@sammil.bsky.social
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The tax system gives the wealthiest 10% around £8,000 a year in reliefs.
That’s the same as the top rate of Universal Credit.
Except the wealthy don’t need to fill in endless forms, meet sanctions, or prove they’re “deserving.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
That’s the same as the top rate of Universal Credit.
Except the wealthy don’t need to fill in endless forms, meet sanctions, or prove they’re “deserving.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Guess who the tax system is really supporting
In this second article on wealth accumulation, we explain who our tax system really supports
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The tax system gives the wealthiest 10% around £8,000 a year in reliefs.
That’s the same as the top rate of Universal Credit.
Except the wealthy don’t need to fill in endless forms, meet sanctions, or prove they’re “deserving.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
That’s the same as the top rate of Universal Credit.
Except the wealthy don’t need to fill in endless forms, meet sanctions, or prove they’re “deserving.”
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Allowing companies to aggressively market ultra-processed food costs the UK 40% more each year than the entire NHS budget—and harms nature
Is our idiotic GDP target stopping Gov from acting?
#UPF ➕ Ozempic🟰GDP boost🎉🍩🍩🍩 💊💊💊 💰💰💰💰
Healthy food 🟰 Less GDP
🧅🫛🥬🧄 💰💰
Is our idiotic GDP target stopping Gov from acting?
#UPF ➕ Ozempic🟰GDP boost🎉🍩🍩🍩 💊💊💊 💰💰💰💰
Healthy food 🟰 Less GDP
🧅🫛🥬🧄 💰💰
The UK has one of the highest proportions of Ultra-Processed Food of western nations.
It's costing the state a staggering £268bn a year ✚ wrecking nature
Why does Gov let companies aggressively market UPF leaving the state to pick up the tab?
ffcc.co.uk/publications... @proftimjackson.bsky.social
It's costing the state a staggering £268bn a year ✚ wrecking nature
Why does Gov let companies aggressively market UPF leaving the state to pick up the tab?
ffcc.co.uk/publications... @proftimjackson.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Allowing companies to aggressively market ultra-processed food costs the UK 40% more each year than the entire NHS budget—and harms nature
Is our idiotic GDP target stopping Gov from acting?
#UPF ➕ Ozempic🟰GDP boost🎉🍩🍩🍩 💊💊💊 💰💰💰💰
Healthy food 🟰 Less GDP
🧅🫛🥬🧄 💰💰
Is our idiotic GDP target stopping Gov from acting?
#UPF ➕ Ozempic🟰GDP boost🎉🍩🍩🍩 💊💊💊 💰💰💰💰
Healthy food 🟰 Less GDP
🧅🫛🥬🧄 💰💰
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Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Who is accountable in privatised Britain?
From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.
www.newstatesman.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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"Whereas councils used to adopt new estates, the CMA has found that 80% of new homes built by the 11 largest developers in 2021-22 were sold under the fleecehold system, with £260m in estate management charges paid out in 2022 alone"
Who is accountable in privatised Britain?
From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.
www.newstatesman.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Whereas councils used to adopt new estates, the CMA has found that 80% of new homes built by the 11 largest developers in 2021-22 were sold under the fleecehold system, with £260m in estate management charges paid out in 2022 alone"
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Rewarding killers
Fujitsu
- admitted responsibility in Post Office scandal
- promised compensation but hasn't paid a penny, while estimated 345 victims have died
- continues to boast about its ethical corporate image
- has since won government contracts worth hundreds of £millions
via Private Eye
Fujitsu
- admitted responsibility in Post Office scandal
- promised compensation but hasn't paid a penny, while estimated 345 victims have died
- continues to boast about its ethical corporate image
- has since won government contracts worth hundreds of £millions
via Private Eye
Post Office scandal shows abuse of corporate power.
PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants made money.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters knowingly wrongly prosecuted, 13 suicides, 10,000+ lives ruined, compensation slow/inadequate.
Culprits not prosecuted.
PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants made money.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters knowingly wrongly prosecuted, 13 suicides, 10,000+ lives ruined, compensation slow/inadequate.
Culprits not prosecuted.
Post Office scandal had 'disastrous' impact on victims, report says
The scandal may have led to 13 suicides, the report says, as it criticises the
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Rewarding killers
Fujitsu
- admitted responsibility in Post Office scandal
- promised compensation but hasn't paid a penny, while estimated 345 victims have died
- continues to boast about its ethical corporate image
- has since won government contracts worth hundreds of £millions
via Private Eye
Fujitsu
- admitted responsibility in Post Office scandal
- promised compensation but hasn't paid a penny, while estimated 345 victims have died
- continues to boast about its ethical corporate image
- has since won government contracts worth hundreds of £millions
via Private Eye
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Our water bill in Devon has just come through today. It's doubled.
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Our water bill in Devon has just come through today. It's doubled.
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
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We are deliberately being kept in the dark, without proper testing at any point in the chain. God knows what we are consuming already. God knows what we *will* be consuming as these chemicals accumulate in the fields.
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We are deliberately being kept in the dark, without proper testing at any point in the chain. God knows what we are consuming already. God knows what we *will* be consuming as these chemicals accumulate in the fields.
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
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![1
[show exterior of a comprehensive primary school, voice of TEACHER taking assembly emanating from it]:
TEACHER:
Ok children
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[Interior of school hall, TEACHER is taking school ASSEMBLY]
TEACHER:
Now the next hymn we're going to sing is one of your favourites...
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[she puts the words to a hymn up on the interactive whiteboard. It's title is]:
'Better-Off Families Should Pay Less For Their Summer Holidays'
CHILDREN;
Yay!
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[the children all sing]:
God made the cloud of starlings
God made the flock of sheep
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God made the kids at private school
Get holidays for cheap
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God made the herds of Land Rovers
That stream across the plain
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Two weeks before the rest of us
For cut-price stays in Spain!
[show exterior of the school, while Land Rovers stream past it down the road, with surfboards and bikes on top]
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God made the two-tier system
God made the Hidden Hand
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God made two weeks in Bog-nor
Cost upwards of two grand!
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Aaaaaaa-meeeeeen...!
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TEACHER:
Very good children
[show exterior scene again, Land Rovers etc]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreia5wmxguqfmnxju56hohubuk6r7yblfbavly4ghk2hbs27m3kmvkq@jpeg)
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Britain's broken driving test system is shutting young people out of out of employment, education and opportunities, says James Rose.
Labour must fix the broken driving test system so learners can get on with their lives
www.bigissue.com
July 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Britain's broken driving test system is shutting young people out of out of employment, education and opportunities, says James Rose.
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'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: 'On a knife edge'
www.bigissue.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
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For every pound that was invested in Sure Start, £2 pounds was returned. Early interventions, reduced pressure on GPs, allowing parents to go back to work etc. Don't talk about how much it's relaunch will cost, talk about how much it's relaunch will save
May 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For every pound that was invested in Sure Start, £2 pounds was returned. Early interventions, reduced pressure on GPs, allowing parents to go back to work etc. Don't talk about how much it's relaunch will cost, talk about how much it's relaunch will save
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If MPs’ salaries had grown at the same rate as junior doctors’ since 2010, they would earn about £72,312 today — roughly £19,000 less than their actual 2024 salary of £91,346
That's why doctors are balloting on potential strike action
That's why doctors are balloting on potential strike action
May 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If MPs’ salaries had grown at the same rate as junior doctors’ since 2010, they would earn about £72,312 today — roughly £19,000 less than their actual 2024 salary of £91,346
That's why doctors are balloting on potential strike action
That's why doctors are balloting on potential strike action
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This article is a tough, tough read if you are a Labour supporter...
But unless your plan for the next 4 years is to live in a little bubble of self-delusion then watch the party you support disappear into oblivion, you need to.
Bitter medicine, but necessary.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But unless your plan for the next 4 years is to live in a little bubble of self-delusion then watch the party you support disappear into oblivion, you need to.
Bitter medicine, but necessary.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This article is a tough, tough read if you are a Labour supporter...
But unless your plan for the next 4 years is to live in a little bubble of self-delusion then watch the party you support disappear into oblivion, you need to.
Bitter medicine, but necessary.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But unless your plan for the next 4 years is to live in a little bubble of self-delusion then watch the party you support disappear into oblivion, you need to.
Bitter medicine, but necessary.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s not just the abominable cuts to entitlement to PIP.
It’s that people on Universal Credit with the health element are going to lose around £200pm from next year.
I wish journalists were better at presenting the true decimation these cuts will bring
news.sky.com/story/politi...
It’s that people on Universal Credit with the health element are going to lose around £200pm from next year.
I wish journalists were better at presenting the true decimation these cuts will bring
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: More welfare headaches for Starmer as Labour MP says he'll vote against changes
Peter Lamb, the MP for Crawley, says he will vote against any changes that will make personal independence payments (PIP) harder to access than they currently are.
news.sky.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It’s not just the abominable cuts to entitlement to PIP.
It’s that people on Universal Credit with the health element are going to lose around £200pm from next year.
I wish journalists were better at presenting the true decimation these cuts will bring
news.sky.com/story/politi...
It’s that people on Universal Credit with the health element are going to lose around £200pm from next year.
I wish journalists were better at presenting the true decimation these cuts will bring
news.sky.com/story/politi...
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With about a month to go until any vote on the government’s cuts to disability support it’s not too late for the Prime Minister to change course
I’m joining Trussell in calling on government to rethink its cruel & irresponsible plan
This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on government to rethink its cruel & irresponsible plan
This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
May 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
With about a month to go until any vote on the government’s cuts to disability support it’s not too late for the Prime Minister to change course
I’m joining Trussell in calling on government to rethink its cruel & irresponsible plan
This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on government to rethink its cruel & irresponsible plan
This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
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It would be helpful if the headline pointed out it was actually Rishi Sunak who dropped this in 2023
UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
Government legal guidance urging retailers in England to offer millions of consumers deals and discounts on minimally processed and nutritious food has been dropped after a lobbying campaign by the world’s biggest ultra-processed food firms, the Guardian can reveal.
Ahead of new regulations banning junk food promotions from October, the Department of Health and Social Care issued advice to thousands of shops, supermarkets, online retailers and other businesses to help them comply with the law. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It would be helpful if the headline pointed out it was actually Rishi Sunak who dropped this in 2023
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The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
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Keir Starmer Is Braced For A Huge Labour Rebellion Over Welfare Cuts
More than 100 MPs have signed a letter urging the government to think again
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social
in calling on the government to change course. This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-cuts
More than 100 MPs have signed a letter urging the government to think again
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social
in calling on the government to change course. This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-cuts
May 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Keir Starmer Is Braced For A Huge Labour Rebellion Over Welfare Cuts
More than 100 MPs have signed a letter urging the government to think again
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social
in calling on the government to change course. This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-cuts
More than 100 MPs have signed a letter urging the government to think again
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social
in calling on the government to change course. This is how you can help👇
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-cuts
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Fresh off an Albanian trip to which only GB News were invited (really!) it looks like Starmer is sprinting away from scrutiny again for his big Brexit reset next week.
Not a good look when you explicitly try to muzzle the press.
Not a good look when you explicitly try to muzzle the press.
The FPA is dismayed by Sir Keir Starmer's press accreditation policy for the EU-UK Summit of Monday 19th May. The vast majority of EU news outlets have been denied access. We have written to @10DowningStreet to urge him to reconsider.
@EUdelegationUK, @EU_Commission, @RSF_inter
@EUdelegationUK, @EU_Commission, @RSF_inter
May 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Fresh off an Albanian trip to which only GB News were invited (really!) it looks like Starmer is sprinting away from scrutiny again for his big Brexit reset next week.
Not a good look when you explicitly try to muzzle the press.
Not a good look when you explicitly try to muzzle the press.
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I remember when Labour won and there was all that "finally the adults are in charge again" stuff. It's been a real surprise to learn they were the adults from the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, though
May 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I remember when Labour won and there was all that "finally the adults are in charge again" stuff. It's been a real surprise to learn they were the adults from the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, though
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Another magnificent read from Marina Hyde. Well worth the effort.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Another magnificent read from Marina Hyde. Well worth the effort.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Fascinating dataviz showing which languages/cultures prioritize certain concepts like smell, snow and dance.
May 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fascinating dataviz showing which languages/cultures prioritize certain concepts like smell, snow and dance.
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• 2,000 men made to sit on a beach in shirt & shorts as 2 atomic bombs were detonated just nine miles away
• hundreds of men ordered to walk, march & crawl through fallout in order to see how much of it stuck on their uniforms
• a decades long cover-up by successive governments
#NukedBloodScandal
• hundreds of men ordered to walk, march & crawl through fallout in order to see how much of it stuck on their uniforms
• a decades long cover-up by successive governments
#NukedBloodScandal
🚨NUKED BLOOD SCANDAL UPDATE
OUR NUCLEAR VETERANS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #NukedBloodScandal - one of the greatest injustices & worst cover-ups in British history, watch this jaw dropping update
youtu.be/KRz2B8HAAXk?...
OUR NUCLEAR VETERANS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #NukedBloodScandal - one of the greatest injustices & worst cover-ups in British history, watch this jaw dropping update
youtu.be/KRz2B8HAAXk?...
🚨ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING SCANDALS & WORST COVER-UPS IN BRITISH HISTORY
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
• 2,000 men made to sit on a beach in shirt & shorts as 2 atomic bombs were detonated just nine miles away
• hundreds of men ordered to walk, march & crawl through fallout in order to see how much of it stuck on their uniforms
• a decades long cover-up by successive governments
#NukedBloodScandal
• hundreds of men ordered to walk, march & crawl through fallout in order to see how much of it stuck on their uniforms
• a decades long cover-up by successive governments
#NukedBloodScandal
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BBC News cite Labour's impact assessment showing WFA cuts would push 50,000 pensioners into poverty every year
Guardian report Labour's disability cuts will push 700,000 families into poverty
Why is Labour balancing the books on the backs of the poor, old, and disabled?
Guardian report Labour's disability cuts will push 700,000 families into poverty
Why is Labour balancing the books on the backs of the poor, old, and disabled?
May 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BBC News cite Labour's impact assessment showing WFA cuts would push 50,000 pensioners into poverty every year
Guardian report Labour's disability cuts will push 700,000 families into poverty
Why is Labour balancing the books on the backs of the poor, old, and disabled?
Guardian report Labour's disability cuts will push 700,000 families into poverty
Why is Labour balancing the books on the backs of the poor, old, and disabled?