Michael Cox

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[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

Do you think it’s acceptable to have multiple wives and claim for them in the Welfare system?

A man with four wives can receive more than £75,000 a year in benefits.

Do you think Uncle/Niece or Aunt/Nephew marriages should be supported via benefits? The Government doesn’t even know how many of these there are.

In my view answer should be a resounding no. These marriages are illegal in the UK. They are anathema to British culture and shouldn’t be subsidised by British taxpayers.

Labour ministers say only a small number of people do claim this via housing but then also admit they don’t actually count how many people are in polygamous marriage and have no idea how many are getting pension credit via this route either.

The last @Conservatives Government stopped Polygamous marriage recognition under the Universal Credit but a loophole in our benefits system recognises polygamous marriages performed abroad for certain legacy benefits.

With the support of @KemiBadenoch and @HelenWhatley, I want to close this loophole through my Bill.

Polygamy and incest are illegal in the UK. British taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for these marriages that are already illegal under UK law.

Moreover, we’ve also got to change to law and ban first cousin marriages too.

I hope Labour MPs will back my Bill today. If they don’t, what message does that send?

https://t.co/72rp8YwmUw

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

Here's our plan for Welfare that Works 👇

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

Anti-motorist zealots @TheGreenParty want to turn London into a guinea pig for pay-per-mile road charging, making drivers pay every time they get behind the wheel.

The Greens think driving is a luxury and ordinary people are just cash machines.

This is the politics of a bonkers war on motorists. Londoners deserve better.

https://t.co/W45tFaEHu8

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

Remembrance Sunday across #Basildon and #Billericay

Lest we forget

[Luke Robert Black @lukerobertblack]

Labour promised nationalisation would fix our railways.

The ORR data says otherwise: Greater Anglia, c2c, West Midlands Trains and SWR are all running fewer trains on time than before the state took over.

Reform and the Greens want even more of this ⬇️

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

Train delays have increased since Labour nationalised the railways.

It was predictable, and predicted.

Labour’s obsession with increasing an already bloated state bureaucracy hurts the very people it is meant to help.

We need better government, not bigger government.

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Richard Holden, Shadow Transport Secretary:

“These RMT militants who bankroll hand-picked Labour MPs do not care about better services, they do not care about passengers and they do not care about our capital city – all they care about is beating as much cash out of this weak piñata of a Labour Mayor and Government as they can.

They know Labour will cave to their every demand and their latest whim, because that is exactly what Labour always does. Labour hands massive pay deals and the unions come straight back, striking again and bringing the country to a standstill."

[Andrew Griffith MP @griffitha]

A one-way ticket to the past. Nationalised rail services are poorer than when they were private.

This is what happens when Labour politicians try to run things.

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

How predictable, and how predicted https://t.co/V6hzHNIz3G

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

🚨 NEW: Labour adopt @Conservatives bus and coach drivers policy 🚨

🚌 Absolutely delighted that @UKLabour Ministers are adopting @Conservatives policy proposals announced at #CPC26 to remove the 50km/day cap on bus drivers

🚍 These completely weird bureaucratic rules were holding young people back from becoming bus and coach drivers, and creating a shortage in the sector

🔵 Always delighted when Labour ministers adopt our worked through Conservative proposals. Well done @Heidi_Labour & @transportgovuk - now take a look at our policies to protect open access rail, Plan for Drivers, and rolling back the ZEV mandate 🙏

Via @mattotele & @Telegraph

https://t.co/SULfjMCoIr

[Lord Moylan @danielmgmoylan]

“Worsening delays after nationalisation”, eh?

Labour MPs summon rail bosses over worsening delays after nationalisation

https://t.co/dVUMa85XDA

[Jerome Mayhew @JeromeMayhew]

I repeatedly warned Labour that this would happen if they forced through nationalisation when I was shadow transport minister.

They did it anyway

This is on them

[Sophie Wilkinson @sophwilkinson]

this is absolutely revolting - surely one for the bar standards council

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

.@Conservatives warned that @UKLabour state control of rail would put their union paymasters first.

Now their state operator has signed up to taxpayer-funded time off for union duties.

You pay more. They take more. And still nobody can tell you when your train will turn up.

https://t.co/19FNemn7lk

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Pathetic, and very patronising, by @AbdulElSayed . He should show more respect to the UK and one of our best journalists.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Shabana has made a serious mistake surrendering to Labour MPs. So I’m putting people on notice - when we get into government we will scrap this weak policy.

Immigration is too high. Labour are making a bad situation much, much worse.

The Conservative Party is under new management. I accept this problem started under a previous Conservative govt. Many of those in that Cabinet have gone to Reform where they belong.

And I’ve got a proper plan to fix it👇

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

With higher APD, a doubling business rates and, the NI jobs tax, passengers already paying MUCH more to reach airports through crazy net zero surface access charges.

Now @UKLabour wants another raid on jet fuel.

They talk up growth, then tax the living daylights out of aviation.

Holidaymakers will end up footing the bill - it’s got to stop @Heidi_Labour & @andyburnham!

Via @MarkKleinmanSky & @SkyNews

https://t.co/aueDJTQ3yk

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

Honoured to represent Basildon and Billericay at the @HouseofCommons Garden of Remembrance service.

Remembering those from our who fought and in many cases gave their lives for our country and the freedoms we cherish.

We will remember them.

[Jerome Mayhew @JeromeMayhew]

I’ve spent longer as an employer than I have as an MP.

I worked my butt off, and helped create hundreds of jobs.

This Labour minister has NO IDEA what she is talking about

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

History will look back on this period in society and conclude we all lost our f*cking minds.