We borrow £130bn a year because we don't have enough money for everything the government spends on.
"He told us: 'You've made my day.'" Chancellor John Healey tells how Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to his pledge of a further £10bn of additional economic and military support for Ukraine going into winter. trib.al/RThoFNs 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Borrowing money just to give it away is economic insanity, this government are insane.
Kemi spent most of her response attacking the Tory welfare record. A reminder that under their watch: Neets up 250k between 2021 and 2024; Welfare spending rose twice as fast as in this Parliament; Millions signed off and written off on sickness and disability benefits.
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You spent years claiming expenses while owning the house next door.
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While UK citizens freeze with increased energy bills and higher taxes at least Zelensky will be able to pay his dealer.
🚨 NEW: John Healey has announced Ukraine will receive £10bn in additional economic and military support "We called him this morning... he told us we made his day" #Budget
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Almost as if vast swathes of western politicians are in on it.
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What would you give Burnham if he knocked on your door ?
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A Brussels sprout in a Ferrero Rocher wrapper.
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Some of us are *very* happy about lower business rates for pubs #Budget26
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Is that on expenses or a donation?
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Communism.
🚨 BREAKING: John Healey has announced a £100 cash payment for 20 million households in Council Tax bands A to D "This will be paid directly into people's bank accounts" #Budget
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When are our propaganda speakers getting installed, the ones that can be turned down but never off?
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Chancellor raises the threshold for small business rate relief from £12,000 to £18,000 - paid for by increasing taxes on gambling, vape shops #budget
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Unlicensed and unaudited vape shops that change companies every 12 months, good luck with that.
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Thanks so much you unaccountable Karen. My gas bill has now gone up.
NEWS. Gas standing charges to be scrapped! Instant reaction, more analysis later (Sorry about poor sound)
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Is this the same guy that his wife reviews £2,500 phones?
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CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MAN? A man was filmed near Whitworth Park in Rusholme, Manchester, this morning desecrating a translation of the Qur'an and making anti-Islam remarks. The incident has been reported to the police. If you recognise this man or have information about the incident, contact Greater Manchester Police on 101 or via gmp.police.uk, quoting the incident location as Whitworth Park, Rusholme, Manchester. Alternatively, people can provide information anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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What law has he broken?
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Zelenskyy says the United States has chosen the wrong side of history. Zelenskyy is right.
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Zelenskyy might be a lot of things but he is not right.
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New: Angela Rayner has told Muslim leaders today that the government will appoint its Anti-Muslim Hostility adviser later this week
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Are they allowed to work from home?
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I wonder how much of that £4.7bn first home fund will be lost to some manner of fraud?
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99.99% we have imported fraud experts.
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🚨JUST IN: Man who murdered his pregnant wife in Birmingham because he believed her unborn child was possessed by "Jinns" (evil spirits in Islam) has been released from jail after serving 14 years. • Mohammed Tauseed Mumtaz, now 38, has been released from custody after a Parole Board hearing directed his release following an oral hearing. • He and three relatives from Handsworth Wood in Birmingham were convicted of murdering his pregnant Pakistani wife Naila Mumtaz in 2009. The family believed her unborn child was possessed by Jinns and may have been attempting to perform an exorcism when she died. • Naila Mumtaz, 21, who was six months pregnant and had moved to the UK in 2008 after an arranged marriage in Pakistan, was beaten and smothered at the family home on Craythorne Avenue in July 2009. She died in hospital. • Mumtaz, then 25, was convicted after a 12-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court in 2012 and sentenced to a minimum of 13 years. His brother-in-law Hammad Hussan received the same sentence. His parents Zia Ul-Haq and Salma Aslam were jailed for a minimum of 15 years each.
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Those bloody Jinns again, causing mayhem.
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“Come in Mr Bond. I’ve been expecting you”
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The bunker has an access ramp and a hoist in the bedroom and bathroom.
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Excellent use of an archive clip.
So do the SNP support moving standing charges into the unit price - or not?
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Give him a break that was said a few midlife crisis incarnations of Doogan ago.
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We need people like Andrew Neil to interview the SNP. Look how he exposed and embarrassed this SNP mouthpiece. If you support the SNP and can read, look away now!
The SNP make plenty of claims, but too many fail to stand up to scrutiny. If Scotland became independent, our defence and security would be put at risk.
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They like saying we have been very, very clear while being the exact oposite.
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Rather than raise "broad-based" taxes or "slash" public spending, John Healey is reducing the fiscal headline from £23bn to £15bn to deal with impact of Iran War on public finances "That is what a buffer is for - use it when you need, restore it when you can" #Budget
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Nobody knows or cares what this means, will we be poorer?
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Angel Islington shopping centre closed off due to double shooting around 10.30pm last night 🙄🤷‍♀️
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Was anybody found guilty when a security guard was killed when ticketless fans rushed there when an Afrobeats star was performing?
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And here it comes …#GE
🚨 WATCH: John Healey accidentally says the Energy Secretary "opposed" the Jackdaw gas field "Errr... approved" #Budget
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Did the dog whistle knock Lucy Powell's poppy off?
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“This is a budget for the working people of Britain”, Chancellor John Healey begins….
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It is one for the non-working people of the UK and Ukraine.
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