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Not main point but very revealing that Laura Kuenssberg keeps on talking about the "child benefit cap" in *tax credits* (it's Universal Credit, and has been for most claimants for some time). Reflects both very poor briefing *and* her complete ignorance of the topics she asks questions about..

submitted 14 days ago • 107 comments

"A new report says that, due to the volume and type of goods the UK and EU export to the US, Britain now pays more on tariffs." www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

I'm fundraising for Alzheimer's Society in memory of my aunt Jess. Please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/jess-mi...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Parliament, not the Supreme Court should have decided today. I've written about why that's so problematic and why I fear today's judgment will be used to further delegitimise trans people, even though that is not what the Court intends. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/why-i-worr...

submitted 53 days ago • 91 comments

Is this an April Fool? www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 Not an April Fools joke: Household bills are going up by more than inflation (2.8%), while social security support rises by JUST 1.7%. People are already struggling. More people will be at risk of needing a food bank. It doesn’t have to be this way. The government CAN change this. #AwfulApril

submitted 68 days ago • 3 comments

Economic inequality has grown so high that the richest 10% of the US now buys half of what we all produce. Because price sensitivity goes down as income grows, high inequality is increasing the costs of living. To solve this, we need to tax wealth and do universal basic income to boost the lower 90%

submitted 75 days ago • 5 comments

The UK has run a current surplus only once in the past 20 years. Instead, the Government is targeting a forecast surplus, which is a much more common (and lax) fiscal target.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

If you take a consistent position against war crimes - whether committed by Israel or Russia - be prepared to be spoken to like this. After the show, Camilla Tominey said she “had fun”. It seems like this is just a game for some members of the commentariat.

submitted 75 days ago • 4 comments

4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5

submitted 130 days ago • 4 comments

The UK's record on child poverty is pretty terrible. Based on before-housing-cost thresholds, only Greece had worse rates among European countries in 2018.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Stephanie Kelton - "We can, and must, tax the rich. But not because we can't afford to do anything without them. We should tax billionaires to rebalance the distributions of wealth and income and to protect the health of our democracy" France to introduce a 2% wealth tax on those worth over €100m.

submitted 105 days ago • 7 comments

Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

submitted 107 days ago • 346 comments

When did Dolly Parton write a song about Donald Trump? music.youtube.com/watch?v=Gglq...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

It’s funny how politicians never seem to make the tough choice to tax the rich properly.

submitted 170 days ago • 29 comments

All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...

submitted 170 days ago • 105 comments

50% of cybersecurity is endlessly explaining that consumer VPNs don’t address any real cybersecurity issues. They are basically only useful for bypassing geofences and making money telling people they need to buy a VPN

submitted 170 days ago • 193 comments