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We cannot overestimate the impact of this measure in improving the lives of children currently living in poverty in the UK.
An unalloyed good, that the Tories have already announced they will reverse if they ever see power again.
#Budget25 #PoliticsLive #2ChildCap
An unalloyed good, that the Tories have already announced they will reverse if they ever see power again.
#Budget25 #PoliticsLive #2ChildCap
OBR estimates that abolition of two-child cap will reduce child poverty by 450,000 and benefit 560,000 families by an average of £5,310 per year.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We cannot overestimate the impact of this measure in improving the lives of children currently living in poverty in the UK.
An unalloyed good, that the Tories have already announced they will reverse if they ever see power again.
#Budget25 #PoliticsLive #2ChildCap
An unalloyed good, that the Tories have already announced they will reverse if they ever see power again.
#Budget25 #PoliticsLive #2ChildCap
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On the one hand, this is the perfect end to an amazingly chaotic Budget process. On the other, it makes it much easier to cover than having to actually listen to the speech.
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
On the one hand, this is the perfect end to an amazingly chaotic Budget process. On the other, it makes it much easier to cover than having to actually listen to the speech.
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
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Amazing. Effectively the entire budget has been published. We don't have to listen to any of the droning on.
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Amazing. Effectively the entire budget has been published. We don't have to listen to any of the droning on.
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How is this allowed? We are being failed and failed again by regulators.
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
How is this allowed? We are being failed and failed again by regulators.
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
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I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
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In case you missed it: our investigation into how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of thing is often reported as "perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In case you missed it: our investigation into how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of thing is often reported as "perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
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All this shows is that the US has no idea what it’s doing and it’s being played by Moscow. Complete humiliation.
#BBCNews - Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not 'final offer' for Kyiv
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#UkraineWar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#UkraineWar
Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not 'final offer' for Kyiv
US President Donald Trump says the plan is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, and security officials are set to meet in Geneva on Sunday.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
All this shows is that the US has no idea what it’s doing and it’s being played by Moscow. Complete humiliation.
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Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
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Speaking in Brighton this PM, Zack Polanski has announced that Green Party of England & Wales membership is now over 170,000 - which means over 100,000 people have joined the party since his election in September
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Speaking in Brighton this PM, Zack Polanski has announced that Green Party of England & Wales membership is now over 170,000 - which means over 100,000 people have joined the party since his election in September
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
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My post on Russia and its role in the rise of the radical right across Europe.
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My post on Russia and its role in the rise of the radical right across Europe.
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
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Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
We need to talk about where Brexit funder Arron Banks gets his money
openDemocracy investigations raise fresh questions about Arron Banks's wealth and the real source of the Brexit campaign's largest donations.
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
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The #NathanGill bribery case is one of the clearest documented instances where money, messaging and political access intersect in a way that can be traced from a European politician back to figures in Medvedchuk’s and Medvedev’s circles - and thus to Putin
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The #NathanGill bribery case is one of the clearest documented instances where money, messaging and political access intersect in a way that can be traced from a European politician back to figures in Medvedchuk’s and Medvedev’s circles - and thus to Putin
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
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Conservative MP Joe Robertson criticises Labour for the increase in civil service since 2016
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Conservative MP Joe Robertson criticises Labour for the increase in civil service since 2016
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
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The extraordinary thing about all of this is that the libertarians & conspiracists are openly saying Johnson killing 23,000 innocent people was 'worth it', because lockdown is worse.
How many more people do these people wish had been killed so they could go to the pub?
Give us number.
#r4today
How many more people do these people wish had been killed so they could go to the pub?
Give us number.
#r4today
I see all the usual far right conspiracy nuts are out in force to claim that the multi year inquiry, that took evidence from the most reliable expert scientists, relying on the world's extensive medical evidence, and all of the relevant govt ministers, so s completely wrong about lockdown.
#r4today
#r4today
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The extraordinary thing about all of this is that the libertarians & conspiracists are openly saying Johnson killing 23,000 innocent people was 'worth it', because lockdown is worse.
How many more people do these people wish had been killed so they could go to the pub?
Give us number.
#r4today
How many more people do these people wish had been killed so they could go to the pub?
Give us number.
#r4today
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I can't remember what the scope of the #CovidInquiry was, but I do recall that it was designed to ensure that Boris Johnson couldn't and wouldn't be prosecuted.
1000s died because of that fckr.
No one will be criminally held to account for his deadly negligence and incompetence.
#bbcpm
1000s died because of that fckr.
No one will be criminally held to account for his deadly negligence and incompetence.
#bbcpm
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can't remember what the scope of the #CovidInquiry was, but I do recall that it was designed to ensure that Boris Johnson couldn't and wouldn't be prosecuted.
1000s died because of that fckr.
No one will be criminally held to account for his deadly negligence and incompetence.
#bbcpm
1000s died because of that fckr.
No one will be criminally held to account for his deadly negligence and incompetence.
#bbcpm
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Covid Inquiry finds Cummings created a culture of fear and likely contravened the SPAD code.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Covid Inquiry finds Cummings created a culture of fear and likely contravened the SPAD code.
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#Ukrainecast & #Newsround
This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog
80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences
It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog
80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences
It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Ukrainecast - A special episode with Newsround
The team answer questions from kids about the war in Ukraine, to mark World Children's Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#Ukrainecast & #Newsround
This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog
80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences
It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is a really special collaboration between us and the BBC’s children’s news prog
80 schoolkids including Ukrainians who’ve fled the war join us to ask questions and share experiences
It’s moving and it’s uplifting ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...