Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline has been damaged by drone attacks. The strait of Hormuz is restricted, Houthi bandits threaten shipping routes into the Red Sea. Another oil shock is coming.
Yet our Prime Minister and his Cabinet are behaving like a flock of ostriches, heads buried so deep in the sand they could strike oil themselves.
The answer is simple: DRILL OUR OWN OIL AND GAS IN THE NORTH SEA.
The cost of regulation for small and medium-sized businesses now stands at £36 BILLION!
Money spent not even paying tax, just filling out forms. They are drowning in red tape.
As Chancellor, I will deliver the lower, simpler taxes our country needs.
This resonates home!
When you have a small business, job doesn’t stop once trading hours finish, in fact totally the opposite.
Small sacrifices, become cumulative, time is money, regulation is money and it all adds to the bottom line profit.
Aspiration, killed by Labour!
Inflation is rising again. Labour’s tax and spend addiction is making the problem worse.
Labour has made it more expensive to hire people, run a business and produce the energy our country needs.
Those costs have to go somewhere. They end up in the prices you pay at the checkout, in higher energy bills and in fewer jobs and opportunities.
Conservatives would make the tough choices: cut wasteful spending, cut taxes and bring down the cost of energy.
That’s how we get prices under control and build a stronger economy.
1,000 new PIP claims EVERY SINGLE DAY.
It’s unaffordable. Unfair to taxpayers. And just morally wrong.
Everyone can see that - EXCEPT Labour MPs who just want to TAX people more to SPEND more on benefits.
The unions spent millions helping to get Labour into power, now they want their reward.
From Angela Rayner’s (Un)Employment Rights Act, to high taxes and fiscal responsibility thrown out of the window, Labour are well on their way to taking us back to the 70s.
🚨 Labour is the party of unemployment.
Job vacancies are at their lowest level in a decade outside the pandemic. 101,000 payrolled jobs have been lost over the past year, and the claimant count is surging.
Employers are being hammered by Angela Rayner’s (Un)Employment Rights Act and Labour’s refusal to rule out MORE taxes.
Only the Conservatives will get Britain working again.
🌳 | Kemi Badenoch is in positive net approval territory for the first time.
The last time a Conservative leader had a positive net approval rating was Boris Johnson in May 2021.
As Rosh Hashanah begins, we wish everyone celebrating a happy, healthy and sweet New Year.
We are proud of the contribution British Jews make to our country, and we will always stand with them against antisemitism.
Moment that defined the last 25 years.
I remember my staff coming into work saying a plane has crashed into one of the towers.
Then watched the second plane going into the south tower…..realising this could not be an accident.
We shall not forget.
I remember exactly where I was on September 11th 2001 - I was in university at the time, and watched the second plane hitting the south tower live on TV. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Yesterday, alongside the US Ambassador Warren Stephens, Director General of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, and the Met Police Deputy Commissioner, Matt Jukes, we paid tribute to the thousands murdered by Islamist terrorists, including 67 British people, at the US Embassy memorial service.
Twenty-five years on, their families still carry that loss. We all still mourn them. It was a terrible day for not just in the US, for the UK and the world. We will never forget them.
Andy Burnham says welfare takes priority over defence spending.
We can only have a welfare system if we have a strong nation with a strong economy.
Totally barking mad.
Trump is wrong.
Real companies pay dividends from profit or retained earnings. The US is $40 trillion in debt and adding $2.7 trillion a year to it.
This isn't a dividend, it's a loan that taxpayers will have to repay.
Lucy Powell should think twice before tearing up the reforms that have led to English pupils being in the top 10 in the world for reading, maths & science. This did not happen by accident & it would be an act of national sabotage to ignore the evidence of what is working.
My oped for @DailyMail 👇
Children in England are in the top ten in the world for reading, maths and science.
That’s thanks to Conservative reforms that prioritised high standards in education and pushed children to achieve their potential.
Labour, in contrast, are driving through reforms that will water down standards and write off some of the most disadvantaged children in our country.
We have only to look at Scotland and Wales for a sign of what’s to come. The SNP and Labour Governments there rejected the Conservatives’ changes, staying wedded to the bigotry of low expectations, and led to much worse outcomes for children.
Education Secretary Lucy Powell says we have an "over focus on academic outcomes". But that focus is what has delivered for our children. And the Conservatives will restore it.
Chris Rokos paid more than £300m in tax last year. Now he’s leaving Britain.
I asked John Healey how many taxpayers it will take to replace the lost revenue.
He didn’t have a clue.