@blue-jane.bsky.social
Another tax break for the wealthy that is never discussed.
National Insurance (NI) dodges.
Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage.
Partners of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) get share of profit, instead of wage
No ENI paid. Big 4 law firms alone dodged £4bn.
Billions more lost in other LLPs.
No govt plugs this perk for the rich
Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage.
Partners of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) get share of profit, instead of wage
No ENI paid. Big 4 law firms alone dodged £4bn.
Billions more lost in other LLPs.
No govt plugs this perk for the rich
National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Another tax break for the wealthy that is never discussed.
The Guardian article is worth reading. Drax has always been a destroyer of the environment.
Drax knew what it was doing, it knew it was misleading the government and public - adds insult to injury I reckon. The injuries being environmental destruction and enormous profits from subsidies added to our energy bills.
buff.ly/3RRwy51
buff.ly/3RRwy51
February 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM
The Guardian article is worth reading. Drax has always been a destroyer of the environment.
The Stern Report said this twenty years ago. Why have the "Financial Bodies" only just noticed?
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The Stern Report said this twenty years ago. Why have the "Financial Bodies" only just noticed?
I never expected to have so little trust in the UK water system.
Does the UK’s plan to tackle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ go far enough to protect people and the environment?
#PFAS
@feargalsharkey.bsky.social
@realerinbrockovich.bsky.social
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/04/f...
#PFAS
@feargalsharkey.bsky.social
@realerinbrockovich.bsky.social
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/04/f...
Forever Chemicals, Forever Waiting? UK’s PFAS Plan Under Fire
Does the UK’s plan to tackle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ go far enough to protect people and the environment? The UK Government has published its first-ever plan to tackle PFAS pollution in the last f…
climatewithbrian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I never expected to have so little trust in the UK water system.
Mandelson: the visible face of wider corruption
Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Morgan McSweeney select Labour’s parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2024 general election.
This is despite his past misbehaviour.
It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right.
archive.ph/FXGiY
This is despite his past misbehaviour.
It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right.
archive.ph/FXGiY
Mandelson was given secret spreadsheet to vet left-wing MPs in Labour power struggle
Whistleblower's revelation shows extent of his direct involvement in bitter battle to gain control of the party ahead of 2024 election
inews.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Mandelson: the visible face of wider corruption
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In 2018 Rushanara Ali MP supported a plastic free parliament with @sascampaigns.bsky.social
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social why not sign to say NO to illegal sewage in Bethnal Green + Stepney until 2040? weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
#117MPsewagechallenge
www.sas.org.uk/updates/mps-...
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social why not sign to say NO to illegal sewage in Bethnal Green + Stepney until 2040? weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
#117MPsewagechallenge
www.sas.org.uk/updates/mps-...
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
In 2018 Rushanara Ali MP supported a plastic free parliament with @sascampaigns.bsky.social
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social why not sign to say NO to illegal sewage in Bethnal Green + Stepney until 2040? weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
#117MPsewagechallenge
www.sas.org.uk/updates/mps-...
@rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social why not sign to say NO to illegal sewage in Bethnal Green + Stepney until 2040? weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
#117MPsewagechallenge
www.sas.org.uk/updates/mps-...
We cannot afford private monopolies of public utilities.
England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
We cannot afford private monopolies of public utilities.
Always worth reading -
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Always worth reading -
As I get older, I am worried that the NHS won't be there when I need it. Support #everydoctor
Corridor care isn’t a winter issue. It’s happening all year, every year.
Patients are treated without dignity.
Staff are pushed beyond breaking point.
This is a national emergency.
Corridor care must end.
📮 Send the letter. Demand change.
➡️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
Patients are treated without dignity.
Staff are pushed beyond breaking point.
This is a national emergency.
Corridor care must end.
📮 Send the letter. Demand change.
➡️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
As I get older, I am worried that the NHS won't be there when I need it. Support #everydoctor
It's time the Greens had as much support from the media as Farage has been having for years.
Let's talk about who funds Reform.
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
It's time the Greens had as much support from the media as Farage has been having for years.
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"Why are we running around talking to former diplomats about Trump? Why are we running around talking to former Foreign Office officials?
"We should be talking to psychotherapists"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/we-s...
"We should be talking to psychotherapists"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/we-s...
‘We should be speaking to psychotherapists about what’s going on with Donald Trump’ | The News Agents
Donald Trump has declared his focus is no longer on peace, but what he wants for America, in an angry, rambling letter about not winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Keir Starmer’s calling for ‘calm…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 10:01 AM
"Why are we running around talking to former diplomats about Trump? Why are we running around talking to former Foreign Office officials?
"We should be talking to psychotherapists"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/we-s...
"We should be talking to psychotherapists"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/we-s...
Insufficient reporting on how this is affecting some villages on the Welsh coastline particularly.
Great piece, but the word 'may' doesn't need to be there
Abandonment is a certainty, and is already happening on a small scale in South Wales
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Abandonment is a certainty, and is already happening on a small scale in South Wales
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Insufficient reporting on how this is affecting some villages on the Welsh coastline particularly.
Public utilities should not be privately owned monopolies.
When is a fine on a company not a fine?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly 1,200 criminal convictions.
Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years, not even paid.
No pressure on water companies to obey laws.
Water companies indulged by govt. Why?
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Public utilities should not be privately owned monopolies.
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Huge thanks to @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social and Baroness Freeman of Steventon for tabling amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in the Lords, trying again to get Assets of Community Value to consider 'environmental interests' as well as social and economic.
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Huge thanks to @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social and Baroness Freeman of Steventon for tabling amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in the Lords, trying again to get Assets of Community Value to consider 'environmental interests' as well as social and economic.
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A planet thrown dangerously off-balance: one sign in this interaction of the breaking of the climate and biogeochemical flows #PlanetaryBoundaries
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Surprising green ice on Lake Lipno: Cyanobacteria bloom in mid-winter
An unusual natural phenomenon appeared on Lake Lipno in South Bohemia, the Czech Republic, at the end of 2025. Large amounts of accumulated cyanobacteria in the water caused the ice to turn green. The...
phys.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
A planet thrown dangerously off-balance: one sign in this interaction of the breaking of the climate and biogeochemical flows #PlanetaryBoundaries
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Rebuilding the High Street with the politics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Rebuilding the High Street with the politics of care
An economy that removes agency from communities should not be surprised when people disengage from politics. That is why warnings that Labour risks electoral wipe-out unless it improves Britain’s high...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Rebuilding the High Street with the politics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The importance of spending time with each other, of caring for each other.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:52 AM
The importance of spending time with each other, of caring for each other.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
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We need a politics of care. Right now, we have a poverty of care.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The poverty of care
The latest poverty data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is already being met with a familiar shrug. The BBC appears not to have noticed the report. Politicians are not debating it. And the headlin...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 AM
We need a politics of care. Right now, we have a poverty of care.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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BREAKING: Veterinary practices will be required to publish prices of common treatments so pet owners can shop around and choose the best value option, according to government proposals
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 AM
BREAKING: Veterinary practices will be required to publish prices of common treatments so pet owners can shop around and choose the best value option, according to government proposals
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“Yesterday, when people thought Andy Burnham would be the candidate it was more than 50% Labour would win. The betting markets now say Labour will lose that by-election. Is it really worth Labour losing the parliamentary by-election”
Ed Balls Good Morning Britain
Ed Balls Good Morning Britain
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 AM
“Yesterday, when people thought Andy Burnham would be the candidate it was more than 50% Labour would win. The betting markets now say Labour will lose that by-election. Is it really worth Labour losing the parliamentary by-election”
Ed Balls Good Morning Britain
Ed Balls Good Morning Britain
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Why would Bovino and his agents be leaving the jurisdiction?
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Why would Bovino and his agents be leaving the jurisdiction?
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The Greens have received a boost in their bid to win the Gorton and Denton by-election
The Muslim vote, a pressure group focused on who Muslims should support in elections, has endorsed Zack Polanski's party over Labour and George Galloway's Workers' Party, reports Tom Scotson
The Muslim vote, a pressure group focused on who Muslims should support in elections, has endorsed Zack Polanski's party over Labour and George Galloway's Workers' Party, reports Tom Scotson
Muslim Voter Group To Endorse Greens In Gorton And Denton By-Election
Exclusive: A pressure group focused on who Muslims should support in elections will endorse the Green Party in Gorton and Denton.
www.politicshome.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The Greens have received a boost in their bid to win the Gorton and Denton by-election
The Muslim vote, a pressure group focused on who Muslims should support in elections, has endorsed Zack Polanski's party over Labour and George Galloway's Workers' Party, reports Tom Scotson
The Muslim vote, a pressure group focused on who Muslims should support in elections, has endorsed Zack Polanski's party over Labour and George Galloway's Workers' Party, reports Tom Scotson
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🔴Trump’s Downfall Will Come Much Quicker Than Anyone Thinks
The growing backlash against ICE’s killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
The growing backlash against ICE’s killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
Trump's Downfall Will Come Much Quicker Than Anyone Thinks
The growing backlash against ICE's killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🔴Trump’s Downfall Will Come Much Quicker Than Anyone Thinks
The growing backlash against ICE’s killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
The growing backlash against ICE’s killing of Alex Pretti will be a turning point in public opinion towards the President, predicts @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/27/t...