Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens North. If you’re a constituent with a question please get in touch: david.baines.mp@parliament.uk
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As well as helping people every day via email, phone and letter, I hold regular advice surgeries across St Helens North. If you are a constituent and need support, please get in touch: davidbaines.co.uk/support
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'The minister has very bravely offered to go through some of the charts from the budget'
@dantomlinsonmp joins @EdConwaySky at the screen to talk through the numbers behind today's announcement
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Tomorrow, when you see the front pages of the right-wing press telling you how dreadful the budget was, remember their track record.
Also remember that right-wingers won’t ever be happy with any budget that doesn’t push down on those at the bottom to benefit those at the top.
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🚨BREAKING: Chancellor John Healey announces standing charges on household gas bills will be scrapped and up to 20 million households will receive £100 to help with their energy bills this winter.
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The Chancellor has just taken 70,000 more retail, hospitality and leisure businesses out of Business Rates.
A welcome boost for our High Streets.
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NEW: Standing charges on gas bills - the fixed daily levy added regardless of how much gas has been used - will be scrapped for around 23m homes, Treasury announces this morning.
John Healey will ask Ofgem to deliver removal of charges in 2027 (or asap after) with fixed costs paid on unit rate instead, which govt says could save 60% of account-holding householders average of £45 off annual bill.
Consumer champion @MartinSLewis, who has campaigned for the move, is currently in No 11 seeing the chancellor.
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Last night, the Kevin Sinfield documentary aired on BBC, "Thank You, Sir Kev", celebrating the incredible impact he’s had on the MND community through the money he’s raised and the awareness he’s brought to Motor Neurone Disease.
He knows like we do, that the fight against MND doesn’t stop at the finish line. This is a behind the scenes look at our campaign, 'Life stripped Away'. It tells the stories of Jaki, Steve, Tahira and Lorraine, who are all living with MND, and who all generously shared their stories with us.
They are a powerful reminder of why this work matters - and why there’s still so much more to do. Help us stop MND.
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Imagine having a meltdown about a 30min Gogglebox appearance for Stand Up to Cancer? 🫣
Completely off the reservation.
'Is that a really good use of his time?'
'Raising money for a cancer charity?'
The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
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As someone whose life and body have been transformed by cancer, I am delighted that @andyburnham went on Gogglebox to raise money to help fight cancer.
'Is that a really good use of his time?'
'Raising money for a cancer charity?'
The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
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You meet people like this all the time in politics. Products of their echo chambers, sneering at anyone who doesn’t share their po-faced, joyless view of the world. The PM went on a show that many people love, it was fun and it raised money for a cancer charity. Good for him.
'Is that a really good use of his time?'
'Raising money for a cancer charity?'
The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
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The Prime Minister presented a special recognition award at the Pride of Britain Awards to honour the founders of Andy’s Man Club, Elaine and Luke.
In 2016, Andy Roberts, Elaine’s son and Luke’s brother-in-law, tragically took his own life at just 23 years old. The pair went on to create Andy's Man Club, a male suicide prevention charity that has grown from a single group in Halifax to more than 360 groups nationwide.
Through its mission to break the stigma around men’s mental health, Andy’s Man Club has saved thousands of lives and inspired men to speak up when they need help 🤝
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Some chatter on social media would have you believe that crime is out of control.
The facts tell a different story.
As @frasernelson has shown in his Substack today:
Violence is at its lowest level since the crime survey began in 1981.
Robbery is at a record low.
Crime, excluding fraud, is 78% down on its peak in 1995.
And the stats show this Government is delivering on its promises too:
Knife crime is down 11%.
Knife murders are at their lowest level in 35 years.
Thefts including phone snatching have fallen by 20% in the last year alone.
But I know there is more that we must do, and we will:
We’ve put more than 3,800 extra neighbourhood officers into roles, with named, contactable officers for every neighbourhood.
We’re introducing the most significant reforms to policing in a generation.
We are tackling rising rates of violence against women and girls through our landmark strategy.
And we are tackling crimes like fraud, more prevalent in our increasingly online world, with £250 million directed to this challenge in our Fraud Strategy published this year.
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🚨 New figures show that knife crime is down by 11% and overall homicides are down by 7%, since July 2024.
Fatal knife attacks are also at their lowest level in 35 years.
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UK crime was four times higher when Oasis first played Knebworth than at last year’s reunion gigs.
The collapse of crime and safer streets is one of the biggest stories of our time.
But one almost never told - or believed.
My take on today’s figures: comment.press/lawless
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full
- Violence at lowest since records began in 1981
- Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds
- Robbery: record low
- Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak.
- Shoplifting up
More:-
comment.press/lawless
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Many thanks to @DavidBainesMP and @andyburnham for meeting pupils from St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Wigan, who were in Westminster to participate in the Sir David Amess Children's Parliament Commemorative Debate! catholiceducation.org.uk/new… @_cparliament
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It feels absolutely right that the definitive Beatles experience should be in Liverpool, the place where it all began!
This attraction will give millions more fans a reason to make the pilgrimage to their spiritual home and experience our city, our music and our culture!
🎵 IN THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN 🎵
A new one-of-a-kind Beatles experience is coming to Liverpool!
The Beatles story will relocate from its current home on the Royal Albert Dock to St Johns Market in 2028.
The attraction will bring the Fab Four’s story to life with immersive tech, original artefacts and spectacular sets and props from Sam Mendes' upcoming Four Film Cinematic Event.
Visitors will journey through the world that created The Beatles from post-war Liverpool, through to their years in Hamburg, to the explosion of Beatlemania, and the heights of international fame.
Fans will step inside some of the most memorable locations including:
🎙️ The Cavern
🎚️ Abbey Road
🏟️ Shea Stadium
🎶 Savile Row and more!
The iconic St Johns Beacon will also house a new Yellow Submarine experience that will give fans:
🌆 A panoramic 360-degree view of Liverpool
🎸 A chance to spot Beatles landmarks
📍 A look at some of the city’s most famous sights
This will be the first official fan experience to be operated in Liverpool by Apple Corps, creating a world class destination befitting of the world’s greatest musical legacy!
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Some criticism of this being beneath a PM totally misses the fact that this isn’t just an everyday annoyance, the behaviour of enforcement companies is seen as emblematic of a rigged/exploitative system and is entirely the sort of cause of misery people want a govt to tackle.
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced changes to car parking fines
- Drivers will have a 5-minute grace period to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after a parking session ends
- A £20 maximum charge on appeal for minor mistakes, such as entering the wrong number plate or not displaying a permit
- Charges will also be cancelled on appeal for breakdowns, medical emergencies or broken ticket machines
- The £100 cap on charges will remain
- The rules will come into force as soon as possible and operators that break them will lose access to DVLA data
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'Someone will set fire to the Reichstag. What will then have to follow will be extrem schmerzhaft. The volk will have to be prepared
A Restore Britain Government will do what needs to be done - civil unrest and rioting will inevitably follow. We must be ready for that, and the public must be prepared too.
What needs to happen will be incredibly painful.
But it is all absolutely necessary to save our home.
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A statement like this should end the political career of those making it.
The horrific reality of what people like Lowe are proposing is beyond the comprehension of most of us. But he’s spelling it out.
We deserve better than this.
We are better than this.
A Restore Britain Government will do what needs to be done - civil unrest and rioting will inevitably follow. We must be ready for that, and the public must be prepared too.
What needs to happen will be incredibly painful.
But it is all absolutely necessary to save our home.
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