Charles Fifield

FRICS. Chartered Surveyor. CWC Cllr 2011-23. GE 2017 & 2024. Take X with a pinch of (Cheshire) salt. 🚜 🇬🇧🦼

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

26 Oct 1854: Lt William Hewett, Naval Brigade HMS Beagle, disobeys order to destroy his cannon and uses it to halt enemy. #VictoriaCross

[Richard Meyer @RichardMeyerDC]

China consumed more coal in the last four years (2022–2025) than the entire world consumed throughout the 19th century.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

This is just sad.

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

Licenced to Thrill…

[GB Politics @GBPolitcs]

🚨BREAKING: The Government's entrepreneurship adviser, Alex Depledge, has resigned ahead of the Budget, stating that the government must stop treating entrepreneurship and innovation as a "sideshow" while heavily subsidizing legacy industries

[Esther McVey @EstherMcVey1]

Kemi Badenoch visited Cheshire Police HQ to meet with the officers who have made Cheshire Police force one of the best performing forces in the county.

Taking aim at criminals she said her priority as PM would be to recruit another 10,000 police officers giving them the equipment they need and cutting the paperwork that keeps them off the streets.

Adding catching criminals is only part of the job. Then we’ll build 50,000 prison places so offenders aren’t out on the streets because there is nowhere to lock them up.

Criminals belong behind bars not on the streets.

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

24 Oct 1879: Capt Euston Sartorius, 59th Regiment, wounded leading his men to capture an almost inaccessible enemy position. #VictoriaCross

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

The statue depicts 6 Marines who raised the flag in the iconic WW2 photo, 3 of whom were KIA within a month as the Battle of Iwo Jima continued, including Cpl Harlon Block whose statue’s head is shown here.

[New York Post @nypost]

Vandal beheads Quantico Iwo Jima statue soldier with sledgehammer, causing over $100K in damage https://t.co/CiODG2BVZF

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

238,000 Muslims served in the British Indian Army during WW1 and 595,719 served during WW2.

Find out more at World Wars Muslim Memorial Trust: https://t.co/IBB5YZyQFc

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

The Shell Centre in Lambeth has a Ratable Value of £10,590,000 which pays £5,379,720 in Business Rates of which Lambeth Council keeps 50% = £2,689,860 per annum.

[Lambeth Council @lambeth_council]

Shell, with Headquarters in Lambeth, made £7.4 billion in 3 months 🤯

This is a climate emergency 🌍

We are asking Shell to contribute to Lambeth’s climate resilience plan, in proportion to its share of global emissions 💰

It's time they helped pay to protect Lambeth 🫵

[Sean Houlston @SeanOAHoulston]

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Becoming a father has changed how I see politics. Lower taxes, childcare and smaller government can make it easier to start a family and raise children.

https://t.co/85dO2yf9Zy

[Max @banthebbc]

The UK curve just Laffered…

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

22-23 Oct 1916: Pte Herbert Lewis, 11th Btn Welsh Reg, captures 3 POWs & rescues a wounded comrade whilst wounded himself. #VictoriaCross

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

22 Oct 1919: Capt Henry Andrews MBE, Indian Medical Service, KIA treating wounded under heavy fire in Waziristan. Awarded #VictoriaCross

[Sean Houlston @SeanOAHoulston]

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻! 🏗️

People should have a say on developments in their communities, but our planning system has become far too complicated, expensive and slow.

Working in the construction sector, I have seen the barriers to getting projects off the ground are considerable.

Developments are being held back by overlapping regulations, escalating compliance costs, lengthy planning negotiations and uncertainty over decisions. Add the cumulative costs of Section 106 obligations, biodiversity net gain and BSA requirements, and schemes that once made financial sense can become unviable.

The Conservatives are right to take an approach to tackle this.

Replacing Section 106 and CIL with a simpler infrastructure levy, challenging excessive regulation and making development more commercially viable are sensible proposals.

We need proper building safety standards, environmental protections and infrastructure to support new development. But regulation must be proportionate, predictable and actually deliver what it is supposed to.

Britain doesn't lack the expertise, businesses or ambition to build. Too often, we've created a system that makes it unnecessarily difficult for them to do so.

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

After months of dithering and delay, Conservative pressure has finally forced Labour to approve Jackdaw.

This should be the start, not the end. Labour must approve Rosebank, end the ban on new drilling licences, and scrap the Energy Profits Levy

[Countryside Alliance @CAupdates]

Six hours. That’s how long the SFI budget lasted.

The 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive budget was exhausted just six hours after opening. Farmers need reliable support they can plan around, not a scheme that shuts the door almost as soon as it opens.

This Budget, it’s time for a rural reset. Write to the Prime Minister asking for a rural reset - https://t.co/K8PViwti9Z

[Charles Fifield @charlesfifield]

21 Oct 1899: Capts Robert Johnstone & Charles Mullins, Imperial Light Horse (Natal), rally their men under fire. Awarded #VictoriaCross

[Countryside Alliance @CAupdates]

Scrapping the Family Farm Tax is just one step we are asking the government to take this Budget. It's time for a rural reset.