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[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Care homes were an “afterthought” during the pandemic and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, the public inquiry has found

https://t.co/r9YxFlv304

[Sir Norman of Nowhere. 🏴‍☠️ @Normanjam67]

We're all paying for this pantomime.
Abolish the Monarchy.

[Sir Norman of Nowhere. 🏴‍☠️ @Normanjam67]

A cost of living crisis, but only for us plebs.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Finally looks like we may be getting somewhere with STANDING CHARGES

@andyburnham at #PMQs just now

"“I can tell the House today that I have asked the chancellor and the energy secretary to look at whether we can remove standing charges from gas bills and to report back to this House at the earliest opportunity.”

[Debbie @glenys1971]

Well after today’s announcement from the Bank of England, there is something very, very, very wrong in the system.

So … let me get this straight:

* British Gas made a profit of £1.3bn between January & June

* BP announced profits of £6.95 billion between April and June alone

* Shell has profited by £9.4bn in a year

The MEN at the top:

* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid received £6.5m bonus on top of his salary

* Chris O’Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica was paid almost £2m last year in salary and benefits

* Centrica's non-executive directors were paid almost £1m

* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on £1.15m.

* E.On boss Michael Lewis is on £1m

* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on £1m

* And their top execs enjoyed a share of £4.65m

* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned a £1.3m pay package

* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over £930,000

* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of £5.56m

* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a £727,000 bonus on top of her £2m annual salary

Meanwhile there are...

* People who haven't had breakfast and/or lunch TODAY, because they can't afford it.

* People using FoodBanks because food is becoming more of a luxury than a necessity.

* Children celebrating a birthday without presents.

* Parents worrying about new school uniforms - and some schools enforcing rules which are not cost-effective.

* People who can't get to work because they can't afford to put petrol in their cars/pay for public transport anymore.

* People who are working so much they're making themselves ill, and they STILL CAN'T AFFORD to pay their bills.

* People who have been given fines by these same energy/water companies because they couldn't afford to pay their bills in the first place - increasing their debt.

* Customers being told to do STAR JUMPS TO KEEP WARM for crying out loud!

* Hose pipe bans when gallons of water leak away everyday.

* Elderly people NOT DRINKING because they're worried about running out of water!!!

All this and energy prices are set to rise up to 75% in October...

THIS IS MADNESS!.. I'm all for supporting profits … I'm not for supporting greed at the cost of lives of others.

Something needs to change.

Why is customers' money being used to make life more comfortable for those who are making life more intolerable for the rest of us?

I actually don't understand how the energy companies are allowed to get away with this and why the government aren't stopping them instead of handing out money.....

[The Ayrshire Separatist @DanielJMath1]

This “Catherine”?

[Alexis is sowing discord in the West @ArchewellBaby]

Kate Middleton & William closed an environmental centre for school children and took away 150 acres park from the public so that they can have their 4th FOREVER home.

Now Kate's Expert advice in early childhood is telling parents to... wait for it —take their children outside.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Andy Burnham is putting problem solving over point scoring.

That's what the people of Scotland deserve. That's what everyone across our United Kingdom deserves.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Some wrongly convicted subpostmasters waited over a decade for compensation. Glad to see Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's claim was handled rather more rapidly.

[Rob Watson @robwmedia]

You’ve brilliantly compounded the argument @David__Osland - why should we pay for any of them if we don’t want to? The BBC is just another institutional relic that lives off past glories and is beset by declining relevance. If there is a case for them, it should be practical and functional, not nostalgia, which is how the BBC is viewed 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 @DianaJohnsonMP]

Labour’s new settlement for older people:

• Guaranteed pension rises every year
• No care charges
• A national care service that provides older people with free personal care to give everyone piece of mind.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

If only the Tories had as much concern for families on the minimum wage cliffedge as they obviously do for those on the £100,000 cliffedge

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Obituary headlines are describing Lord Archer as 'colourful'. Given that he was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice, that's a very polite way of putting it.

[Ind50 @iny1951]

@KemiBadenoch If that’s so important then why didn’t the conservatives do that when they were elected ?

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Kemi Badenoch thinks “privatisation was a success". She's living in an alternate reality.

Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong in Britain.

In the years since privatisation our waterways have been pumped with sewage whilst water bosses receive bonus after bonus.

Labour is putting an end to this with a strengthened Water Bill which will repeal Margaret Thatcher’s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies.

And we’ll also give Mayors new powers to hold water companies to account, and close the loopholes water companies use to pay excessive bonuses.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Kemi Badenoch insists Thatcher’s privatisation of the water industry has been 'a success'. The obvious question is what her definition of failure would be.

[Ind50 @iny1951]

@DailyMail Why didn’t the conservatives do that when they were in power? Another empty promise
A lot of politicians in my opinion make promises to get elected them when elected get severe amnesia and don’t give a dam about the community of Britain juts themselves and their mates

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I want to be honest about how we’ve got to a place where British billpayers are paying some of the highest energy costs in Europe.

Over the past 40 years, we’ve given up control of our necessities, outsourced our essentials and privatised the basics. Water, transport, housing. And of course, energy.

Now the public are paying the price. We haven’t invested in the infrastructure we need. Conflict overseas has pushed up energy costs and it’s hurting our businesses and families.

That’s why we need to take back greater control of our energy system.

This week, I announced Great British Grid, which will speed up connections and push down bills.

We’re also giving mayors, local leaders and communities a stronger role. With funding for People’s Power projects, communities will be able to build solar panels on libraries and town halls, hydro schemes in rivers or publicly owned windfarms on local land.

But it’s not just energy we need stronger public control over. It’s also water, housing, transport and care.

So we’re repealing the ban on public ownership of water companies. We’re building more council homes than this country has seen since the end of World War Two.

We’re reforming the leasehold system so families aren’t squeezed for every penny. And we’re opening up home ownership for first time buyers who can’t rely on the bank of mum and dad.

This week I also announced my determination to introduce a National Care Service, to put people above profit and to give pensioners peace of mind.

Together, we’ll rewire the country from top to bottom so that it works for all people in all places.

That is the only way to put Britain back on the right path. It’s the only way to put power back in people’s hands. And it’s the only way we will bring hope again.