Labour Business

The socialist society linking the Labour Party with the business and finance communities. Formerly the Labour Finance & Industry Group. (RTs not endorsements).

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

Politics isn’t working for places like ours.

I will change that.

#AndyBurnham #ForUs

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Immigration makes Britain brilliant.

[Politics In The U.K. @politixintheuk]

Times columnist Fraser Nelson pointed out over the weekend that new Home Office statistics paint a striking picture: net migration has fallen dramatically since Labour entered government, now sitting around 80 per cent below the record highs reached under the Conservatives.

And it is not just the headline figure shifting. Remove international students from the equation and long-term immigration levels are now “probably at a multi-year low”, Nelson wrote on his Substack — a remarkable turnaround after years of Tory chaos, broken promises and soaring numbers.

The asylum backlog is also being rapidly reduced under Labour. After ballooning in the aftermath of Covid while successive Conservative ministers appeared paralysed and unwilling to grip the crisis, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has begun making serious progress in clearing the system.

Away from the Westminster psychodrama and endless Reform stunts, an uncomfortable reality is emerging for Labour’s opponents: the Government may quietly be delivering results where the Tories failed for years.

Source: The London Economic

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

“Intensely private” but seeks to have a major impact on the British public with his millions

Sorry - that won’t wash

[Brendan May @bmay]

Please enjoy this video from last year in which Richard Tice opines liberally about Angela Rayner’s tax affairs and calls for her departure. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before he applies this very strict moral principle to his own tax arrangements.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions

A 🧵 with the evidence:

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨Sunday Times investigation today:

Richard Tice’s companies appear to have failed to pay £100,000+ in corporation tax on profits, while funnelling over £1 million in donations to Reform UK.

Tice calls it a “technicality” but critics say it looks like aggressive tax avoidance benefiting both him personally and his party.

The party that campaigns hardest against the establishment and tax avoidance now finds itself accused of exactly that.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Here's Richard Tice saying if Angela Rayner had any integrity or moral decency she would resign for underpaying stamp duty by £40k.
I'm sure he will soon be making a statement calling for his own resignation after he failed to pay £100k and £91k in tax.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Let me walk you through what happened one hour before Trump announced the five day moratorium on Iran strikes.

$1.5 billion in notional S&P E-mini futures contracts. Four to six times normal activity.

One hour before the announcement.

Simultaneously, $192 million in crude oil futures purchased at the same time.

They made between $300 and $400 million dollars off those trades.

Trump claimed he spoke to an Iranian official to negotiate the moratorium.

The Iranians said that person doesn't exist and the conversation never happened.

This is not the first time.

It has happened multiple times. He says something. The trade goes on. He says another thing. The market moves.

But whatever you call it — they are laughing at you and they are laughing at me while they do it.

Hunter Biden sold a painting and Washington lost its mind.

These people are making hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars trading on information that only exists inside the most powerful office in the world.

I think we are dramatically underreporting how much money is actually being made here.

This isn't politics anymore.

This is a financial operation running out of the White House.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 REMINDER: The minimum wage goes up tomorrow 

Over 21s - £12.71 (from £12.21) 

18 to 20 - £10.85 (from £10) 

Under 18s and apprentices - £8 (from £7.55)

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Why are so many editors of British papers happy to support Trump's attacks on this country? "President tells UK..." reports Mail, as if he was a sane and normal human being.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

“It's so grotesque, so grim”.

“Israel once held itself up as the shining beacon of democracy in this draconian part of the world.”

As it passes a death penalty law targeted at Palestinians, has Israel transformed beyond recognition?

@maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall

[Labour Business @Labour_Business]

@implausibleblog When every day is April 1st.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Significant from Starmer. In this conference he directly acknowledges the economic hell of Brexit and commits to a closer relationship with the EU.

Refusing to join the war, distancing Britain from the US and realigning with our EU friends, are all solid decisions.

Fair play.

[Narinder Kaur @narindertweets]

Mid week watch of a Reform member being obliterated with actual facts against the lies they spout

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🔥 Farage roasted again by 🇺🇸 Rep Jamie Raskin

“This is the guy that delivered Brexit to the UK. How he shows his face in public after that debacle is beyond ��Isn’t that considered a disaster in the history of England?

I cannot imagine a society that produced some of the greatest writers, poets and musicians… falling for a free speech imposter and charlatan like that.”

Absolutely 💯

[Bloomberg @business]

"Whatever the pressure on me and others, whatever the noise, I'll act in the British national interest."

Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirms the UK's commitment to NATO, after US President Donald Trump called the alliance a "paper tiger"  https://t.co/1pjvgwj8w1

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Starmer is asked directly by @jessicaelgot whether the UK will rejoin the Single Market.

He does not rule it out.

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Starmer announces that the UK is pursuing closer relations with the EU:

“Brexit did deep damage to our economy. And the opportunities to strengthen our security and cut the cost of living are simply too big to ignore. We want to be more ambitious.”

[Labour Business @Labour_Business]

If joining the Customs Union risks undermining UK free trade agreements perhaps that’s a good thing? Exhibit 1: Boris Johnson’s trade agreement allows Australian beef to enter the Uk tariff-free in a matter of years. British farmers would be better off in the EU. #Brexit