Mark Merryweather
@markmerryweather.bsky.social
Needs a close read - this is health care *administration* - and a 👏 to the NHS.
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Needs a close read - this is health care *administration* - and a 👏 to the NHS.
The Spelthorne Best Value Inspection report is worth a read. It’s not only the timing that seems to coincide strangely with Surrey County Council’s modelling for a 2- or 3- Unitary county…
A Surrey council that’s burdened residents with the equivalent of £10k each in debt is set to be taken over by government commissioners having gambled more than £1bn of public money on property investments 👇
Council that gambled £1bn on the property market set for government…
Spelthorne spent big on commercial properties to offset austerity cuts but amassed disastrous debts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Spelthorne Best Value Inspection report is worth a read. It’s not only the timing that seems to coincide strangely with Surrey County Council’s modelling for a 2- or 3- Unitary county…
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Join us & @theguardian.com Energy Editor who will be discussing sustainability
📆5th March
⌚️6:30pm
📌University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, GU9 7DS
Tickets are £10 or discounted for students.
Bar & raffle on the night.
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events.libdems.org.uk/events/70857...
📆5th March
⌚️6:30pm
📌University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, GU9 7DS
Tickets are £10 or discounted for students.
Bar & raffle on the night.
Please share!
events.libdems.org.uk/events/70857...
From Fossil Fuels to Farnborough Airport: An evening in conversation with Jillian Ambrose, Energy Correspondent at The Guardian
The Guardian's Energy Correspondent
Jillian Ambrose is coming to Farnham to deliver an exclusive talk on the
national and local issues holding back a more sustainable future.
Hosted by The University ...
events.libdems.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Join us & @theguardian.com Energy Editor who will be discussing sustainability
📆5th March
⌚️6:30pm
📌University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, GU9 7DS
Tickets are £10 or discounted for students.
Bar & raffle on the night.
Please share!
events.libdems.org.uk/events/70857...
📆5th March
⌚️6:30pm
📌University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, GU9 7DS
Tickets are £10 or discounted for students.
Bar & raffle on the night.
Please share!
events.libdems.org.uk/events/70857...
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A Surrey mother claims her autistic son's education is being harmed amid delays to a new special educational needs (SEN) school.
Mum Michelle said she has to consider specialist schools an hour away while her 14-year-old son prepares for his GCSEs with just two hours of teaching a day.
Mum Michelle said she has to consider specialist schools an hour away while her 14-year-old son prepares for his GCSEs with just two hours of teaching a day.
Dorking: Mum's education worries for son amid SEN school delay
The Department for Education is preparing to resubmit an application.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Our new report: the world's most convincing fake company - and how it tried to seize a gold mine in Ukraine
That leads to 60 fake companies, £300bn of fake gold & even a fake country. With backing from the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Nadhim Zahawi and Baroness Mone. All fake.
That leads to 60 fake companies, £300bn of fake gold & even a fake country. With backing from the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Nadhim Zahawi and Baroness Mone. All fake.
taxpolicy.org.uk
February 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I expected more from Labour on this. End this state-backed risk-free profiteering.
December 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I expected more from Labour on this. End this state-backed risk-free profiteering.
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I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in
December 16, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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This was supposed to be cheaper than using moribund “hotels”. It’d be interesting to see who’s been “investing” in them?
It’s a fiscal pothole all on its own. Absolute clowns.
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 AM
This was supposed to be cheaper than using moribund “hotels”. It’d be interesting to see who’s been “investing” in them?
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As sure as night follows day, Thames Water sewage discharges following storm Bert at the weekend:
Sewage dumped into Wey at Farnham for 24 hours and counting
Sewage has been discharged into the River Wey in Farnham for the last 24 hours following a weekend of wet and windy weather.
www.farnhamherald.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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Reposted by Mark Merryweather
At the last election, it took:
- 24,000 votes to elect each Labour MP 🔴
- 49,000 per Lib Dem 🟡
- 56,000 for every Conservative MP 🔵
- 486,000 votes per Green 🟢
- 824,000 for every Reform MP 🟣
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/new...
- 24,000 votes to elect each Labour MP 🔴
- 49,000 per Lib Dem 🟡
- 56,000 for every Conservative MP 🔵
- 486,000 votes per Green 🟢
- 824,000 for every Reform MP 🟣
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/new...
New Labour MPs demand proportional representation to 'restore public's trust in politics'
On average, it took almost half a million votes to elect each Green MP, compared to just 24,000 for each elected Labour representative.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:40 AM
At the last election, it took:
- 24,000 votes to elect each Labour MP 🔴
- 49,000 per Lib Dem 🟡
- 56,000 for every Conservative MP 🔵
- 486,000 votes per Green 🟢
- 824,000 for every Reform MP 🟣
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/new...
- 24,000 votes to elect each Labour MP 🔴
- 49,000 per Lib Dem 🟡
- 56,000 for every Conservative MP 🔵
- 486,000 votes per Green 🟢
- 824,000 for every Reform MP 🟣
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/new...
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Tenant farmers are vital to food security. Squeezed by short leases, low returns and a broken supply chain, their future is precarious | Kate Moore
Tenant farmers’ survival on the brink
Tenant farmers are vital to food security. Squeezed by short leases, low returns and a broken supply chain, their future is precarious
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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NEW: How have house prices and house building changed across England since 1996?
📈 Explore how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive construction has been to prices, with our interactive map: ifs.org.uk/calculators/...
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📈 Explore how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive construction has been to prices, with our interactive map: ifs.org.uk/calculators/...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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Surrey is not only literally crumbling under the Conservatives but we now know they can’t be relied on either to accept the consequences. Vote for better on 1 May.
www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...
www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...
Surrey sees more claims for pothole compensation than anywhere else in UK
Only 14 per cent of the claims made actually result in compensation being paid
www.getsurrey.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Surrey is not only literally crumbling under the Conservatives but we now know they can’t be relied on either to accept the consequences. Vote for better on 1 May.
www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...
www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...
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The Budget employer national insurance increase will mostly end up being passed to employees in the form of lower wages and reduced employment. A thread on why I'm disappointed by the Budget, and why this chart makes me sad.
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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New data suggests the countryside has been 'ethnically cleansed' of farmers - by people like Jeremy Clarkson 👇
November 19, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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🔴Revealed: Trump Campaigns Received $45m from Tufton Street Donors
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/04/r...
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/04/r...
Revealed: Trump Campaigns Received $45m from Tufton Street Donors
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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“Move as close as possible to EU in Brexit reset, business bosses urge Starmer”
Documents published alongside the Budget last month by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned that Brexit was on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%
inews.co.uk/news/return-...
Documents published alongside the Budget last month by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned that Brexit was on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%
inews.co.uk/news/return-...
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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