Tracey
@2300.bsky.social
I'm in the UK!
Cat & nature lover. Truth seeker, not scaremonger. Not a fan of Tories, nor of racism, Brexit & right wing ideology. Pragmatic..this is the real world (sadly).
Cat & nature lover. Truth seeker, not scaremonger. Not a fan of Tories, nor of racism, Brexit & right wing ideology. Pragmatic..this is the real world (sadly).
Chris Mason's pre budget forecast.
"This govt is extremely unpopular.
Reeves & Starmer are also extremely unpopular'.
No mention of the rise in the minimum & living wage just announced of course.
"This govt is extremely unpopular.
Reeves & Starmer are also extremely unpopular'.
No mention of the rise in the minimum & living wage just announced of course.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Chris Mason's pre budget forecast.
"This govt is extremely unpopular.
Reeves & Starmer are also extremely unpopular'.
No mention of the rise in the minimum & living wage just announced of course.
"This govt is extremely unpopular.
Reeves & Starmer are also extremely unpopular'.
No mention of the rise in the minimum & living wage just announced of course.
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11 new Labour announcements in just two days. From Neighbourhood Health Centres to reducing electricity costs for businesses to further sugar levies in drinks. A government set to improve the daily lives of people throughout our Country. 👏👏👏
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
11 new Labour announcements in just two days. From Neighbourhood Health Centres to reducing electricity costs for businesses to further sugar levies in drinks. A government set to improve the daily lives of people throughout our Country. 👏👏👏
Just for a bit of a laugh.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just for a bit of a laugh.
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Our Labour government ARE taxing wealth.
They ARE making the wealthiest in society pay more.
They did it in the last Budget & I expect more tomorrow.
Anyone who says it's not happening is lying to you.
Anyone who promotes phrases like 'tax billionaires' with no details is selling false hope.
They ARE making the wealthiest in society pay more.
They did it in the last Budget & I expect more tomorrow.
Anyone who says it's not happening is lying to you.
Anyone who promotes phrases like 'tax billionaires' with no details is selling false hope.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Our Labour government ARE taxing wealth.
They ARE making the wealthiest in society pay more.
They did it in the last Budget & I expect more tomorrow.
Anyone who says it's not happening is lying to you.
Anyone who promotes phrases like 'tax billionaires' with no details is selling false hope.
They ARE making the wealthiest in society pay more.
They did it in the last Budget & I expect more tomorrow.
Anyone who says it's not happening is lying to you.
Anyone who promotes phrases like 'tax billionaires' with no details is selling false hope.
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Carer’s Allowance overpayments
Since 2015 over 200k carers were overpaid due to complex rules around what income they were allowed to earn.
The DWP demanded payments back - often for thousands of pounds covering the full allowance.
Labour ordered an Independent Review in October 2024.
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Since 2015 over 200k carers were overpaid due to complex rules around what income they were allowed to earn.
The DWP demanded payments back - often for thousands of pounds covering the full allowance.
Labour ordered an Independent Review in October 2024.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Carer’s Allowance overpayments
Since 2015 over 200k carers were overpaid due to complex rules around what income they were allowed to earn.
The DWP demanded payments back - often for thousands of pounds covering the full allowance.
Labour ordered an Independent Review in October 2024.
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Since 2015 over 200k carers were overpaid due to complex rules around what income they were allowed to earn.
The DWP demanded payments back - often for thousands of pounds covering the full allowance.
Labour ordered an Independent Review in October 2024.
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Bathing water in England has shown a slight increase in quality in 2025 compared to 2024.
The latest data from the Envrionment Agency for 449 sites shows 87.3% are now rated excellent or good, up from 85.3%.
5.6% of sites are rated sufficient (down from 6.5%)
7.1% rated poor (down from 8.2%)
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The latest data from the Envrionment Agency for 449 sites shows 87.3% are now rated excellent or good, up from 85.3%.
5.6% of sites are rated sufficient (down from 6.5%)
7.1% rated poor (down from 8.2%)
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87% of bathing waters rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ as new reforms come into law
392 bathing waters in England are rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’, demonstrating the impact of designation, regulation and partnership working
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Bathing water in England has shown a slight increase in quality in 2025 compared to 2024.
The latest data from the Envrionment Agency for 449 sites shows 87.3% are now rated excellent or good, up from 85.3%.
5.6% of sites are rated sufficient (down from 6.5%)
7.1% rated poor (down from 8.2%)
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The latest data from the Envrionment Agency for 449 sites shows 87.3% are now rated excellent or good, up from 85.3%.
5.6% of sites are rated sufficient (down from 6.5%)
7.1% rated poor (down from 8.2%)
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So the cost of living isn't perfect after only 15 months (was never going to be). Too many hard choices to make re the economy & immigration.
Starmer hasn't solved all this yet so 'Starmer out' & I'll swap to a new, populist party in protest 🙄.
And the issues above will still be just the same.
Starmer hasn't solved all this yet so 'Starmer out' & I'll swap to a new, populist party in protest 🙄.
And the issues above will still be just the same.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
So the cost of living isn't perfect after only 15 months (was never going to be). Too many hard choices to make re the economy & immigration.
Starmer hasn't solved all this yet so 'Starmer out' & I'll swap to a new, populist party in protest 🙄.
And the issues above will still be just the same.
Starmer hasn't solved all this yet so 'Starmer out' & I'll swap to a new, populist party in protest 🙄.
And the issues above will still be just the same.
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Since Labour won power, an insidious little phrase has been popping up constantly in the media: "tax raid".
So I looked into this for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
And it turns out it once meant something completely different.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
So I looked into this for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
And it turns out it once meant something completely different.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
Why the right wing media keeps screaming ‘tax raid’
This isn’t journalism, it’s propaganda that reframes tax policy as assault and a democratically elected Labour government as thieves
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Since Labour won power, an insidious little phrase has been popping up constantly in the media: "tax raid".
So I looked into this for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
And it turns out it once meant something completely different.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
So I looked into this for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
And it turns out it once meant something completely different.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...
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Labour doing even more to help rebuild our NHS!
+ 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres - bringing different professionals together under one roof
+ £300m for NHS technology to support the work of staff and boost productivity (a 2% productivity increase could see £17bn in annual savings reinvested)
+ 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres - bringing different professionals together under one roof
+ £300m for NHS technology to support the work of staff and boost productivity (a 2% productivity increase could see £17bn in annual savings reinvested)
Chancellor to double down on drive to cut NHS waiting times and rollout of new Neighbourhood Health Centres
250 Neighbourhood Health Centres to bring patient care closer to home and bring end to postcode lottery of healthcare access.
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Labour doing even more to help rebuild our NHS!
+ 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres - bringing different professionals together under one roof
+ £300m for NHS technology to support the work of staff and boost productivity (a 2% productivity increase could see £17bn in annual savings reinvested)
+ 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres - bringing different professionals together under one roof
+ £300m for NHS technology to support the work of staff and boost productivity (a 2% productivity increase could see £17bn in annual savings reinvested)
Budget day is coming.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Budget day is coming.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Morning all.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Morning all.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
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It still hurts me to see the damage the Tories did to our NHS over the years, especially when I look back at where it was when Labour left office in 2010.
It will take time to properly fix our NHS, but Labour has done it before and they doing it again. Here are just some of the ways it's happening!
It will take time to properly fix our NHS, but Labour has done it before and they doing it again. Here are just some of the ways it's happening!
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It still hurts me to see the damage the Tories did to our NHS over the years, especially when I look back at where it was when Labour left office in 2010.
It will take time to properly fix our NHS, but Labour has done it before and they doing it again. Here are just some of the ways it's happening!
It will take time to properly fix our NHS, but Labour has done it before and they doing it again. Here are just some of the ways it's happening!
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The Government launches a consultation on the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to cut electricity bills for 7,000 manufacturers and boost finance access with a £4 billion British Business Bank plan.
Government acts on top business concern and cuts electricity bills for thousands of manufacturers by up to 25%
The Government launches a consultation on the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to cut electricity bills for 7,000 manufacturers and boost finance access with a £4 billion British Business Ban...
www.gov.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Government launches a consultation on the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to cut electricity bills for 7,000 manufacturers and boost finance access with a £4 billion British Business Bank plan.
Decorators in for next 2 weeks...sigh.
Already bored & cats behind sofa again 🙀.
Already bored & cats behind sofa again 🙀.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Decorators in for next 2 weeks...sigh.
Already bored & cats behind sofa again 🙀.
Already bored & cats behind sofa again 🙀.
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Good article...so rare to read anything picking apart what's happening in the HoL after May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak stuffed it full of Tories in quick succession over a short time period, ensuring any gov other than RW wouldn't get legislation through. Press #fail though too, not to report on this.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Good article...so rare to read anything picking apart what's happening in the HoL after May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak stuffed it full of Tories in quick succession over a short time period, ensuring any gov other than RW wouldn't get legislation through. Press #fail though too, not to report on this.
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Show this to Polanski.
This is how you do it,not just one wealth tax which is unworkable and may actually bring in less than you think.
You tax them where it hurts and raises the most.
Polanski will fail while labour succeed.
This is how you do it,not just one wealth tax which is unworkable and may actually bring in less than you think.
You tax them where it hurts and raises the most.
Polanski will fail while labour succeed.
Transparency- who owns it. Put a name to it. Follow the money. Land Registry Transparency. Stamp duty up on 2nd homes. New HMRC team ensuring the wealthy actually pay their tax. On & on...
List credit to
@viviane49.bsky.social
List credit to
@viviane49.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Show this to Polanski.
This is how you do it,not just one wealth tax which is unworkable and may actually bring in less than you think.
You tax them where it hurts and raises the most.
Polanski will fail while labour succeed.
This is how you do it,not just one wealth tax which is unworkable and may actually bring in less than you think.
You tax them where it hurts and raises the most.
Polanski will fail while labour succeed.
adviser.royallondon.com/articles-and....
An interesting read about the purpose of the increase to employers' NI contributions.
An interesting read about the purpose of the increase to employers' NI contributions.
Increase in employer NI contribution rate - Royal London for advisers
Increasing employees’ pension savings could help improve recruitment and retention. This may help shift the conversation with employees solely on headline salary, to considering the total remuneration package.
adviser.royallondon.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
adviser.royallondon.com/articles-and....
An interesting read about the purpose of the increase to employers' NI contributions.
An interesting read about the purpose of the increase to employers' NI contributions.
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Looks like some good stuff in here...
'People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost - GOV.UK'
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'People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost - GOV.UK'
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People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost
A new government unit, GDS Local, has launched to help councils across the UK make everyday services – from managing council tax to accessing local support – easier, faster, and more accessible for re...
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Looks like some good stuff in here...
'People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost - GOV.UK'
share.google/kdrNFAWMBvcN...
'People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost - GOV.UK'
share.google/kdrNFAWMBvcN...
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The UK is set to become less reliant on imports for critical minerals required for modern tech under a new Critical Mineral Strategy.
+ 10% will be produced in the UK
+ 20% will be recycled
+ imports will be spread across multiple countries.
+ 50k tonnes of lithium to be produced
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+ 10% will be produced in the UK
+ 20% will be recycled
+ imports will be spread across multiple countries.
+ 50k tonnes of lithium to be produced
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From smartphones to fridges: UK to end overreliance on imports of critical minerals
The Government has launched the UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy.
www.gov.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The UK is set to become less reliant on imports for critical minerals required for modern tech under a new Critical Mineral Strategy.
+ 10% will be produced in the UK
+ 20% will be recycled
+ imports will be spread across multiple countries.
+ 50k tonnes of lithium to be produced
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+ 10% will be produced in the UK
+ 20% will be recycled
+ imports will be spread across multiple countries.
+ 50k tonnes of lithium to be produced
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observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I'll never forget the horror of the COVID ward I was on as a patient either. If Johnson walks away from this gross negligence in office with just a smirk & an arrogant wink those days I spent there & can't forget will seem even more horrendous.
I'll never forget the horror of the COVID ward I was on as a patient either. If Johnson walks away from this gross negligence in office with just a smirk & an arrogant wink those days I spent there & can't forget will seem even more horrendous.
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I'll never forget the horror of the COVID ward I was on as a patient either. If Johnson walks away from this gross negligence in office with just a smirk & an arrogant wink those days I spent there & can't forget will seem even more horrendous.
I'll never forget the horror of the COVID ward I was on as a patient either. If Johnson walks away from this gross negligence in office with just a smirk & an arrogant wink those days I spent there & can't forget will seem even more horrendous.
So it's budget day this week, & every journo is champing at the bit at the starting gate.
Actual news (hypothetically):
Tax rises in budget although manifesto pledge stated there wouldn't be.
Media headlines:
This govt is floundering as it's broken all its promises & lied to voters..
Actual news (hypothetically):
Tax rises in budget although manifesto pledge stated there wouldn't be.
Media headlines:
This govt is floundering as it's broken all its promises & lied to voters..
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So it's budget day this week, & every journo is champing at the bit at the starting gate.
Actual news (hypothetically):
Tax rises in budget although manifesto pledge stated there wouldn't be.
Media headlines:
This govt is floundering as it's broken all its promises & lied to voters..
Actual news (hypothetically):
Tax rises in budget although manifesto pledge stated there wouldn't be.
Media headlines:
This govt is floundering as it's broken all its promises & lied to voters..
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
So what will be his punishment for this then?
Just an uncomfortable grilling, which is like water off a duck's back to him?
So what will be his punishment for this then?
Just an uncomfortable grilling, which is like water off a duck's back to him?
'I was in the Covid Inquiry 'lock-in' for hours - one word stood out'
The Johnson government's conduct during the outset of the Covid pandemic was summed up in searing fashion with one standout word, says Mirror Health and Science Editor Martin Bagot
www.mirror.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
So what will be his punishment for this then?
Just an uncomfortable grilling, which is like water off a duck's back to him?
So what will be his punishment for this then?
Just an uncomfortable grilling, which is like water off a duck's back to him?
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Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏