Tune in to learn more about how this quietly rising problem is affecting our most vulnerable.
#fraud #scams #FraudPrevention
Tune in to learn more about how this quietly rising problem is affecting our most vulnerable.
#fraud #scams #FraudPrevention
With a great crowd, a tuneful band, and of course… Santa, it’s really starting to feel seasonal 🎄
With a great crowd, a tuneful band, and of course… Santa, it’s really starting to feel seasonal 🎄
🚜 Today's #budget needs to make things right with British farmers.
This government has hit farmers hard, significantly and repeatedly:
💰 First they implemented the Family Farm Tax,
📉 Then they cut the farming budget by £100mn,
♻️ And then they closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
🚜 Today's #budget needs to make things right with British farmers.
This government has hit farmers hard, significantly and repeatedly:
💰 First they implemented the Family Farm Tax,
📉 Then they cut the farming budget by £100mn,
♻️ And then they closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
This far exceeds the number of people killed by terrorism in the UK over the past 20 years. In fact, more women are killed by a partner or ex-partner each year than the number of people killed in the 7 July bombing in 2005.
This far exceeds the number of people killed by terrorism in the UK over the past 20 years. In fact, more women are killed by a partner or ex-partner each year than the number of people killed in the 7 July bombing in 2005.
Here are a few of the things I've been doing this week.
Here are a few of the things I've been doing this week.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
🛎️ That's why the Lib Dems' focus for this budget is on supporting our hospitality sector:
🛎️ That's why the Lib Dems' focus for this budget is on supporting our hospitality sector:
This is a devastating disease. With very few symptoms, it hides away until it's too late. 5-year survival rates are very low.
We need to be doing more.
This is a devastating disease. With very few symptoms, it hides away until it's too late. 5-year survival rates are very low.
We need to be doing more.
💙 I am so lucky to have some amazing men in my life and I could not do what I do without their support. It's important to recognise and appreciate them.
💙 I am so lucky to have some amazing men in my life and I could not do what I do without their support. It's important to recognise and appreciate them.
❓Because of this, I asked the Minister for Energy what plans he has to support small businesses with these costs.
❓Because of this, I asked the Minister for Energy what plans he has to support small businesses with these costs.
🏃 Cheered on Stepping Stones DS Ambassador, Lloyd on the 3rd day of his triathlon for BBC Children In Need
💧 Spoke about protecting chalk stream rivers, during a debate on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
🏃 Cheered on Stepping Stones DS Ambassador, Lloyd on the 3rd day of his triathlon for BBC Children In Need
💧 Spoke about protecting chalk stream rivers, during a debate on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Movember has taken off as an awareness and fundraising campaign. It takes real strength to talk about personal issues like cancer and mental health.
Movember has taken off as an awareness and fundraising campaign. It takes real strength to talk about personal issues like cancer and mental health.
💷 Although banking is increasingly done online, a physical teller can often still be a huge help.
💷 Although banking is increasingly done online, a physical teller can often still be a huge help.
💰 They cost tens of millions of pounds, money that could otherwise be used to fund more frontline officers.
💰 They cost tens of millions of pounds, money that could otherwise be used to fund more frontline officers.
📈 This would inject £12bn back into high street businesses and put £270 back into people's pockets for them to spend on occasional extras.
📈 This would inject £12bn back into high street businesses and put £270 back into people's pockets for them to spend on occasional extras.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
Hundreds of thousands of women were failed when the age at which they could claim their state pension was changed without their knowledge.
This includes more than 3,000 women in North East Hampshire.
🤝 The Women and Equalities select committee heard how we must do more to ensure that sport remains open to everyone.
🤝 The Women and Equalities select committee heard how we must do more to ensure that sport remains open to everyone.
This should be an opportunity to improve the BBC, not destroy it.
This should be an opportunity to improve the BBC, not destroy it.
It was a pleasure to join the services in Odiham and Fleet today for the services of remembrance.
It was a pleasure to join the services in Odiham and Fleet today for the services of remembrance.
But it’s not clear how these changes will be funded and I’m concerned already overloaded schools will be asked to do even more.
But it’s not clear how these changes will be funded and I’m concerned already overloaded schools will be asked to do even more.
🩺 With patient numbers rising faster than available resources, GPs are stretched incredibly thin.
🌋 Despite working harder than ever to provide for their communities, for many this pressure is simply too much.
📉 And, unfortunately for patients, this has had a severe impact on local services.
🩺 With patient numbers rising faster than available resources, GPs are stretched incredibly thin.
🌋 Despite working harder than ever to provide for their communities, for many this pressure is simply too much.
📉 And, unfortunately for patients, this has had a severe impact on local services.
😱 During last summer's flash flooding, we were hit by nearly 2 months' worth of rainfall in less than 1 hour!
☔ Extreme weather events like this are just one of the many ways in which climate change will impact our area.
😱 During last summer's flash flooding, we were hit by nearly 2 months' worth of rainfall in less than 1 hour!
☔ Extreme weather events like this are just one of the many ways in which climate change will impact our area.
The ECHR has secured our freedoms as we know them, from torture (1978), to the press (1979), to sexual expression (1981), and privacy (2025).
Today, I voted to defend these rights.
The ECHR has secured our freedoms as we know them, from torture (1978), to the press (1979), to sexual expression (1981), and privacy (2025).
Today, I voted to defend these rights.