Retired Teaching Assistant, looking forward to finding the new me. Married to an amazing man. Mother to 2 awesome children. 5 yrears Womb Cancer survivor.
The govt's Student Loan Plan 2 repayment freeze in April 2027 must be reversed. It isn't moral.
I'm concerned that my debate with Kemi Badenoch this morning distracts from the most immediate problem. In April 2027 Rachel Reeves will freeze the Plan 2 student loan threshold until 2030 which by then will increase graduate repayments by £300/yr more.
This is effectively a unilateral negative breach of the student loan contract. Students were told the threshold would rise with average earnings. No commercial lender would be allowed to do this. The govt shouldn't do it either.
Changing the terms of future students loans is a political decision - people may not like it but it is transparent. Negatively changing the terms of contracts already signed, and long in place, is a breach of natural justice.
Everybody seems worried about whether the new plans for support for children with special educational needs is going to save any money. The point is that better early intervention and support for children is bound to lead to future savings - financially but also socially!
Pay attention Great Britain. Nigel Farage and Reform seem to want to make you poorer. Nigel’s Brexit campaign already made things harder and more expensive. Why would you fall for it twice? 🏴🇬🇧☕️🫖🪆 it seems Nigel Farage wants to destroy Britain. And your pockets.
When Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was asked whether the political party might be interested in introducing a UK-style ICE immigration unit to deal with illegal migrants, the interaction became ‘quite unpleasant’. Listen to the full podcast here: https://t.co/ViNqCGXmHA
Muhammad Zia Yusuf and Suella Braverman want to scrap the Equalities Act. It’s the same law that has protected them and their parents from discrimination. This is the very definition of ‘rolling up the ladder’.
🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
https://t.co/FTIFioeNSd
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There’s a video doing the rounds of Nigel Farage saying it is shameful for an MP to defect without calling a by-election.
So… what happened all of a sudden? 🤔
"One of Us" was ABBA's final parting single - so we've adapted it into a 🎶 parody we're calling "Exodus" to reflect on the urinary trickle of Tory departures to Reform UK, most notably two driplets from the bottom of the last government's barrel @RobertJenrick & @nadhimzahawi.
£49.18 is the standard weekly allowance for asylum seekers.
It's reduced to £9.95 if meals are included with accommodation.
You need a national insurance number to claim benefits or work. Asylum seekers do not have one.
No free phone (or Ipads). Occasionally, sims, or recycled phones are provided by charities.
Just in case anyone is interested in the facts.