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[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@HenryPryor 'No income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee'

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

Wandsworth wants all new developments to have 50% affordable housing.

This requirement makes most developments unviable unless they build v. high.

BTW, here’s what happens when developers propose projects where half the homes are “affordable”.

[Simon French @Frencheconomics]

But shipping oil and gas 3,000 miles to the UK - with a higher overall carbon footprint - is the result. The unintended consequence of the Climate Change Act for overall greenhouse gas emissions is simultaneously damaging for the climate, growth and the UK fiscal position.

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

Fuel duty staying frozen and discounted for another year, at 10 x what it would have cost to keep the £2 bus fare cap.

Make it make sense 🤦
#Budget2024

[Michael SW @msolwilliams]

Arriving home to congestion, fumes and chaos after a budget featuring:

❌ rail fare rises,
❌ railcards up £5
❌ bus fares up 50%
… and fuel duty frozen 🤦‍♂️

These streets were built for railway workers and this community used to be a liveable neighbourhood. We prefer this…?

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

Keir Starmer on the UK's biggest supply side problem: Infrastructure investment held up by planning red tape and legal challenges.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

So sad to learn that Alex Salmond has died. I had lunch with him in London only three weeks ago — an epic lunch as it transpired, as was fitting with Alex — and he was in fine form. Full of plans and plots. He even paid! His upbeat mood then make this all the more surprising and sad. He and I could not have been more different in terms of Scotland’s position in the UK but we had a mutual respect and he knew I always regarded him as the most accomplished and significant Scottish politician of modern times. He was also the best of company. To be with him was always a joy. I will miss him hugely. So will Scotland. My condolences to his wonderful wife.

[Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield]

The response of ‘read the rules’ for the railcard thing misses the point. People do read the rules! The point is that the rules are contradictory and opaque to the point that ticket offices & websites will tell you that journey a is fine only to then prosecute you.

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@EdConwaySky Does that mean the BoE can't now cut interest rates in June even if they wanted to? Due to election campaign

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@SherieJayne re your story about 10 year old passports this morning, were any of the people in the piece denied boarding incorrectly by airline?
I.e. their passports were less than 10 years old, and had at least 3 more months till expiry when the tried to travel. Thanks

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@Rainmaker1973 F

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

The answer: Ending Stagnation in 10 key steps https://t.co/EGp6kc7KDO

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

The problem: our Stagnation Nation in 10 key facts https://t.co/EGp6kc7KDO

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

This is the UK's marginal tax rate on someone with three kids. You can earn £50k and pay a marginal rate of 68%. It's disgrace.

But it's made even worse by the way a large chunk of this tax is collected - the "high income child benefit charge" (HICBC).

Thread:

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@PrincessSnivy @_Railcards Exactly the same has just happened to me....

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@wandbc @LDN_environment Thanks, I have sent a report for one drain/street, but it would be much more efficient and systematic if there was a dedicated team to go street by street borough wide to check and unblock drains. #LDNFLoodAware

[Architects’ Journal @ArchitectsJrnal]

London councils unite to finally deliver one-world design’s Battersea bridge https://t.co/9rmllX1XoC

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Pre-Brexit we had three Chancellors in 19 years. Post-Brexit six in six.

[Jeff Button @JeffButtonLDN]

@JoRigby_Balham "always be loyal to our leader"😂