First-class stamp to rise by another 30p as Royal Mail fails to meet delivery targets. 1st class stamp price £1.65; 2nd class 85p. When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p Benefit of privatisation - Higher prices for worst service. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Govt seem to be relying on a total bogus report commissioned by 4 WCs, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Severn Trent and South West Water that it would cost £90bn to nationalise the water industry. The Financial Times commissioned Moody's to have a look and they think it would cost as little as

If you got rid of the Bankers Tax Cut that Rishi Sunak gave them in May 2023, you could pay for both the Winter Fuel Allowance and the Two Child Benefit Cap. The Banks even said at the time that they didn't want it. So why do they still have it?

2024: Daniel Bruce, "We've analysed more than 5,000 contracts.. Multiple corruption red flags in £15 billion worth of contracts.. That's almost £1 in every £3 of what the Conservative gov spent in it's covid response.. A system beset with system weaknesses, political choices that

When ‘cheap’ is the sole determinant of our food system. No questions asked. theguardian.com/global-develop…

The Conservatives' visa policy was a masterclass of ideology over practicality. Resulting in headlines like this from the Telegraph.

2016: Boris Johnson, "We can take back control of our immigration system" 2024: Tony Blair to Geordie Greig, "We've swapped out younger single Europeans for much increased immigration from Asia and Africa.. We have higher levels of immigration, and higher levels of people

Nearly a THIRD of all UK government contracts issued to fight the Covid pandemic carried a “high risk” of some form of corruption. That's £15 billion of taxpayer money. tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/09/15-…

At least 28 contracts, worth £4.1 billion, were handed out to those with known political connections to the Conservatives, of which the now-infamous VIP lane accounted for £1.7 billion.

Excl: Rishi Sunak ignored a direct plea from Britain's most senior police officers who wrote to him a week before the election urging him to announce the SDS40 early release measure. They warned that failure to act would leave criminals exploiting the prisons crisis and police

The annual report from the chief inspector of prisons is utterly dire. One of the worst examples of state failure.

And as per chapter three of my book, yet more evidence that contracting out core services doesn't reduce risk or cost for the state.

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Yes this is from the same Conservatives who spent 14 years obliterating the NHS to such an extent that sometimes I’m forced to have end-of-life conversations with pensioners on trolleys in corridors without even a curtain for dignity. Caring bunch, aren’t you? 🙄

I sometimes find it so sad because humanity was on the cusp of inventing so many low tech, low energy, humane solutions to the problems of daily life and the "infinite" energy of fossil fuels just erased basically all of those gains. and they'll all be gone by the time the energy

Imagine if the energy companies were made to give £200-£300 credit to pensioners instead... it would cost them £2bln - it wouldn't even make a dent in their collective £61 billion profit 🤔

The criminal justice system has been on its knees for years because Robert and his colleagues voted to defund the police, CPS, courts, probation, prisons and legal aid, causing record court backlogs and overflowing prisons. Yet apparently the solution is “simple”. Who knew?

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"Simple" solution that was impossible to see for 14 years now becomes clear.

This government has inherited record backlogs and delays in the Crown Courts. Prisons are overflowing. Every part of the justice system has been cut to ribbons. All undeniable. However. The decision to *cut* court sitting days is theirs. And is dangerously shortsighted. 🧵