS: 2010 to 2024 over 37,800 more doctors and over 53,700 more nurses ~ 90k in total Schools: our children now the most literate in the Western world Children in bbc.co.uk/news/education… Schools rated good outstanding - 68% in 2010 to 88% 2024 Illegal Migration: Boat crossings down 33% on 2022 (up by 80% in some EU countries) Climate Change: the fastest decarbonisation of any major economy - world leaders in offshore wind Crime: Violent/street crime is down 50% since 2010 Business & the Economy 4.2 more people in work 1.2m fewer unemployed NLW increased by 71% since 2015 v 32% inflation Ave earner lowest personal tax rate since 1975 (£2k lower). Lower than US, France, Germany (all G7) More Unicorns than Germany, Sweden and France combined Housing 50 year record of housebuilding (net housing formations) 1m FTBs on the housing ladder Welfare: 400k people off long-term sick saving £5bn 881k fewer workless households

















