Sue
@messy-by-name.bsky.social
Slowly losing my mind, patience & filter! Centre Left. Politically homeless! Sweary AF.
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There is no plan to charge people £300 if they use too much electricity after 9pm.
Don’t believe the fake news reports on Facebook saying otherwise.
Don’t believe the fake news reports on Facebook saying otherwise.
You won’t be charged £300 for using too much electricity after 9pm – Full Fact
This is the latest fake policy to curb personal freedoms that we’ve seen being shared on Facebook.
fullfact.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There is no plan to charge people £300 if they use too much electricity after 9pm.
Don’t believe the fake news reports on Facebook saying otherwise.
Don’t believe the fake news reports on Facebook saying otherwise.
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The QES is the UK’s largest independent business survey and plays a vital role in shaping national and local economic policy.
Please get involved and complete the survey linked in the top comment. Every response strengthens our ability to influence policy and secure support for local businesses!
Please get involved and complete the survey linked in the top comment. Every response strengthens our ability to influence policy and secure support for local businesses!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The QES is the UK’s largest independent business survey and plays a vital role in shaping national and local economic policy.
Please get involved and complete the survey linked in the top comment. Every response strengthens our ability to influence policy and secure support for local businesses!
Please get involved and complete the survey linked in the top comment. Every response strengthens our ability to influence policy and secure support for local businesses!
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UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
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"Labour said it needed £8 billion in tax rises, but so far, it's going for £66 bn.
"At the moment, they're saying there's nothing to see here. There's plenty to see here – just tell us what it is"
Why the "tetchiness" in MPs as they defend the budget?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
"At the moment, they're saying there's nothing to see here. There's plenty to see here – just tell us what it is"
Why the "tetchiness" in MPs as they defend the budget?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
‘Labour is trying to pretend it’s all fine – everyone can see what this budget is doing’ | The News Agents
Labour MPs have acted with “tetchiness” as they defend Rachel Reeves' budget, facing questions over whether it has raised taxes for working people. Has the government regressed to where the party was…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Labour said it needed £8 billion in tax rises, but so far, it's going for £66 bn.
"At the moment, they're saying there's nothing to see here. There's plenty to see here – just tell us what it is"
Why the "tetchiness" in MPs as they defend the budget?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
"At the moment, they're saying there's nothing to see here. There's plenty to see here – just tell us what it is"
Why the "tetchiness" in MPs as they defend the budget?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We’re looking for a brilliant producer to lead my @LBC Sunday show
Come and help make news, provide the best insight, digital content and prove Sunday political shows aren’t boring
Link below. Any Qs get in touch 👇
careers.global.com/jobs/R0009023
We’re looking for a brilliant producer to lead my @LBC Sunday show
Come and help make news, provide the best insight, digital content and prove Sunday political shows aren’t boring
Link below. Any Qs get in touch 👇
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Producer
Find your next move. Join our talented and passionate Globallers doing the best work of their career.
careers.global.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We’re looking for a brilliant producer to lead my @LBC Sunday show
Come and help make news, provide the best insight, digital content and prove Sunday political shows aren’t boring
Link below. Any Qs get in touch 👇
careers.global.com/jobs/R0009023
We’re looking for a brilliant producer to lead my @LBC Sunday show
Come and help make news, provide the best insight, digital content and prove Sunday political shows aren’t boring
Link below. Any Qs get in touch 👇
careers.global.com/jobs/R0009023
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It’s unbelievable that hard-working families in Newcastle North pay more council tax than Mayfair’s multi-millionaires.
That’s why I called on the Treasury to go further on council tax reform in my Budget response👇
www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/council-tax-bands/
That’s why I called on the Treasury to go further on council tax reform in my Budget response👇
www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/council-tax-bands/
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s unbelievable that hard-working families in Newcastle North pay more council tax than Mayfair’s multi-millionaires.
That’s why I called on the Treasury to go further on council tax reform in my Budget response👇
www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/council-tax-bands/
That’s why I called on the Treasury to go further on council tax reform in my Budget response👇
www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/council-tax-bands/
Interesting refutation of the "welfare budget" narrative that's been doing the rounds!
✴️Overall spending as % of GDP will remain flat 2024-2031
✴️£3bn was spent on new policies NOT £10bn
✴️Uprating benefits by inflation is standard practice every year
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
✴️Overall spending as % of GDP will remain flat 2024-2031
✴️£3bn was spent on new policies NOT £10bn
✴️Uprating benefits by inflation is standard practice every year
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Interesting refutation of the "welfare budget" narrative that's been doing the rounds!
✴️Overall spending as % of GDP will remain flat 2024-2031
✴️£3bn was spent on new policies NOT £10bn
✴️Uprating benefits by inflation is standard practice every year
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
✴️Overall spending as % of GDP will remain flat 2024-2031
✴️£3bn was spent on new policies NOT £10bn
✴️Uprating benefits by inflation is standard practice every year
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
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Charities and restaurants are offering free Christmas dinner and and festive cheer to vulnerable people.
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
www.bigissue.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Charities and restaurants are offering free Christmas dinner and and festive cheer to vulnerable people.
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My constituent, Ellis Cox, was just 19 when he was murdered on 23 June last year.
There is a reward of up to £20,000 for information that brings those responsible to justice.
Today Ellis' family renewed their appeal for information and safety measures on Aintree Loop Line.
There is a reward of up to £20,000 for information that brings those responsible to justice.
Today Ellis' family renewed their appeal for information and safety measures on Aintree Loop Line.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My constituent, Ellis Cox, was just 19 when he was murdered on 23 June last year.
There is a reward of up to £20,000 for information that brings those responsible to justice.
Today Ellis' family renewed their appeal for information and safety measures on Aintree Loop Line.
There is a reward of up to £20,000 for information that brings those responsible to justice.
Today Ellis' family renewed their appeal for information and safety measures on Aintree Loop Line.
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The #Budget2025’s extended freeze on tax thresholds means from April 2028 people will pay more in these taxes than they otherwise would have.
So our Government Tracker’s now rating Labour’s pledge to “not increase taxes on working people” as ‘Not kept’.
So our Government Tracker’s now rating Labour’s pledge to “not increase taxes on working people” as ‘Not kept’.
Has the government kept its pledge not to increase taxes on ‘working people’? – Full Fact
Full Fact looks at Labour’s manifesto commitment on taxation, which has led to much debate over the meaning of the phrase ‘working people’.
fullfact.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The #Budget2025’s extended freeze on tax thresholds means from April 2028 people will pay more in these taxes than they otherwise would have.
So our Government Tracker’s now rating Labour’s pledge to “not increase taxes on working people” as ‘Not kept’.
So our Government Tracker’s now rating Labour’s pledge to “not increase taxes on working people” as ‘Not kept’.
Watching The Big Snow on CH5 and wondering how the heck I don't remember it...
Hadn't seen the start of the programme, we were living in New Zealand at the time and moved back to the UK in the March!!
Well good to know it's not because I'm losing my mind 😂
Hadn't seen the start of the programme, we were living in New Zealand at the time and moved back to the UK in the March!!
Well good to know it's not because I'm losing my mind 😂
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Watching The Big Snow on CH5 and wondering how the heck I don't remember it...
Hadn't seen the start of the programme, we were living in New Zealand at the time and moved back to the UK in the March!!
Well good to know it's not because I'm losing my mind 😂
Hadn't seen the start of the programme, we were living in New Zealand at the time and moved back to the UK in the March!!
Well good to know it's not because I'm losing my mind 😂
🚨 NEW: We’ve now updated our Government Tracker pages on Labour’s manifesto commitments on tax following #Budget2025.
We’re now rating some elements of Labour’s headline pledge as ‘Not kept’. Full details here 👇
We’re now rating some elements of Labour’s headline pledge as ‘Not kept’. Full details here 👇
Our Government Tracker’s verdict on whether Labour has broken its manifesto commitments on tax – Full Fact
We’ve now updated our Government Tracker to reflect the news from the Budget—and we’re rating elements of Labour’s overarching pledge on tax as ‘Not kept’, even though the government has claimed to…
fullfact.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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✨ Come work with us ✨
The @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org is recruiting a interim Senior Coalition Manager to lead the coalition's work during a busy and exciting period for the anti-corruption movement.
Could that be you?
Find out more and apply below ⤵️
www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/193594-s...
The @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org is recruiting a interim Senior Coalition Manager to lead the coalition's work during a busy and exciting period for the anti-corruption movement.
Could that be you?
Find out more and apply below ⤵️
www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/193594-s...
Senior Coalition Manager (Interim) - Prospectus Recruitment Agency
Prospectus is excited to be working with the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition to recruit for an Interim Senior Coalition Manager. This is a 6 month contract with opportunities for the role to become perma...
www.prospect-us.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
✨ Come work with us ✨
The @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org is recruiting a interim Senior Coalition Manager to lead the coalition's work during a busy and exciting period for the anti-corruption movement.
Could that be you?
Find out more and apply below ⤵️
www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/193594-s...
The @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org is recruiting a interim Senior Coalition Manager to lead the coalition's work during a busy and exciting period for the anti-corruption movement.
Could that be you?
Find out more and apply below ⤵️
www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/193594-s...
Our Nige has been working hard...
Of course by working I mean as anything but MP for Clacton and by hard I mean grifting!! 😂
#NigelFarage
#Reform
#Clacton
Of course by working I mean as anything but MP for Clacton and by hard I mean grifting!! 😂
#NigelFarage
#Reform
#Clacton
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our Nige has been working hard...
Of course by working I mean as anything but MP for Clacton and by hard I mean grifting!! 😂
#NigelFarage
#Reform
#Clacton
Of course by working I mean as anything but MP for Clacton and by hard I mean grifting!! 😂
#NigelFarage
#Reform
#Clacton
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My constituents expect me to spend their money and my time addressing their issues — not managing an inbox flooded by lobbyists, spam and bots.
So I asked Parliament why we are paying more for Microsoft Copilot AI when it isn't helping MPs with the problems we actually face?
So I asked Parliament why we are paying more for Microsoft Copilot AI when it isn't helping MPs with the problems we actually face?
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My constituents expect me to spend their money and my time addressing their issues — not managing an inbox flooded by lobbyists, spam and bots.
So I asked Parliament why we are paying more for Microsoft Copilot AI when it isn't helping MPs with the problems we actually face?
So I asked Parliament why we are paying more for Microsoft Copilot AI when it isn't helping MPs with the problems we actually face?
Rachel Reeves could have, and should have, done so much more!
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
Rachel Reeves is billing the #Budget2025 as the long overdue tax rise on the rich — yet Spears Magazine, the glossy read “for ultra high net worths & their advisers”, is celebrating how little impact it’ll have.
🧵So what's spin and what's really in the Budget? 👇 1/13
🧵So what's spin and what's really in the Budget? 👇 1/13
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Rachel Reeves could have, and should have, done so much more!
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
#AutumnBudget2025
#Budget2025
#Budget
#Labour
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I joined The Thick Of It’s Alex Macqueen in Parliament to hear about a campaign to end the global debt crisis affecting millions worldwide. Their video is really worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLH...
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I joined The Thick Of It’s Alex Macqueen in Parliament to hear about a campaign to end the global debt crisis affecting millions worldwide. Their video is really worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLH...
🚨BREAKING: “With fire and rehire and zero hours contracts not being banned, the Employment Rights Bill is already unrecognisable.
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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NEW - the government poised to water down flagship workers rights bill, ditching day one rights to unfair dismissal but reducing qualifying period from two years to six months.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
NEW - the government poised to water down flagship workers rights bill, ditching day one rights to unfair dismissal but reducing qualifying period from two years to six months.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
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It’s vital we decarbonise home heating. Heat pumps are one great option, but not right for every home.
The Government must back other technologies, like Luthmore’s zero-emission boiler, with the same support like VAT exemption & grant funding.
We need a range of green technology to cut emissions.
The Government must back other technologies, like Luthmore’s zero-emission boiler, with the same support like VAT exemption & grant funding.
We need a range of green technology to cut emissions.
Government must level the playing field for the clean heat industry – or risk leaving UK homes out in the cold
The Warm Homes Plan is a crucial opportunity to make the most of a range of innovative, low-carbon technologies to decarbonise homes at scale, writes Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse
www.businessgreen.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s vital we decarbonise home heating. Heat pumps are one great option, but not right for every home.
The Government must back other technologies, like Luthmore’s zero-emission boiler, with the same support like VAT exemption & grant funding.
We need a range of green technology to cut emissions.
The Government must back other technologies, like Luthmore’s zero-emission boiler, with the same support like VAT exemption & grant funding.
We need a range of green technology to cut emissions.
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NEW: There is a due to be a £6 billion gap between SEND funding and spending in 2028-29, on the basis of OBR forecasts.
📗@lukesibieta runs through the three main options for filling this gap: ifs.org.uk/articles/aut...
📗@lukesibieta runs through the three main options for filling this gap: ifs.org.uk/articles/aut...
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEW: There is a due to be a £6 billion gap between SEND funding and spending in 2028-29, on the basis of OBR forecasts.
📗@lukesibieta runs through the three main options for filling this gap: ifs.org.uk/articles/aut...
📗@lukesibieta runs through the three main options for filling this gap: ifs.org.uk/articles/aut...
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The £12 billion the UK govt expects to raise by freezing workers' income tax rates could instead be raised by exercising an anti-tax cheating transparency power the UK has had since 2016 but has never used.
taxjustice.net/press/uks-un...
taxjustice.net/press/uks-un...
UK’s unused anti-tax haven power can pay for income tax freeze - Tax Justice Network
The £12 billion the UK government expects to raise across 2029 to 2031 by freezing workers’ income tax rates, as announced in yesterday’s Budget Statement 2025, could instead be raised by exercising a...
taxjustice.net
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The £12 billion the UK govt expects to raise by freezing workers' income tax rates could instead be raised by exercising an anti-tax cheating transparency power the UK has had since 2016 but has never used.
taxjustice.net/press/uks-un...
taxjustice.net/press/uks-un...
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Me being grumpy on Peston about the lack of pro-growth tax reform in the Budget: youtu.be/ZKx_qF3YpoU?...
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Me being grumpy on Peston about the lack of pro-growth tax reform in the Budget: youtu.be/ZKx_qF3YpoU?...
Timeline cleanse, because sometimes it's just got to be done...
Mahna Mahna, absolute classic 😂
#TimelineCleanse
Mahna Mahna, absolute classic 😂
#TimelineCleanse
...and obviously it popped up again on The Muppet Show in 1976 – and those of us who were children at the time have never been the same again
Mahna Mahna, by The Snowths in The Muppet Show (1969)
YouTube video by Jérôme Labbé
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Timeline cleanse, because sometimes it's just got to be done...
Mahna Mahna, absolute classic 😂
#TimelineCleanse
Mahna Mahna, absolute classic 😂
#TimelineCleanse
You've just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Either the cat or my son 😱
My money would be on Shadow tripping me up going down the stairs 😂
Either the cat or my son 😱
My money would be on Shadow tripping me up going down the stairs 😂
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You've just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Either the cat or my son 😱
My money would be on Shadow tripping me up going down the stairs 😂
Either the cat or my son 😱
My money would be on Shadow tripping me up going down the stairs 😂