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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7m

Zones? We are talking about the industrial strategy launched this year with 8 sector plans.

Not sure what zones you are talking about and suggesting is a Tory idea.

But it's not what we are talking about here.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1h

Or, you check out what your local council is actually doing with their pothole money, because it has been provided and they are required to do this work and tell you, if they want more of it.

Hold your council to account if they aren't doing it.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 2h

Another tax cut promised by the Tories - abolishing stamp duty on home purchases.

That is another £9bn tax cut, likely on top of their £48bn cuts already announced and spent.

Skewed to the wealthiest / those purchasing the biggest houses.

People like me if I moved home - but I reject this plan.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 3h

Oh my fucking goodness.

Badenoch is going back to the mid 19th century in her speech to talk about Tory successes!

She really has.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 3h

Ok, I've had enough of Kemi Badenoch's speech at the Tory party conference already after just the first couple of lines.

Can we switch off now @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

The latest data is out from HMRC on tax receipts.

The data shows that in April to August this year gross tax receipts were £342.5bn.

This is up £24.5bn on the year before.

Assuming consistent patterns, this extrapolates to £61.4bn more in gross tax receipts this financial year.

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HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK

Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely agree!

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 8h

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

The media stories are based off the first couple of sentences of the monthly update...so no need for detailed thinking or reading loads. Just take what HRMC explicitly said in a few words and run with that, ignoring anything more detailed?

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

Yes.

No doubt someone will now come in with specific examples that come in the other way round to try and suggest otherwise...but that would just be it - exceptions to the general rule.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

I think if you follow my link in this post, then click through to the monthly update, it starts with an explanation of how VAT has been revised upwards for the first few months in this financial year, due to an error in the calculation.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

The latest data is out from HMRC on tax receipts.

The data shows that in April to August this year gross tax receipts were £342.5bn.

This is up £24.5bn on the year before.

Assuming consistent patterns, this extrapolates to £61.4bn more in gross tax receipts this financial year.

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HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK

Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, there was a couple of billion more paid in VAT in the first few months of this financial year than initially calculated (due to an error in calculations).

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

Do it!

They are getting on repairing our country while the two main alternatives, if the polls are to be believed, will undo all that hard work and make things even worse!

Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

...that will most likely be skewed heavily towards the oldest people - the same group unlikely to still be working and therefore have no mandatory use for the digital ID.

It will also be a percentage that continues to drop over time.

Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

We know there definitely WILL be a solution for people without, or who cannot use a smartphone, but don't yet know the format that will take.

A physical card would be an obvious potential solution, but it could be something else.

And to the person talking about the 7% without a smart phone...

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

It also appears to me that this would be a couple of tens of billions more (maybe even more) that the OBR estimated (taking their net figures and calculating a gross figure).

I am not a tax expert, so would massively appreciate anyone else's interpretation of this.

What are your thoughts?

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

The latest data is out from HMRC on tax receipts.

The data shows that in April to August this year gross tax receipts were £342.5bn.

This is up £24.5bn on the year before.

Assuming consistent patterns, this extrapolates to £61.4bn more in gross tax receipts this financial year.

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HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK

Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

When do they ever? Unless they can find something negative to say about it...in which case they will focus only on the negative point.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, being on the south coast, we are well aware too. It was good to see there are several sets of planned works for our area over the next few years.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

Perhaps. But it's not a choice of one or the other.

Councils have been given RECORD funding from the government to repair potholes.

They also are now REQUIRED to tell you what progress they are making in carrying out repairs and soon will need to take onboard which roads people want fixed.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

The mission is a key step in increasing bilateral trade between the 2 countries and in helping British businesses increase their exports to India.

Overall we can expect to see bilateral trade increase by over £25bn a year and UK exports increase by 60% supporting countless businesses & jobs.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

The PM is leading the first trade mission to India following the signing of the UK-India trade deal earlier this year.

He is joined by the Business Secretary & 125 big business CEOs, university Vice-Chancellors, entrepreneurs and representatives from growing SMEs & cultural organisations.

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Prime Minister embarks on first major trade mission to India

125 of the UK’s most prominent CEOs, leading entrepreneurs, university Vice Chancellors and cultural institutions will join the Prime Minister on a trade mission to India.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 7h

Local museums in 75 areas across England are to receive £20m funding from the government's Museum Renewal Fund.

It will enable millions of people to continue to celebrate their local heritage through new or improved exhibits, protection of opening hours, jobs and community & educational programmes.

Millions of people to benefit from £20 million to keep local museums open and thriving

£20 million investment in civic museums to protect opening hours and jobs, as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ensure museums can continue to tell our national story at a local level

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 8h

Flood defences.

Labour inherited flood defences in the worst condition on record, but through increased funding, 151 flood defence schemes have been delivered in their first year in power.

And across the next decade they have committed £10.5bn for the largest flood defence programme in history.

Protecting communities and powering renewal: Over 24,000 homes and businesses protected from floods in first year

151 flood schemes delivered in 12 months to boost flood resilience across the nation and better protect more than 24,000 homes and businesses.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 19h

Even now, at 92, he is likely more capable and effective than most of the Tory front bench.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 19h

...especially as a back up energy source. The reason being, they are replaced on human timescales. Sustainably sourced biofuels mean the cycle of producing more takes the carbon back out of the air within decades.

But fossil fuels release carbon stored up over millions of years without replacement.

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