Brexit is the proof that not only can people be fooled into voting against their best interests but they can even be conned into keeping on supporting it.
Some people will always be suckers.
So Reform are going to reinstate the two child benefit cap. Scrap the renters rights bill. Scrap the employment rights bill. Take us out of the ECHR. Reduce minimum wage & raid the pensions of council workers.
They are literally begging you NOT to vote for them.
#neverrefrom
UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
@MartinSLewis@itvMLshow With higher dividend and capital gains taxes, when will we be able to include that income for calculating pension contributions instead of being limited to the permanently frozen non-tax payer allowance of £2880 pa?
Tonight 8pm @itvMLshow Motor Finance Commission Misselling: are u owed £1,000s? Millions more may be eligible to join the 2.5m who’ve already complained after a landmark Court ruling, incl some who’ve been turned down. Yet how do u do it, & should u?
@theFCA Chief Exec Nikhil Rathi will join me and I'll put your questions on this to him too
💥NEW: The same 17 firms who supplied £119m worth of PPE deemed unusable during the pandemic, have made £83m from NHS contracts in this year alone.
🔎A good place to start for the new covid corruption commissioner?
Read our latest with @MC_00_ here⬇️
https://t.co/ciechmlOC7
As Labour appoint Tom Hayhoe as Covid Corruption Commissioner, to investigate £8.7 billion worth of PPE lost during the pandemic, why isn't this being done by The Serious Fraud Office?
The SFO is the specialist prosecuting authority tackling top level serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption!
Today's Poll (in conjunction with @ItvMLshow 8pm): If a friend asked you what you earned, would you tell them or is this something best kept private?
Let us know your thoughts using the show... #MartinLewis
Tonight, @MartinSLewis will be unpacking the FIRST Labour Budget since 2010! 🧳
You won’t want to miss this! Send us your questions on the Budget below ⬇️
#MartinLewis#Budget2024
9% of people think Brexit worked out well.. 67% of people think we should rejoin the European Union.. That is the legacy of Brexit
The only people left still supporting Brexit are morons.
10 signs you might be autistic...
1. You've always felt a bit "different" and have struggled to form friendships
2. You have a hard time understanding and expressing your emotions (there is actually a name for this... it's called "alexithymia")
Why energy prices will RISE tomorrow even though wholesale rates have dropped over the last month...
Our energy market is perverse.
Tomorrow 1 Oct the energy Price Cap, which dictates the rate 8 in 10 Eng, Wales, Scot homes pay, rises by 10% - meaning bills do to. Yet wholesale rates, those energy firms buy at, have dropped in recent weeks (tho up slightly in last few days) evidenced by the fact the switchable deals being offered have got cheaper.
The reason for the disjoin is that the Price Cap mechanism is time-lagged. Each Cap is fixed for three months, the new 1 Oct to 31 Dec cap is based on mid-May to mid August's wholesale rates, and they peaked in August.
You'll need to wait until January for the recent falls to be factored in, which is why the Cap is predicted to drop, slightly then (a few weeks ago it was though it'd rise). It's only slightly because its an averaging over time while current switchable deals can take advantage of short term dips.
So on a practical note if you act (do a comparison - MSE energy club is whole of market) you can take advantage of lower rates, if not you'll pay more due to the time lag system and have to hope wholesale rates stay low the next few weeks in order to see a drop in January Price Cap.
A few more Price Cap notes...
i) While it's called a Cap, there is NO CAP on what you pay, what's capped is the standing (ie daily) charge and how much they can charge for each unit of gas or electricity you use
ii) It only applies to firm's standard ie default tariffs, the rest aren't capped and they can charge more or less.
iii) All firms standard (capped) tariffs price at or very near the Cap max, so its not really a cap. In reality the regulator is setting a fixed price and its charged.
iv) The wholesale rate used to set the Cap are not the spot rates (ie the rate you can buy energy today) as especially with gas we've no storage. The regulator uses long term buy-ahead wholesale rates to set the cap, as its prime focus is energy security.
vi) On top of the wholesale rates, it then adds a host of factors on it (network costs, distribution etc), including a set amount of profit, to come up with the cap.
🚨NEW: The Tory government shelled out £114,000,000 in payouts to companies for undelivered and cancelled Covid contracts.
💷86% of this money was handed to firms linked with senior Tory figures.
🔎Read our latest investigation with @MC_00_ below⬇️
https://t.co/Aztu332DRg