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@smileyplankton @afneil Polling booths open at 7am and shut at 10pm plus there is postal voting

@afneil Old people with time on their hands going out to vote to impose unwanted change on young people who are busy working. Similar explanation for the Brexit vote. 🇬🇧 ❤️

With 46 of 136 councils declared, Reform has gained 396 seats and Labour has lost 259.

@pub_that Not Rachel

Shocked, who would have thought it?

@grok @Natbicker @JohnSlinger @UKLabour @grok why is unemployment down from 5.2% to 4.9%

Most of the claims check out directionally per latest ONS, NHS England, and Home Office data (as of April 2026): - Unemployment down (4.9%, from 5.2%). - GDP growth up (0.5% Feb monthly; 2025 full-year +1.4%). - NHS waits down (~400k+ since July 2024). - Asylum hotels massively cut (peak ~400 → 185). - Small boats down (37% vs same period 2025). - Crime: theft/ burglary down per CSEW; overall trend stable/falling. Min wage, tax on wealthy, renewables: up. Projections/future: child poverty 450k (two-child limit effect post-April), Erasmus+ (starts 2027), energy link "to be broken." Some stats selective (e.g., cancer diagnoses up from better screening). Context: baselines pre-Labour, external factors matter.

For critics of me and @UKLabour who say ‘why do you only attack Reform/Tories and not talk about your own party’s positive achievements?’ 👀 👇🏻

@Dan4Barnet Dan. Why is unemployment falling?

Latest on the UK economy before the Iran conflict... - NEW today: borrowing: falling, down by £20bn last year - inflation: falling - unemployment: falling - interest rates: 6 cuts, more to come We were making good progress, and had set ourselves up to be more resilient against shocks with £24bn headroom and support for families, taking £117 off bills.

@FromHospitality @UKHospKate @pub_that @AltonSteven Trying to survive as a business

@BingleyBrewery @UKHospKate @pub_that @AltonSteven Then what have you been doing all these years?

Unfortunately 1st April is no joking matter for small businesses who are being #taxedout by a parliament of all year round fools. Most will now be contemplating how they survive to next year. We need thriving business for a strong economy, not ones scraping a living.

@pub_that @AlexReilley1 @foxchris_ @Kate_Dearden Neither Kate or Peter have been involved with or in business

@AlexReilley1 @foxchris_ @Kate_Dearden I’ll await an answer too! Feel we’ll be waiting a while…

Today, 2.7 million workers are getting a pay rise. Increases to the National Minimum and Living Wages mean full-time workers could earn up to £1,500 more this year. As Minister for Employment Rights, I’m proud to help deliver this ➡️ boosting pay and helping with living costs

@pub_that @twothirdsdan @Kate_Dearden They are being told to spread the gospel regardless

@twothirdsdan @Kate_Dearden Deafening!

@NailcoteHall @UKHospKate @darrenpjones @peterkyle @Sacha_Lord @andyjlennox @TrisOsborneMP @Keir_Starmer @beverleyturner @BBCNewsnight @juneslater17 @Caterertweets Darren Jones has never run so much as a whelk stall so shouldn’t be telling any business to ‘suck it up’. Betrays an arrogant, ignorant attitude

Sadly Kate we know from past comments by the likes of @darrenpjones that this Govt expects us in his words to be able to just “Suck it Up” !! Bottom line is We can’t and the results are simple Price Rises UP , Business Closures UP and Job Losses UP ! To cap it all we have an unqualified Chancellor @RachelReevesMP who does not listen ! Only one way to change things for Hospitality is a VAT CUT in line with Europe NOW !

VAT, business rates, NICs - that’s what our members survey told us was needed as we head into further cost pressures. The govt cannot tackle the cost of living crisis unless it gets a grip of cost of doing business which is fuelling price increases, job losses & investment freeze

@UKHospKate @pub_that @AltonSteven I think a lot of people assume that someone running a business is rolling in cash because why would you do it otherwise ?

@UKHospKate @pub_that @AltonSteven The general public are generally unaware. The first they get a glimpse of the situation is when their favourite restaurant or pub closes

@mgshanks They are due to go up in June by over £300

From today, energy bills will come down. Labour took the decision to bring down bills by asking the wealthiest to pay a little more. That’s the fair thing to do. We know there’s more to do to tackle the cost of living but this is an important step.

@TrisOsborneMP @Audikeith565656 Unfortunately I won’t be getting a 5% pay rise

@BingleyBrewery @Audikeith565656 That is true. If the right wing war of choice continues we will have to prepare for rising costs.

COBRA meetings are critical at a time of national interest. Puerile gesture from the leader who wanted to engage in the war offensively from the outset. She also knows drilling won’t cut bills today; and knows being reliant on oil/gas has been a disaster for energy pricing.

@TrisOsborneMP @Audikeith565656 Ofgem says a drop of approx 7% so around £117 but forecast for June is an increase of £300+

@Audikeith565656 We’ve just cut energy bills by £150 from tomorrow.

@steffd62 @LBC @NickFerrariLBC He isn’t lying. The bloke drives an HGV running on diesel not a small hybrid or electric vehicle

STOP LYING Regardless of where it comes from, oil and gas is sold on international markets, which set the price for British billpayers – making us a price taker. The only way to truly protect ourselves from these price spikes is to get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets.” @GBEgovuk spokesperson said: “Great British Energy are focussed on driving the clean energy transition which will deliver a more secure and independent energy system for the UK “The energy transition is a managed one and oil and gas will continue to be part of our energy mix for decades to come. It is vital that the world class knowledge and skills of oil and gas workers and supply chains, which are crucial for a clean energy future, are not lost carbonbrief.org/factcheck-nine… Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas @CarbonBrief The Iran war has triggered another fossil-fuel energy crisis, with surging global prices and increasing concerns over energy security In the UK, many newspapers, opposition politicians and other public figures have used the crisis to argue in favour of issuing more licences for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. These arguments have also been amplified in AI-generated posts on social media, shared by fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content. However, many of these arguments rest on false or misleading claims about the impact that further drilling could have on the UK’s bills, energy security, emissions and tax revenue The North Sea is a “mature basin” where production has been falling for decades because most of the oil and gas it once contained has already been extracted While it would be possible to slow the rate of decline in oil and gas output from the North Sea, the quantities that would be economic to extract are disputed Overall, the transition to clean-energy supplies is expected to be far more effective at boosting UK energy security and reducing reliance on imports. Moreover, the climate-change arguments for limiting fossil-fuel production, which have been made by scientists, the UN secretary general and even the Pope, remain as valid as ever. Below, Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas. FALSE: ‘Reopening the North Sea would lower bills’ MISLEADING: ‘Energy from the North Sea generates a lot less CO2’ FALSE: ‘Britain is a resource-rich nation that has chosen dependency’ FALSE: North Sea is ‘best way to protect us from volatility and provide energy security’ MISLEADING: ‘The head honchos of the green lobby say we should drill’ FALSE: ‘The UK is the only country in the world banning new oil and gas licenses’ MISLEADING: ‘With new North Sea licences would come thousands of jobs’ MISLEADING: North Sea drilling ‘would secure a rush of revenue into the Treasury’ FALSE: Ed Miliband is an ‘anti-North Sea’ climate change ‘fanatic’ FALSE: ‘Reopening the North Sea would lower bills’ Many right-leaning newspapers and commentators have falsely argued that opening up new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would lower energy bills in the UK. There is no evidence to support such claims. Indeed, numerous experts have explained that new drilling would make no difference to bills in the UK. Contrary to these claims, numerous experts have said that further drilling in the North Sea would do nothing to cut bills, because UK energy prices are set on international markets. In 2022, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) wrote that increased UK extraction was not expected to “materially affect global oil or gas prices, as the UK energy market is highly connected to international markets and the potential supply [is] relatively small”. It added that, even if all proven UK reserves and resources of gas from new fields were extracted, this would only meet about 1% of European demand each year up ROSEBANK AND JACKDAW The Scottish Court of Session ruled in January 2025 that the regulatory approvals were UNLAWFUL

'It makes my head wobble!' Caller Dan, who is an HGV driver, tells @NickFerrariLBC that he burns ‘between £700 and £800 a day’ in fuel and is infuriated that the government is doing nothing to help.

@darrenpjones Businesses are the engine of productivity. Your policies are damaging businesses born out by the increase in job losses and declining job opportunities

This is one of the most important dials that affects our success as a country. Productivity. But what does it really mean, and what are we doing about it? Let me explain 👇🏻

@GaryBri99293774 @Sacha_Lord Youth unemployment is up to 16% an 11 year high

@Sacha_Lord If you think businesses, particularly hospitality are going to jettison cheap labour and continue to employ full time staff who are vastly more expensive then you’re being naive or choosing to ignore it because it doesn’t suit your agenda

They have gone because of the disastrous Budget. Because of the NI increase operators are having to cut both staff and hours. The Saturday job in a pub/restaurant is becoming a thing of the past. Our teenagers deserve better.

@samsingstoomuch @andyjlennox @LBCNews @LBC @NickFerrariLBC @wonky_table @HospoVoices So in your world all is fine and dandy. Glad for ya

@andyjlennox @LBCNews @LBC @NickFerrariLBC @wonky_table @HospoVoices In 2024, both licensed venues and the wider accommodation and food sector had tiny net growth. Licensed venues were up year on year (99,113 to 99,120), while accommodation and food services recorded 30,360 business births against 26,195 deaths. 2025 was much the same.

Thanks to @LBCNews @LBC @NickFerrariLBC for helping to highlight the 33,000 closures since the 2024 elections. That’s 70 a day. Not to mention the amount of jobs lost. #TaxedOut @wonky_table @HospoVoices we need a #VATCUT in line with Europe and we need it now. #Hospitality #HospitalityVoices

@UKHofficial @UKHospKate @John2Win What was the PM’s response?

In #PMQs yesterday, @John2Win raised the impact of employer NICs changes on a hotel in his constituency with the Prime Minister. “They employ over 250 people, but their National Insurance bill is going up by £280,000.” Hospitality businesses can no longer absorb additional costs.

@pub_that @Ed_Miliband The guy should be barred for life

Hi @Ed_Miliband if we also serve uncooked food with our warm beer, does that mean we don’t have to add VAT? Asking for some friends…

@pub_that @linz_armstrong @Ed_Miliband The guy is a buffoon

Would like thank @Ed_Miliband for saving thousands of pubs today with the answer to all our woes…we just serve warm beer!! Why in all our years of experience did we never think that we could just turn the cellar cooling and fridges off to mitigate being taxed the shit out of!