Hannah Spencer, "In Gorton and Denton we have to pay full price for a pint, but here for some reason it's cheaper, and some MPs drink before voting"
*groans from other MPs as if they've been asked to leave a pub at closing time*
"That really shocked me when I came to parliament because it is our workplace"
"Does the prime minister agree with his own MPs who defend their right to drink cheap alcohol at work?"
"Or does he agree with me that MPs shouldn't be drinking on the job, given that we vote on huge things, like the climate crisis, disabled people's rights, housing, child poverty"
Keir Starmer, "Um, can I first welcome her to her place as this is her first PMQs"
"Look there are going to be different views on whether people should be able to enjoy a drink here or not"
This Rachel Reeves Budget has absolutely done my head in. It’s like they have sat down in a room and said “How can we make life harder for normal, hard working people?” And then ticked every box.
Freezing income tax and NI thresholds? That’s basically a stealth tax on grafters. You work harder, get a tiny pay rise, and then government grabs it before it even hits ya bank. Then she whacks businesses right in the bollex by gutting the pension salary sacrifice benefit, so companies have to cough up more just to offer staff a basic pension. Punishing you for trying to do the right thing.
They really want people to not work and stay indoors on the system. It’s madness.
The people actually trying to build something…. Like run a cafe, a market stall, a gym, a shop, a small manufacturing firms a builder, a plumber, the black cab drivers and so many more hard working people are being squeezed from every angle. Higher wages, higher taxes, more pension costs, more rules, more pressure… and less support. We should be making it more attractive for businesses. Not scaring them off to move their money abroad.
If Labour actually cared and actually wanted this country to thrive and do well again they would Cut taxes so hardworking people keep more of their own money and support small businesses properly. We gotta make Britain attractive again to invest in. Give stability, Small businesses are the backbone of this country. They’re the people up at the crack of dawn keeping this country going. Making jobs for people. Supporting local economies. Not sitting back waiting for a handout. Why do we get punished to cover the cost of all these poxy handouts!!
It’s about time someone called it all out. In fact that’s just what I’m gonna do. When the small businesses dry up and stop paying their taxes and start losing money. The country will fall apart. Some people don’t realise how important they are!
Bosh❤️
No need to raise income tax, @RachelReevesMP !
Britain’s tax burden is the highest since WW2 — yet the country is crumbling.
The problem isn’t too little tax, it’s too much waste.
Cut the following:
Carbon capture – £9.4bn
Net Zero – £30bn
Foreign aid (halve it) – £7bn
Migrant accommodation – £4bn
Total saved: £50.7bn
That’s 7.3% off the basic rate of income tax!
Stop taxing Britain to death.
Start cutting the waste.
@_AdvanceUK
🚨BREAKING: British veteran breaks down live on TV over state of the country:
"Rows and rows of white tombs for what? A country of today? No, I'm sorry. The sacrifice wasn't worth the result.
I fought for freedom, and it's darn-sight worse now than when I fought."
£3 billion to Ukraine
£3 billion illegal immigrants
£11.6 billion overseas climate aid
£22 billion Miliband's carbon capture
versus
£0.52 billion IHT grab from farmers
This is our money Labour are spanking down the drain
@DatFatCricketer@tom31644993@NewsPdcl Unfortunately the clubs that want to progress are held back by the LMC allowing mediocre clubs to vote on rule changes instead of running the comp.
I put it to the league regarding amateur overseas in 2022 and was shot down.