Neil O'Brien

Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby & Wigston.
Local news:

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Local news is mainly on my Facebook page:

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Seems disproportionate for one comment

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They are right about the risk of a doom loop - borrowing more will raise the cost of borrowing - and mean even more borrowing

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@nickhillman Amazing

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You'll have to squat to use the loo - remember, the preferences of people from overseas are more important than yours

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Labour claim Burnham is "powerless" because of "legal obstacles"
He's the PM! He can "change* the law!

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@DAaronovitch Thought experiment: I am a non-UK national and beat you, a UK national, to a social tenancy. You remain privately renting. Does your housing situation improve if I later get naturalisation?

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Just under 48% of lead tenants in London’s council houses were born outside the UK.
Rayner complains people can't get social housing - but then says we must keep giving it to non-UK nationals. Mad.

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No amount of headline-chasing, or following Reform to the extremes, can conceal the damage the Tories did to housing in this country.

People without ILR are already ineligible for social housing, so the Tories are targeting refugees and long-term UK residents who have contributed to this country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff.

It would leave more families at risk of homelessness, while driving up the use of temporary accommodation at taxpayers’ expense.

This unserious, unworkable proposal, copied from Reform, would do nothing to tackle the housing crisis the Tories themselves created.
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They are not remotely sorry, and are saying clearly they will learn nothing from the Arday case.

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17) If you made it this far, thank you, and please do read the full piece - there is a lot more in there!

https://t.co/9MuER6f7Ec

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Today's Times reports on my research on abuse of the EU settlement scheme & student loan system.
I have a longer article out, but a quick thread on some key things we found... 🧵

1) A fifth of all student loans are now going to non-UK nationals, with 1 in 20 to Romanians alone.

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16) We are handing out £4bn in student loans alone each year, and DFE seem asleep at the wheel, not even tracking likely losses of £2bn a year.