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@martinwager2 @DeborahMeaden Still better than the alternative options.

@DeborahMeaden How's your Labour government

Totally agree… seems at odds with an otherwise pragmatic approach.

@clank1966 @BBCBreaking 🤣🤣🤣

@BBCBreaking It means someone is cooking the books

UK inflation rate falls to 2.8% in the year to April - follow live for what it means for you and your money bbc.in/4dAZ2Fq

@nsandi Found a £3 premium bond in some old paper work from a long deceased parent. What can you do with it🤔

NS&I will next week begin contacting the estates of deceased customers who, due to an error, were not repaid money from all of their NS&I accounts following a bereavement claim. Find out more here 👇 nsandi-corporate.com/news-research/…

@John_the_hawk @BBCBreakfast So unchecked for years but you're complaining when they're trying to do something about it 🤔

@BBCBreakfast What a load of typical waffle. These high-street offenders have been left to operate unchecked for years. We don’t need ‘grand strategies’ - just actual enforcement. Stop the cowardly avoidance of the cultural tensions involved and start applying the law without fear or favour.

'You've shone a light on an issue that your viewers will be very familiar with' On #BBCBreakfast Home Office minister Dan Jarvis spoke about the launch of a new £30m High Street organised crime unit after the BBC's year-long investigative reporting into illegal mini-marts, vape shops and barbers bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@superchip2010 @biztradegovuk At least they're trying to do something to help rather than ignore the problem late payments can cause. But I guess whatever positive action Labour tries to take won't be good enough for some😥.

@biztradegovuk Absolute nonsense, it won’t stop anything,

Late payments don’t just slow businesses down, they slow lives down. By introducing the Small Business Protections Bill to Parliament today, we're backing small businesses with the toughest measures on late payments, so they’re no longer left chasing money they’re already owed 👉 gov.uk/government/new…

@RobertJenrick Procuring Migrant Hotels: While serving as Immigration Minister, Jenrick oversaw the use of hotels to house asylum seekers to manage processing backlogs, a strategy later scrutinized by political rivals. He was criticized for the controversial record of these hotels.

If Burnham wins, a million low skilled migrants will be allowed to stay and get British citizenship in the next few years. And he won’t stop the boats. Instead he will put them in bedsits on your street. To pay for it all? He’ll have to hike your taxes.

@Paul_David_UK @10DowningStreet Don't think you're right....​GDP per capita (economic output per person) tells the real story: between 2008 and 2024, UK GDP per capita grew by a mere 4.3% in total. For comparison, in the 16 years prior to 2008, it grew by 46%.

Labour’s victory lap over the IMF tweaking UK 2026 growth from a dire 0.8% to a still-anaemic 1% is pure gaslighting. They inherited decent momentum, then slammed the economy with massive tax raids, net zero obsession, and energy vulnerability that left Britain hit hardest by the Iran war shocks among all G7 nations. The IMF itself still flags surging prices, tighter finance, and domestic uncertainty as major risks, yet Starmer and Reeves spin this as proof their plan is working. We aren’t fools: stagnant real wages, record taxes, and lagging growth aren’t success. These are the direct result of your choices, Labour.

Last week’s strong growth figures show that this government has the right economic plan. Today, the IMF has upgraded the UK’s growth forecast. We are building a stronger, fairer Britain.

@CAyLabour @TrisOsborneMP Real shame the focus has switched to infighting instead of continuing to drive improvements.

Waiting lists are falling. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

@HorNet_Group Public can access the area as the roads themselves are adopted. But the communal areas are covered by insurance taken out by the management company. Not sure why it's required but overall the management co are doing a reasonable job here. If not they'll be removed.

@evz1958 Are they communal areas that the public can access? And we've not come across cases where privately managed estates have RTM. It's hard to understand your case without specific details.

The problem here is they are not communal areas but public open areas. Open to the public while private homeowners pay to maintain. If local authorities wouldn't maintain these areas properly that is another conversation. The other problem is uncapped fees, poor standards of service and spiralling costs. If you also look at the fact that in most cases you can't change the management company, you are looking at a very toxic setup which will essentially devalue your home. Do you want to take back what you just said @evz1958

@LewLoot @LabourfutureUK Couple leave £1m tax free & it has nothing to do with income. Only c6% of estates currently pay IHT & it raised £8bn+ in 2025/26. Hardly negligible.

@evz1958 @LabourfutureUK Inheritance tax is robbery. It's based on overinflated values of homes resulting from a faulty economy. It taxes even where there's zero income. And it brings in a negligible amount of money to buy bombs for the warmongers. Hey, wait a minute -- there's a solution right there.

Despite enormous global pressures, UK GDP Growth was fastest in the first quarter. Under Labour, the economy is getting back on track after 14 years of Tory chaos. We must continue to focus on delivering our manifesto commitments. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

@katesineed @MartinSLewis @mhclg @Trumpian_Horse @SteveReedMP @HorNet_Group The service charge in new developments is very valid as it covers maintenance of "communal" areas. As open areas they would normally be the responsibility of the LA. However, let's be honest, they'd look a mess in no time 🫣

@MartinSLewis And many pay both managed estate fees & service charges on top. Eng. & Wal, but esp. Eng. Councils, must be more transparent on managed estate planning decisions (tenure) as part of the council budget protection by back door @mhclg @Trumpian_Horse @SteveReedMP @HorNet_Group

Council Tax is broken. Literally millions are paying more than needed. There are five things to check if you can save. Do give this a listen.

@LewLoot @LabourfutureUK Heating allowance restored to those who need it i.e. income less than £30k pa. What would you replace IHT with? It's probably the fairest form of wealth tax....and yes my estate will pay it.

@LabourfutureUK Oh good, so you're going to restore pensioners' heating allowance and abolish inheritance tax then?

@DeborahMeaden Agree this isn't the right time. Labour MP's are being encouraged by a media that has been undermining Starmer from day 1. Sorry but this was a time to close ranks & push forward on tackling the real challenges. Would never give a leadership role to any two faced backstabber.

I’m afraid I agree… if the problems don’t change with the person… and today’s economic figures are better than expected.

@Carl__P_ @MatthewStadlen Regular pay, excluding bonuses, increased by 3.6% in the 3mths to Feb 26. That's ahead of inflation. On that basis we're all better off. The " growing" debt was under the last Tory government. One of the biggest costs is servicing the debt Labour were left with. Glass half empty?

@MatthewStadlen Yeah inflation was 3%. So we are all much worse off. Add to that a growing debt of £2.6 trillion and £110 billion of interest payments and hey ho everything is ok with the world. Moronic.

Well, well, well. The UK economy grew 0.6% in the first three months of the year under Starmer and Reeves.

@TracyNeverLabor @BBCBreakfast @CCHQPress You wouldn't do the job for the salary. You either have a belief that you can make a positive difference or you're on a massive ego trip. Personally, for Starmer, I think it's the former. Just not worth the grief for the money.

@BBCBreakfast @CCHQPress #LabourHypocrites Keir Starmer first, country second. Labour ministers & MPs £100+k wages first country second. #LabourScum #LabourOut x.com/tracyneverlabo…

'What we are seeing at the moment is a complete pig's breakfast' Conservative MP Alex Burghart spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the pressure on Keir Starmer from more than 80 Labour MPs who are calling on the PM to quit bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1e2…

@RobertJenrick 2029.

We need a general election.

@MrFlashHQ @BBCBreaking The right wing media are controlling what happens😡. Without them we would have a sound stable commonsense government.

@BBCBreaking The people don't want him governing, they want him out. He is the most despised PM in history.

UK PM Keir Starmer tells cabinet he will "get on with governing" and leadership challenge has not been triggered bbc.in/4fdZ8oC

@MartinSLewis Freetrade don't provide joint accounts! What is that all about. Other than ISA's, to reduce tax liability, all our holdings/savings are in joint names. The search for an alternative provider, who doesn't charge just for holding the a/c, goes on.

@arronaarrdvarrk @SeddSezz @Keir_Starmer @GordonBrown Nigel Lawson made the biggest changes creating the modern global city. Brown made the BoE independent & created the FSA.

@evz1958 @SeddSezz @Keir_Starmer @GordonBrown He also changed banking regulations that encouraged casino banking that helped lead to the crash.

Today I’m pleased to appoint @GordonBrown as my Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation. As Britain’s longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon is well placed to work with our international allies to build a stronger Britain and boost our country’s security and resilience.