#  @MelJStride Mel Stride Mel Stride posts on X about inflation, debt, business, money the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::3183943337/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +775% - [--] Month [---------] +395% - [--] Months [----------] +77% - [--] Year [----------] +164% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::3183943337/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +34% - [--] Month [---] +78% - [--] Months [---] +93% - [--] Year [---] +165% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::3183943337/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.09% - [--] Month [------] +0.61% - [--] Months [------] +11% - [--] Year [------] +32% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::3183943337/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) #4178 [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) [us election](/list/us-election) [exchanges](/list/exchanges) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) **Social topic influence** [inflation](/topic/inflation) #72, [debt](/topic/debt) #61, [business](/topic/business), [money](/topic/money), [future](/topic/future), [in the](/topic/in-the), [raid](/topic/raid), [growth](/topic/growth), [insurance](/topic/insurance), [government spending](/topic/government-spending) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@conservatives](/creator/undefined) [@telegraph](/creator/undefined) [@kemibadenoch](/creator/undefined) [@dailyexpress](/creator/undefined) [@thetimes](/creator/undefined) [@ons](/creator/undefined) [@obruk](/creator/undefined) [@dwpgovuk](/creator/undefined) [@conhome](/creator/undefined) [@rishisunak](/creator/undefined) [@gbnews](/creator/undefined) [@dailymail](/creator/undefined) [@wittygrumbler](/creator/undefined) [@thesun](/creator/undefined) [@jamescleverly](/creator/undefined) [@centralbankukn](/creator/undefined) [@dailymailuk](/creator/undefined) [@griffitha](/creator/undefined) [@thefca](/creator/undefined) [@kemibadenochs](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "New research shows that financial services paid a record [--] billion in tax last year. A big contribution to support our vital public services. 🏙 💷 Taxes should be fair and they should be paid" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1070021329699647488) 2018-12-04T18:25Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements "Fantastic to meet the New Zealand Customs Minister @KrisinMana this morning to talk about co-operation between @HMRCgovuk and @NZ_Customs.🤝" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1128236785950179328) 2019-05-14T09:53Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements "Its time to focus on what people can do not what they cant. Its time to share the opportunities of work far more fairly. Its time to get Britain working. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/05/bold-plan-long-term-sick-back-workforce/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/05/bold-plan-long-term-sick-back-workforce/" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1699321395388231905) 2023-09-06T07:19Z 19.4K followers, 61.7K engagements "Important and powerful speech from @RishiSunak WATCH: Protecting our democracy. https://t.co/75LVLmFmfS WATCH: Protecting our democracy. https://t.co/75LVLmFmfS" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1763665905366532114) 2024-03-01T20:41Z 20.4K followers, 32.9K engagements "Weve had a tough few years. But Britain is resilient. And our plan is working. Real wages up [--] months in a row 📈 The fastest growth in the G7 since January 💥 The most radical welfare reforms in a generation Stick with the @Conservatives plan dont let Labour wreck it" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1790679690107125885) 2024-05-15T09:44Z 19.4K followers, 54.3K engagements "Our farmers are not here to thank the Chancellor for her Budget - they are here because Labour's Family Farm Tax will devastate their livelihoods and risk our food security. 🚜 Hundreds of farmers in tractors have descended on London in protest against the Governments inheritance tax raid https://t.co/V2DiPEUz6z 🚜 Hundreds of farmers in tractors have descended on London in protest against the Governments inheritance tax raid https://t.co/V2DiPEUz6z" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1866831338247995546) 2024-12-11T13:04Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Borrowing costs this week are the latest warning against the choices the Chancellor made at the budget. Business leaders investors employers and working people are sounding the alarm. My article in The Telegraph: ✍ 'We all may be paying the Reeves premium for a long time to come' Writes @MelJStride https://t.co/RrrSpfd2vT ✍ 'We all may be paying the Reeves premium for a long time to come' Writes @MelJStride https://t.co/RrrSpfd2vT" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1878372433737945509) 2025-01-12T09:24Z 20.4K followers, 32.2K engagements "450 million of investment cancelled thanks to Labour. Theyve run out of money due to their ruinous Budget - now they are penny pinching and destroying our future. AstraZeneca are a vital player in UK science and tech. This from them is damning 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1885371064118579584) 2025-01-31T16:54Z 20.4K followers, 70.5K engagements "What did the Bank of Englands interest rates report say 🧵 The Bank cut their growth forecast for this year from 1.5% to just 0.75%. They increased their forecast for inflation this year from 2.75% to 3.5%. They increased their unemployment forecast from 4.25% to 4.5%" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1887776519746924672) 2025-02-07T08:12Z 15.4K followers, 32.9K engagements "This is what happens when you dont understand business and tax jobs. Employers have stopped hiring. One survey today shows vacancies at their weakest since the lockdowns. Things could get even worse when the Jobs Tax actually begins to bite in April. https://www.thetimes.com/article/a96bd642-0de3-4f68-96c8-38c4cd30145ashareToken=cd0fa68dd8b1cc0b0b9d4625b7a6145f https://www.thetimes.com/article/a96bd642-0de3-4f68-96c8-38c4cd30145ashareToken=cd0fa68dd8b1cc0b0b9d4625b7a6145f" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1888891454249898101) 2025-02-10T10:03Z 15.4K followers, 32.2K engagements "The #Labour #Chancellor promised you growth but the latest GDP figures reveal her disastrous #Budget has delivered a stagnant economy. And the @BankOfEngland say job cuts & price hikes are looming. Yesterday I did the broadcast round & gave my verdict on the @ONS's figures👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1890324722518302795) 2025-02-14T08:58Z 15.5K followers, 13.8K engagements "Labour promised the fastest growing economy in the G7. Instead. 👉🏻Unemployment up 📈 👉🏻Prices up 📈 👉🏻Living standards down📉 We need a government that is pro business and pro growth. Under new leadership @KemiBadenoch's @Conservatives will deliver that" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1891384183609528368) 2025-02-17T07:08Z 15.5K followers, 17K engagements "🧵1/2 The Labour Chancellor promised 'the most pro-growth and pro-business Treasury that our country has ever seen.' She has BROKEN that promise with her disastrous Budget" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1891747331747246259) 2025-02-18T07:11Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "🧵 1/4 Heartbreaking to learn that Britain is now officially the least attractive market in the world - and it's all thanks to the Labour Chancellor and her disastrous Budget of tax rises. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/18/ftse-100-latest-markets-live-blog-18-02-2025/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/18/ftse-100-latest-markets-live-blog-18-02-2025/" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1891956759528345832) 2025-02-18T21:03Z 15.6K followers, 188.7K engagements "🧵 4/4 This disastrous mismanagement is the direct result of a Budget that prioritises tax hikes over growth jobs and security for hard-working families. Britain deserves better than this" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1891956768760082503) 2025-02-18T21:03Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "🧵2/2 It means your money isnt going as far as it used to. Inflation affects us all - especially the poorest. Unless the Chancellor changes course well all be paying the price" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892126342511993015) 2025-02-19T08:17Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "Why are you paying more for your weekly shop Labour have pushed inflation up 📈by 👉🏻 Ramping up borrowing and spending 👉🏻 Handing out inflation busting pay rises to the unions with no strings attached 👉🏻 Taxing jobs forcing businesses to raise prices Time to get a grip" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892277320800428142) 2025-02-19T18:17Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "🧵1/2 The latest borrowing figures expose the true cost of Labours reckless economic policies. Instead of reining in spending the Labour Chancellor has piled billions onto the national debt by maxing out the national credit card" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892855122331341189) 2025-02-21T08:33Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "🧵 2/2 Under Labour Britain is stuck in a vicious cycle of higher debt rising inflation and increasing taxes. Millions are paying the price of this economic mismanagement" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892855124147466691) 2025-02-21T08:33Z 15.5K followers, [---] engagements "This is what economic mismanagement looks like. Government borrowing now running a huge 12.8bn higher than the OBR forecast over the first ten months of the fiscal year (Apr-Jan). That's a significant gap when you consider they only delivered their most recent forecasts four months ago https://t.co/aR7CssJ63D Government borrowing now running a huge 12.8bn higher than the OBR forecast over the first ten months of the fiscal year (Apr-Jan). That's a significant gap when you consider they only delivered their most recent forecasts four months ago https://t.co/aR7CssJ63D" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892901353992675774) 2025-02-21T11:37Z 18.2K followers, 23.7K engagements "🧵1/5 British businesses say they're slashing jobs at the fastest rate since the global financial crisis outside of the pandemic. And it's driven by the Labour Chancellor's disastrous economic policies including her 25bn National Insurance hike. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk-public-borrowing-reeves/msockid=2fa832bb2fbe64c41b90272b2e71657f https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk-public-borrowing-reeves/msockid=2fa832bb2fbe64c41b90272b2e71657f" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1892998801377358038) 2025-02-21T18:04Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements "🧵 2/3 Why are prices rising 👉🏻Labour has ramped up borrowing & spending an inflationary stimulus. 👉🏻Labour has handed out inflation-busting pay rises to their union paymasters with no productivity requirements. 👉🏻Labour are taxing jobs forcing businesses to raise prices" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1893925856667386182) 2025-02-24T07:28Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements "🧵1/3 🚨 Brace for Labour's higher prices 🚨 Retailers suppliers and manufacturers are warning of rising costs as a result of the Labour Chancellor's reckless anti-business Budget. https://www.thetimes.com/article/c06d136a-cba1-4f83-a8a5-d097ea7837c9shareToken=490f8dde4e60533d63f96a0ac4224df8 https://www.thetimes.com/article/c06d136a-cba1-4f83-a8a5-d097ea7837c9shareToken=490f8dde4e60533d63f96a0ac4224df8" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1894421218360455350) 2025-02-25T16:16Z 15.6K followers, 13.7K engagements "This morning's @ONS figures reveal growth is DOWN. Labour promised the fastest growing economy in the G7 but business confidence has collapsed living standards are falling and jobs are being cut. The Chancellor has 12-days until her emergency Budget - she must think again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1900442534611960162) 2025-03-14T07:03Z 20.4K followers, 25.9K engagements "Exciting times in the Great South West Today I joined leaders from the region to launch the @GreatSouthWest_ Investment. With a 81bn economy world class assets & a thriving ecosystem of clean energy aerospace & agri-tech the SW is helping to power the future of the UK" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1902058854034133270) 2025-03-18T18:05Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements "The Chancellor repeatedly claims to have 'fixed the public finances'. Let's look at what's actually happened since she took over. Her Budget increased spending by a colossal 429bn over this parliament. And 181bn of that is simply being paid for through borrowing. (1/6) 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1902624764188852603) 2025-03-20T07:34Z 20K followers, 233.1K engagements "With just 3-days to go until the Chancellor's emergency Budget I've been out explaining why Labour must urgently change course. 👉🏻Business confidence has collapsed & jobs are being slashed 👉🏻Growth has been killed stone dead 👉🏻& their borrowing splurge has pushed up mortgages" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1903778695321456836) 2025-03-23T11:59Z 20.4K followers, 24.8K engagements "Family businesses are the backbone of our country. They employ [--] million people and contribute [---] billion to our economy. Yet Labours Family Business Tax puts their future at risk" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1904221277205811216) 2025-03-24T17:18Z 20.4K followers, 40.5K engagements "Rachel Reeves is going to deliver an emergency budget tomorrow. She is going to tell us this is all because of things beyond her control. But the reality is we're in a mess of Labour's own making. It is their Budget of broken promises which has led us here. (1/5) 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1904585203328168446) 2025-03-25T17:24Z 20.4K followers, 503.9K engagements "Spot on @kemibadenoch 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Promises made promises betrayed. They said no new taxes. They lied. Labours Jobs Tax is a direct hit on working people: Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. Crushed businesses. A [----] blow to families by the end of Parliament. Only the Conservatives will fix this economic sabotage. https://t.co/YT2iWaoks2 Promises made promises betrayed. They said no new taxes. They lied. Labours Jobs Tax is a direct hit on working people: Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. Crushed businesses. A [----] blow to families by the end of Parliament. Only the Conservatives will fix this economic" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1907050199584768130) 2025-04-01T12:39Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Working people are worse off under Labour. Here's why 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1907126733326745886) 2025-04-01T17:43Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Under Labour wealth is pouring out of our country. The tax lost is equivalent to that paid by hundreds of thousands of workers on average earnings. Labour are making all of us poorer. London falls out of top five wealthiest cities as millionaires leave https://www.thetimes.com/article/e2d0fa01-844b-4973-9409-44e2a6c2279fshareToken=f0471260fa9c8fb00e05abc5e3929473 https://www.thetimes.com/article/e2d0fa01-844b-4973-9409-44e2a6c2279fshareToken=f0471260fa9c8fb00e05abc5e3929473" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1909851403805208941) 2025-04-09T06:10Z 20K followers, [----] engagements "We are spending over [---] billion a year on debt interest. It's almost double what we spend on defence. That is totally unacceptable. People's taxes are being poured down the drain on interest payments. But Labour are planning to let debt keep rising higher and higher.(1/7)🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1912022877404045492) 2025-04-15T05:59Z 20.4K followers, 165.8K engagements "These new figures show Labours Jobs Tax is costing jobs. Unemployment up yet again and last month the number of people on payrolls fell by [-----] as employers braced for impact. It is working people who are paying the price for Labours mismanagement. Their Jobs Tax will leave working families [----] worse off while their Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses [--] billion. Labours choices mean fewer jobs lower wages and higher prices. Only the Conservatives understand that it is business that creates jobs and wealthinoureconomy. The revised estimate of employees on the payroll in February 2025" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1912034592095101281) 2025-04-15T06:45Z 20.4K followers, 38.7K engagements "In my latest Minute with Mel. Were now spending over [---] billion a year just on debt interest that's double the defence budget. The Conservatives had a clear plan to bring debt down. But Labour Theyve changed the rules to hide rising debt - and its costing us billions more. Higher borrowing rising interest payments and a fragile economy. We cant afford Labour. #CostOfLabour #UKEconomy #DebtCrisis #Labour #Borrowing #MinuteWithMel" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1917465906537717877) 2025-04-30T06:27Z 20.4K followers, 26.7K engagements "Rachel Reeves is in The Times today talking about what a good job she's doing. It's amazing how many claims she can make which are in fact the opposite of what she's done. Let's start with the claim shes "put more pounds in peoples pockets". https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/we-promised-change-and-we-are-delivering-gqznl9dxd https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/we-promised-change-and-we-are-delivering-gqznl9dxd" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1920863249433551163) 2025-05-09T15:27Z 19.5K followers, 491.7K engagements "Reforms manifesto would spell financial ruin for the UK. They simply aren't a serious party of government. Their proposals on income tax cuts alone would cost about a third of the entire NHS budget.🧵(1/6) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14696587/NIGEL-FARAGE-victory-Reform-era-government-Net-Zero-immigration.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14696587/NIGEL-FARAGE-victory-Reform-era-government-Net-Zero-immigration.html" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1921521401841803525) 2025-05-11T11:02Z 20K followers, 628.3K engagements "Labour don't understand business. This is Rachel Reeves' Closing Down Sale. #NICs #JobsTax #NationalInsurance #Labour #Tax" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1921803859518714020) 2025-05-12T05:45Z 20.4K followers, 37K engagements "Hiring has collapsed to record lows as businesses buckle under Labour's tax hikes and red tape research by the @CIPD shows. A 25bn raid on employers and a reckless Employment Rights Bill is choking growth and confidence. This isnt progress - its economic sabotage. We can't afford Labour. #LabourCrisis #JobsTax #UKEconomy #NICs https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14701203/Labour-tax-raid-businesses-hiring-low.htmldeliveryName=DM60485 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14701203/Labour-tax-raid-businesses-hiring-low.htmldeliveryName=DM60485" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1921858290331300131) 2025-05-12T09:21Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Reeves blames the UK's lack of growth on global headwinds. The reality 👇🏻 #JobsTax #NICs #Tax #Labour" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1922684695566774510) 2025-05-14T16:05Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Now @EmmaBridgewater - a champion of British manufacturing - is urging the Chancellor to rethink her reckless Jobs Tax. She warns Labour's National Insurance hike will have a very very poor effect on business and make job creation significantly harder. Rachel Reeves is out of her depth. Story in @thetimes 👇🏻 https://www.thetimes.com/article/31f3160f-8668-412a-b10f-e814a2c5e2d5shareToken=6929c3cc14db529d266a6b13e8d7a2f7 https://www.thetimes.com/article/31f3160f-8668-412a-b10f-e814a2c5e2d5shareToken=6929c3cc14db529d266a6b13e8d7a2f7" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1923454767197835284) 2025-05-16T19:05Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "The latest borrowing figures expose the true cost of Labours reckless economic policies. Instead of reining in spending the Labour Chancellor has piled billions onto the national debt by fiddling the fiscal rules and maxing out the national credit card. This follows on from borrowing last financial year coming out billions of pounds higher than the plans Labour inherited and means wasting billions more pounds of taxpayers money on debt interest. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in April [----]. This was [---] billion more than in April [----] and the" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1925432833679433989) 2025-05-22T06:05Z 20.4K followers, 29.2K engagements "Labours panicked u-turn on Winter Fuel raises more questions than answers. Will pensioners get help this winter My thoughts in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/21/labour-must-come-clean-on-how-they-will-fund-winter-fuel-cl/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/21/labour-must-come-clean-on-how-they-will-fund-winter-fuel-cl/" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1925449240739811678) 2025-05-22T07:10Z 20.4K followers, 15.1K engagements "Taking apart Reforms fantasy economics on the media this morning" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1927370609761100011) 2025-05-27T14:25Z 19.7K followers, 22.6K engagements "As I say fantasy economics. 'Nigel Farage's signature tax policy alone - nearly doubling the personal income tax allowance - would force him to find savings at least equivalent to the UKs [--] billion annual defence budget.' Story in the @Telegraph 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1927788974896017673) 2025-05-28T18:08Z 19.6K followers, 13.4K engagements "Good to be on GB News this afternoon addressing Reforms fantasy economics. 'If he was ever close to the doors at No.10 I think the markets would run a mile.' Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride says Nigel Farage MP's plans for spending cuts and tax increases are 'fantasy economics'. https://t.co/Rpfuci1IAK 'If he was ever close to the doors at No.10 I think the markets would run a mile.' Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride says Nigel Farage MP's plans for spending cuts and tax increases are 'fantasy economics'. https://t.co/Rpfuci1IAK" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1927798040389112200) 2025-05-28T18:44Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements "By pressing ahead with their plans to mandate pension fund investments Labour is crossing the Rubicon into directing the publics savings. This is an extraordinary overreach and to do it when parliament is in recess - when they think no one is looking - makes it even worse. Rachel Reeves wants to hijack your pension to paper over the cracks in her own failing agenda. Pension pots are there to secure retirements not to bankroll a government thats run out of ideas and credibility. I spoke to the @FT 👇🏻 https://www.ft.com/content/a637b186-1194-4a77-9f01-8dac5391446c" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1928035875029438791) 2025-05-29T10:29Z 20.3K followers, 28.4K engagements "Our welfare system is on a path to becoming completely unsustainable and Labour are asleep at the wheel. Since the pandemic weve seen a huge rise in the number of people on benefits for health problems or disabilities and it is set to continue spiralling higher still. We need fundamental reform to get the bill down and move people off welfare and into jobs. That is what we Conservatives were pursuing in government but Labour have ditched those plans. Without radical action the burden on taxpayers will only continue to rise. There is a human cost as well as a fiscal one - too many people are" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1928377864270831739) 2025-05-30T09:08Z 19.4K followers, 24.7K engagements "Reform is just Corbyn in a different colour - it's fantasy economics. Labour have already shown they are incapable of fiscal discipline. It will fall to the Conservative Party to fill the void. My article in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1929419832962797727) 2025-06-02T06:08Z 20.4K followers, 47.8K engagements "WARNING: Labour wants to use your pension pot to bail them out of their own economic failure. Story in the @Telegraph 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1931990857017700490) 2025-06-09T08:24Z 20.4K followers, 14.9K engagements "There was no justification for leaving pensioners in the cold last winter. Labours U-turn on winter fuel shows it was completely unnecessary and it raises more questions than it answers. They already spent the savings from this policy on inflation-busting pay deals for the Unions. So where is the [----] billion needed to pay for this U-turn going to come from Our Tin Foil Chancellor says costs will be accounted for at the Budget - in other words she doesnt yet know. Labour claim it will not permanently add to borrowing which clearly means in the short term they know they will need to borrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1932043044561248438) 2025-06-09T11:52Z 20.3K followers, 13.9K engagements "Rachel Reeves seems to think shes fixed the public finances by borrowing more money The reality is shes spending money she doesnt have. And when the budget comes round in autumn that can only mean yet more taxes. Shes the spend now tax later Chancellor" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1933116769847149002) 2025-06-12T10:58Z 19.4K followers, 45.7K engagements "OH THE IRONY: Labour promising to crack down on Buy Now Pay Later lenders while running the country on the same model Britain deserves better than reckless tax and spend. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-end-buy-now-pay-later-wild-west-protect-millions-of-shoppers-and-drive-growth https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-end-buy-now-pay-later-wild-west-protect-millions-of-shoppers-and-drive-growth" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1933504066157769104) 2025-06-13T12:37Z 19.7K followers, 11.5K engagements "🚨BREAKING🚨 UK borrowing has jumped to 17.7billion. Debt interest now costs us 100billion a year - that's almost twice the defence budget. Labour is spending recklessly with no plan to pay for it. Tax rises are coming. We can't afford Labour" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1935958809052373330) 2025-06-20T07:12Z 20.4K followers, 85.8K engagements "Nigel Farage is once again peddling fantasy economics. Reforms plans simply dont add up. To deliver them they'd have to raise taxes or borrow more - yet they wont admit it. Thats not straight talking its the Farage Mirage. Britain needs a serious and honest plan to support wealth creators and grow the economy not populist gimmicks. Reform is the party of working people. We are going to repair the social contract. https://t.co/pYhzCEmgMM Reform is the party of working people. We are going to repair the social contract. https://t.co/pYhzCEmgMM" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1937098044027077098) 2025-06-23T10:38Z 19.6K followers, 256.2K engagements "Labour have already added nearly [--] billion to our expected debt interest bill over this parliament. Taxes are rising yet borrowing is too. Why Because Labours promises are unaffordable - and hardworking people will pay the price. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride Labour will be putting up taxes and borrowing more - but they won't admit it https://t.co/AM0zLHJwWQ From @MelJStride Labour will be putting up taxes and borrowing more - but they won't admit it https://t.co/AM0zLHJwWQ" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1937779687188468138) 2025-06-25T07:47Z 20.4K followers, 38.3K engagements "Did you hear what Rachel Reeves said at the end reflected in the budget That means more taxes in the Autumn. All because Labour is utterly failing to grip our welfare bill. We cant afford Labour" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1940892311703244910) 2025-07-03T21:56Z 20.3K followers, 43.9K engagements "THIS ISNT TRUE. Conservatives set out a fully costed policy in our manifesto to protect the state pension from being dragged into tax. Its Labour who are planning to tax pensions. And whats more after the chaos of recent weeks they are now refusing to rule out more freezes on tax thresholds or a raid on pension tax relief. You name it - Labour will tax it. 'One might say pensioners should be on their knees kissing his feet.' 84-year-old Roger thinks Keir Starmer had a 'completely disastrous' first year but is surprised when Matthew Wright reveals the Tories were planning to bring the state" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1941445943406084126) 2025-07-05T10:35Z 20.4K followers, 20.8K engagements "I've written to the @OBR_UK seeking urgent clarity on the multi-billion pound hole created by Labours unfunded spending commitments. When governments lose control of the finances and transparency is sidelined confidence in our economy is put at risk. Parliament and the public deserve answers" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1941770993241919672) 2025-07-06T08:07Z 20.4K followers, 85.7K engagements "Inflation shooting up to 3.6% is deeply worrying for families already feeling the pinch. Labours decision to tax jobs and borrow more is killing growth driving up prices and making everyday essentials more expensive. Because theyre too weak to take tough decisions more tax rises are on the way - and its working people wholl pay the price. Watch my full take on TV and radio 👇" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1945734270867104063) 2025-07-17T06:36Z 19.7K followers, 85.5K engagements "Rachel Reeves is spending money she doesnt have. Debt interest already costs taxpayers [---] billion a year - almost double the defence budget - and it's forecast to rise to [---] billion on Labours watch. Labours Jobs Tax and reckless borrowing is killing growth and fuelling inflation - paving the way for more tax hikes and more borrowing in the Autumn. Make no mistake - working families will pay the price for Labours failure and costly u-turns" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1947558145582325847) 2025-07-22T07:23Z 20.4K followers, 12.7K engagements "Labour promised growth but we got: 👉🏻 A [---] billion borrowing spree 👉🏻 Punishing taxes & 👉🏻 No growth My words in @ChamberVoice" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1948344357116879217) 2025-07-24T11:27Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Reeves reckless tax hikes have killed growth and sent wealth creators running - with up to [-----] already gone. Now Labour are preparing to do it all over again this autumn. The Chancellor's choices are driving out talent draining billions in tax revenue and leaving working families to foot the bill. We should be making our country a magnet for global business and wealth creators. Only the Conservatives will deliver that. My piece in the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/2086497/rachel-reeves-economy-tax" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1948633970616267069) 2025-07-25T06:38Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Labours reckless Jobs Tax is pushing thousands of small businesses to the brink. Retailers pubs restaurants - the lifeblood of local communities - are now paying the price for Labours broken promises and economic mismanagement. I spoke to @TheSun 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1950236879871525087) 2025-07-29T16:48Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements "Britain on the brink. Debt is ballooning - and who is going to pay for it You are" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1952254345422192831) 2025-08-04T06:24Z 20.4K followers, 128.7K engagements "Yet more taxes to pay for Labours failures. Rachel Reeves has blown a black hole in the nations finances. Economists say tax rises are now inevitable. The Chancellor promised she wouldnt be back for more tax after her disastrous Budget last year. Yet another broken promise" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1952972253840187457) 2025-08-06T05:57Z 19.6K followers, 43.1K engagements "The mask has slipped. Labour is coming for your familys future to fund their failure - and they wont stop at inheritance tax. Those whove worked hard saved responsibly and hope to leave something behind shouldnt be punished to pay for Labours economic black hole. Its the same old Labour: tax first think later. Nothing is safe under Labour - not your savings not your pension not even the gift of helping your children. This is the politics of envy and working families will pay the price. WATCH: Labour Minister Opens Door to Massive Budget Inheritance Tax Grab https://t.co/ijfQP8wXtZ" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1955534077043364209) 2025-08-13T07:37Z 19.4K followers, 52.1K engagements "The Chancellor is living under a rock. On Rachel Reeves' watch: 👉🏻 Inflation is up 👉🏻 Taxes are up 👉🏻 Borrowing is up 👉🏻 Growth has stagnated And more tax rises loom. Rachel Reeves is taxing your family's future to fund her failure" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1955873654530556332) 2025-08-14T06:06Z 20.3K followers, 55.3K engagements "Don't be fooled by Farage's fantasy economics. I called out the 'mini budget' at the time. Reform would be all of that on steroids. They peddled fantasy economics Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride tells @bethrigby how the Tories will deal with the threat of Reform and why he says their manifesto was a work of fiction. 🎧 https://t.co/32aBYss1Im https://t.co/MHPiag7eF3 They peddled fantasy economics Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride tells @bethrigby how the Tories will deal with the threat of Reform and why he says their manifesto was a work of fiction. 🎧 https://t.co/32aBYss1Im https://t.co/MHPiag7eF3" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1956991858141532376) 2025-08-17T08:09Z 19.7K followers, 56.6K engagements "DEBT SHOCK Labour promised growth but having botched welfare reform and spent and borrowed like there's no tomorrow the only thing growing is the UK's national debt. Only look if youre sitting down: https://debt-clock.org/ https://debt-clock.org/" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1958913274428461335) 2025-08-22T15:24Z 19.6K followers, 13.8K engagements "Labour logic: Tax more borrow more spend more. The result: Growth down investment down jobs down. Britain deserves better than this economic vandalism" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960240274552078460) 2025-08-26T07:17Z 20.4K followers, 16.8K engagements "UK borrowing costs are at a 30-year high. This is what happens when you spend and borrow like theres no tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960285464377590043) 2025-08-26T10:17Z 19.4K followers, 38.3K engagements "Growth is stagnant. Inflation is rising. Business investment is plummeting. Borrowing costs at a 30-year high. Next More tax rises in the autumn. The Chancellor is taxing your family's future to pay for her failure. Energy costs up again. Labour are playing a dangerous game with Britains economy. And were losing. Heres why. https://t.co/yumwI7G2Cg Energy costs up again. Labour are playing a dangerous game with Britains economy. And were losing. Heres why. https://t.co/yumwI7G2Cg" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960608590978334760) 2025-08-27T07:41Z 19.7K followers, 26.4K engagements "TITANIC DECK CHAIR LATEST: Labour's reshuffle is more like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Darren Jones who helped Rachel Reeves mastermind Labours economic masterclass of doubled inflation soaring borrowing and 40bn in tax hikes is now in charge of delivery. Now promoted to steer the ship - when its already halfway under. With more taxes on the way Labour's ship is sinking fast" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1962462119439347815) 2025-09-01T10:26Z 20.4K followers, 26.7K engagements "Another economic disaster from Rachel Reeves. UK borrowing costs hit a 27-year high and the pound suffers its worst day in nearly three months. A clear vote of no confidence in Labour from the markets" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1962814678922318055) 2025-09-02T09:47Z 20.4K followers, 11.4K engagements "The welfare bill is completely out of control. The number of people claiming benefits is going through the roof especially for things like anxiety depression or ADHD. It's an economic disaster. And Labour would rather keep putting taxes up than do anything about it.👇(1/9)🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985712803184850) 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.8K followers, 112.6K engagements "This chart shows what's been happening to spending on sickness benefits - and what's expected to happen over the coming years. A 36bn increase. More than we spend on police courts and prisons combined. It's totally unsustainable. (2/9)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985722102026610) 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Again Conservatives were taking through fundamental reforms to tackle the rise. We were consulting on those when the election happened last year. Labour scrapped those plans. Then they botched their own attempt to change PIP meaning we'll end up spending MORE not less. (6/9)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985746999349404) 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements "Labour promised growth. What they delivered was a [--] billion tax raid on jobs. Since Rachel Reeves' first Budget [-----] hospitality jobs have vanished - pubs cafes and restaurants all struggling under the Chancellor's crushing National Insurance hike. Labour doesnt get business - and working people are paying the price. My piece in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride Make no mistake Labour is driving us over an economic cliff entirely of their making https://t.co/BHTMtJuKYt From @MelJStride Make no mistake Labour is driving us over an economic cliff entirely of their making https://t.co/BHTMtJuKYt" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967862755358052413) 2025-09-16T08:06Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements "Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are too weak and distracted to take the action needed to reduce the deficit. The Chancellor has lost control of the public finances and Labour's weakness means much needed welfare reforms have been abandoned. No wonder our borrowing costs recently hit a 27-year high. The Conservatives are the only party committed to fiscal responsibility and living within our means. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in August [----]. This was [---] billion more than in August [----] and the highest August borrowing for five years. Read more ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1968921020477108335) 2025-09-19T06:12Z 19.6K followers, 21.8K engagements "Last Budget Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion a year - yet Britains debt is spiralling. The price Yet more tax rises in the autumn. More pain for working people. And a debt burden our children will be paying off for a long time to come. My article in the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111101/labour-asleep-wheel-debt-crisis https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111101/labour-asleep-wheel-debt-crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969662923078295677) 2025-09-21T07:20Z 20.4K followers, 15.1K engagements "The @OECD confirms what hard-working families already feel - under Labour Britain is in a high tax high inflation low growth doom loop. Rachel Reeves seems to think the solution is yet more tax rises. The UK is now teetering on the edge of stagflation all driven by Labours economic mismanagement. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1970760238874701885) 2025-09-24T08:00Z 20.4K followers, 21.3K engagements "As families across the country tighten their belts politicians owe the public honesty not empty promises and reckless spending. That's why the two-child benefit cap must stay. It's not just responsible; it fair. My words in @thetimes 👇🏻 https://www.thetimes.com/article/9c0a5165-2045-46bb-b1b7-a268da9672e1shareToken=111243ab92aa6f53470a3eff2c6bc18c https://www.thetimes.com/article/9c0a5165-2045-46bb-b1b7-a268da9672e1shareToken=111243ab92aa6f53470a3eff2c6bc18c" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971465985522794995) 2025-09-26T06:44Z 19.8K followers, 27.2K engagements "LABOUR WON'T SAY WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN - AND THE MARKETS WILL NOTICE. This morning Keir Starmer repeatedly refused to rule out breaking the promises he made on tax. Why not just say yes or no Economists are clear: Labours plans leave a multi-billion pound black hole. That means one thing - tax rises are coming. Ambiguity might work in interviews but it doesnt work in the real world. Investors need clarity. Families need honesty. Labour are keeping the public in the dark. Watch this space - and watch your wallet. In politics language matters and when it comes to the Budget even more so. Sir" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972269387781398993) 2025-09-28T11:57Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Scrapping the two child benefit isn't just irresponsible - its unfair. Rachel Reeves must come clean: wheres the money coming from Will it be more and more debt or even higher taxes The public deserves the truth. EXCL: Rachel Reeves to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget with officials exploring options of a new tapered system @jessicaelgot reveals https://t.co/iDnd2KViz2 EXCL: Rachel Reeves to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget with officials exploring options of a new tapered system @jessicaelgot reveals https://t.co/iDnd2KViz2" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1973062833500729616) 2025-09-30T16:30Z 19.6K followers, 14.8K engagements "This morning I will send an unoquivical message to young people - the @conservatives are on your side. In my conference speech I will announce that a future Conservative government will introduce the First Job Bonus - a [----] tax cut for every young person starting work to help them save for a home or their future. Because Conservatives believe work should be rewarded - not taxed. Aspiration. Opportunity. Hope" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975092568938475697) 2025-10-06T06:55Z 20.4K followers, 37.3K engagements "WATCH LIVE: My speech at Conservative Party Conference 👇 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZlPBQZKv https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZlPBQZKv" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975124229436932335) 2025-10-06T09:01Z 20K followers, 21.5K engagements "The @Conservatives are the party of business the party of fiscal responsibility and the party with a big bold offer for the next generation. All Labour have to offer is more debt and more welfare. We have to live within our means and give people hope for the future" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975513374365557140) 2025-10-07T10:47Z 19.6K followers, 14.6K engagements "A future @Conservatives government will: CUT your taxes. ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops on high streets. And deliver a big bold offer for YOUNGER PEOPLE. All because of the decisions we have set out to live within our means" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975880654932832473) 2025-10-08T11:07Z 19.6K followers, 180.7K engagements "Last week the @The_IoD revealed business confidence had fallen to a new record low. Today its the @ICAEWs turn. Rising tax fears ahead of the Budget are quashing investment and growth in the UK economy. Labour dont understand business. Business confidence has plummeted to its lowest level in three years an industry bodys leading quarterly survey has found as rising tax fears ahead of the Budget are quashing investment and growth in the UK economy. The Labour government has boasted that the country was https://t.co/X6s9ctgV1L Business confidence has plummeted to its lowest level in three years" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976197686719336787) 2025-10-09T08:06Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Great to cool off after one of the hottest conferences in decades" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976200875602301150) 2025-10-09T08:19Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Labour and house building Its just like Labour and the economy. All talk and no delivery. Here's @jamescleverly 👇🏻 We need more homes in the right places at the right prices. But Labour are all talk. They are already well behind their own house-building target. https://t.co/bfkGljBKmV We need more homes in the right places at the right prices. But Labour are all talk. They are already well behind their own house-building target. https://t.co/bfkGljBKmV" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976249584461717669) 2025-10-09T11:33Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976294857317679293) 2025-10-09T14:33Z 19.6K followers, 106.6K engagements "Labour's front bench doesn't have any real-world business experience. It's why they don't get business. I and other @Conservatives colleagues have built businesses from scratch and know what it takes" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976544357646737648) 2025-10-10T07:04Z 19.4K followers, 13.7K engagements "The future isnt Labour or Reform. Its a serious @Conservatives plan to cut taxes back business and give young people a real stake in Britain. Well ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops. CUT taxes for first jobs - and live within our means. Great to chat to @MelJStride about the future of the Tory party From outside the now-famous @politico Pub 🍻That interview and much more in your podcast feeds this Friday on this weeks episode of Westminster Insider 😎 https://t.co/DLc9FbRvMU Great to chat to @MelJStride about the future of the Tory party From outside the now-famous" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976619726794362967) 2025-10-10T12:04Z 20.3K followers, 33.1K engagements "Labour may have given up on business but the @conservatives never ever will. Under @kemibadenoch we will always be there for business" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976669512914358421) 2025-10-10T15:21Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Britain is a great country but under Labour an economic time bomb is ticking. Both Labour and Reform are offering the same reckless plan: More spending more borrowing and more debt. Britain has got to live within its means" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976924986649853966) 2025-10-11T08:17Z 19.6K followers, 42.2K engagements "The Manchester Job. @KemiBadenoch I told you just to blow the doors off 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1976962075588272148) 2025-10-11T10:44Z 19.5K followers, 48K engagements "My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Businesses and hardworking taxpayers cannot afford another Budget built on more borrowing more taxes and more debt. Instead the Chancellor must cut government spending - including the welfare bill. My words in today's @telegraph 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977628304095277172) 2025-10-13T06:51Z 20.3K followers, 19.8K engagements "The @Conservatives are the only party serious about restoring hope for young people - with a clear plan to deliver ownership opportunity and upward mobility. This is how we stop the doom loop. This is how we rebuild Britain. This is how we win back a generation. Aspiration shouldnt be out of reach. I joined @JamesRCowling founder of @NextGenTories to hear from the next generation" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977678384185381306) 2025-10-13T10:10Z 19.4K followers, 17K engagements "A future @Conservatives government will: CUT your taxes. ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops on high streets. And deliver a big bold offer for YOUNGER PEOPLE. All because of the decisions we have set out to live within our means. 👇🏻 The @Conservatives are on the side of those who work hard - including younger people. Heres how the First Job Bonus would work under a future Conservative government 👇🏻 https://t.co/fiHPcfYZKS The @Conservatives are on the side of those who work hard - including younger people. Heres how the First Job Bonus would work under a future" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977719177587626388) 2025-10-13T12:52Z 20.3K followers, 72.8K engagements "Who knew Reform wrote their policies on the back of a fag packet. Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977760633773842526) 2025-10-13T15:37Z 19.6K followers, 65.3K engagements "Unemployment up to 4.8% - driven by rising youth joblessness. Labour crashed confidence when they came in with no plan - and now Keir Starmer lacks the backbone to make the tough choices to fix it. More tax rises loom. More damage to come. Labours failure is not an accident - its the result of their choices. The @Conservatives have a plan. Labour dont" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977994846636806630) 2025-10-14T07:08Z 20.4K followers, 45.6K engagements "The IMF assessment makes for grim reading. Inflation in the UK is now set to be the highest in the G7 this year and next - rising faster than expected because of the choices Rachel Reeves has made. Since taking office Labour have allowed the cost of living to rise debt to balloon and business confidence to collapse to record lows. Taxes are rising to record highs and families are being squeezed from all sides. Working people are feeling the impact every time they shop fill up the car or pay their mortgage. Labour should be getting spending under control to bring down borrowing and avoid" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978090096038482342) 2025-10-14T13:26Z 19.4K followers, 39.5K engagements "Last year Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion. She said she wouldn't come back for more. Now the Chancellor has confirmed she's about to break her promise. Rachel Reeves doesn't need to raise taxes. She needs to get a grip of government spending - including the welfare bill. Be in no doubt this tax doom loop is down to the Chancellor's economic mismanagement. Under Rachel Reeves we have seen inflation double debt balloon borrowing costs at a 27-year high and taxes up - with more pain on the way in the autumn. A theme is emerging: when the numbers don't add up its never Rachel Reeves" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978357419609633118) 2025-10-15T07:08Z 19.4K followers, 99.4K engagements "Here's the test for Rachel Reeves. Control spending and spare us the tax rises" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978707507871658094) 2025-10-16T06:20Z 19.4K followers, 14.1K engagements "ONS figures this morning show that growth continues to be weak and Rachel Reeves is now admitting she is going to hike taxes yet again despite all her promises. If Labour had a plan or a backbone they would get spending under control cut the deficit and get taxes down as the @Conservatives have set out with our 47bn savings plan. Instead they are going to hit a fragile economy with more damaging tax rises. Only the Conservatives have a plan for a stronger economy and the leadership needed to deliver it" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978707890081788334) 2025-10-16T06:21Z 20.1K followers, 22K engagements "A future @Conservatives government will scrap stamp duty - the single most anti-aspiration tax in Britain. The housing market is frozen. @kemibadenoch will do what Labour won't: abolish the tax that traps families workers and pensioners. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978768806018269242) 2025-10-16T10:23Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "My message to Rachel Reeves is loud and clear. Cut government spending and avoid the need to break your promise and raise taxes again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1978871319811727582) 2025-10-16T17:11Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979099002491588646) 2025-10-17T08:15Z 19.5K followers, 35.5K engagements "LAST WEEK: Conservatives announce plans to reform Motability and stop subsidising expensive cars for people who dont need them. TODAY: Labour looking into Motability. Why did it take an announcement by the Opposition for Rachel Reeves to finally wake up to this issue Excl: Reeves to target Motability scheme to save about [--] billion at the budget Chancellor drawing up plans to scrap tax breaks for cars through the benefits system Sources insist its about fairness not just cost cutting Excl: Reeves to target Motability scheme to save about [--] billion at the budget Chancellor drawing up plans to" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979186458570150300) 2025-10-17T14:03Z 19.4K followers, 40.7K engagements "Every time the numbers dont add up Rachel Reeves blames someone else. The Chancellor should start owning up to her own mistakes and accept responsibility for the poor decisions she has made" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979462119775965603) 2025-10-18T08:18Z 19.5K followers, 11.9K engagements "STAMP DUTY NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED Last week the @Conservatives announced we would completely abolish Stamp Duty on main homes. Stamp Duty is a terrible tax. Its a disaster for our society and a disaster for our economy as well. Heres why👇🏻(1/8)🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473612663918833) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.6K followers, 42.3K engagements "You pay Stamp Duty when you buy a home. That means young people having to save thousands more just to get on the property ladder. Growing families cant afford to move to get more space. Older people cant downsize. And workers cant move to where the jobs are. (2/8)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473614836469872) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements "As property prices have risen so has the tax people have to pay. And under Labour Stamp Duty has gone up. The tax on a [------] house is now double what it was when the Conservatives left office. The blue bars here show the tax last year the orange bars this year. (3/8)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473620331372681) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements "All of this means the amounts the Labour government is planning to raise from Stamp Duty over the coming years are going through the roof. As you can see here its set to almost double. Thats a huge stealth tax clogging up our housing market. (4/8)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473626677092452) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements "Thats despite the fact the number of house sales is already down on where it was a decade ago. Thats partly because properties have been dragged into higher Stamp Duty bands. That also means less business for decorators movers estate agents conveyancers and builders. (5/8)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473633467892205) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements "Scrapping Stamp Duty on main homes would be affordable if Labour would only get a grip of spending - especially the benefits bill. But there looks to be little prospect of that. Only yet more tax rises. Weve got to get taxes down and get the economy moving. (7/8)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473642963779880) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements "WATCH: I explain here for @GBNEWS why levying a tax when a home changes hands makes no sense - either for our economy or for society. (8/8) https://youtu.be/b9WRNsb1kkUsi=5Jef097MeeVaIUU- https://youtu.be/b9WRNsb1kkUsi=5Jef097MeeVaIUU-" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979473645862031567) 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements "Its telling that even Tony Blair admits what @Conservatives have long understood: that punitive tax rates dont raise revenue - they repel it. While Blair recognises the dangers of overtaxing success Rachel Reeves ploughs on with the highest tax burden in [--] years - with more tax rises to come" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1979820866264338570) 2025-10-19T08:04Z 19.4K followers, 49.9K engagements "Borrowing is soaring under this Labour government. Rachel Reeves has lost control of the public finances and the next generation are being saddled with Labours debts. If Rachel Reeves had a plan or a backbone she would stand up to her backbenchers get spending under control and cut the deficit. Instead she is plotting to hike taxes yet again to pay for her failures. Only the @Conservatives have the plan and the leadership to break this doom loop by delivering [--] billion in savings so that we live within our means and get taxes down. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980516238490026181) 2025-10-21T06:07Z 20.4K followers, 22K engagements "Rachel Reeves is borrowing more and more money to pay for our spiralling welfare bill. The 'Spend Today Tax Tomorrow' Chancellor must cut government spending and spare hardworking people yet more tax rises. Britain can't afford Labour. [---] BILLION. Thats how much Keir Starmers government have borrowed since April to cover his unsustainable spending. No plan. No backbone. Britain deserves better. [---] BILLION. Thats how much Keir Starmers government have borrowed since April to cover his unsustainable spending. No plan. No backbone. Britain deserves better" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980547410557551099) 2025-10-21T08:11Z 19.7K followers, 43K engagements "Rachel Reeves' borrowing is BONKERS. She should be controlling spending and getting debt under control. UK borrowing hits five-year high https://t.co/Uj8l0cHqCz UK borrowing hits five-year high https://t.co/Uj8l0cHqCz" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980674695168159803) 2025-10-21T16:37Z 19.7K followers, 45.1K engagements "Inflation remains at almost double the Bank of Englands two per cent target because of Rachel Reeves decisions - pushing up the cost of living and punishing those Labour promised to protect. This financial year Labour have borrowed [---] billion because they do not have the backbone to reduce spending. Combined with her [--] billion Jobs Tax Rachel Reeves is pushing inflation higher and higher. Starmer and Reeves are too weak to sort this mess out. Only the @Conservatives have the plan and the strong team to break the doom loop and ease the cost of living by delivering [--] billion in savings and" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980879187238916429) 2025-10-22T06:09Z 19.6K followers, 29.6K engagements "5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980893475966185906) 2025-10-22T07:06Z 19.6K followers, 54K engagements "BREAKING: Inflation at around DOUBLE its target with food price rises running even higher. Time for the Chancellor to show some backbone control government spending to get taxes down the economy moving and relieve the pressure on millions of hardworking people" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980918589856387466) 2025-10-22T08:46Z 19.7K followers, 20.4K engagements "100 billion borrowed in just six months. Thats Rachel Reeves record - the highest outside the pandemic. While the Chancellor talks of stability shes presiding over spiralling welfare soaring debt and the threat of higher taxes on working families. Labours Spend Today Tax Tomorrow plan is reckless and unsustainable. Britain cant afford it. We need sound money welfare reform and growth - not more borrowing and broken promises. My words in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 Rachel Reeves' borrowing is BONKERS. She should be controlling spending and getting debt under control. https://t.co/gJCYXawgHt Rachel" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1980971607242813796) 2025-10-22T12:16Z 19.4K followers, 11.7K engagements "Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981031788680970576) 2025-10-22T16:15Z 19.6K followers, 44.5K engagements "HEY BIG SPENDER Rachel Reeves is borrowing big spending bigger - and now breaking promises on tax. If she just controlled spending especially welfare she wouldnt need to raid your wallet again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981258074049409494) 2025-10-23T07:15Z 20.1K followers, 23K engagements "Labours planning a new savings tax - cutting ISA allowances and hitting millions who save for their future. Thats wrong. Saving should be rewarded not punished. Instead of taxing savers Labour should cut waste and control spending. Sign up here 👇🏻 https://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻 https://t.co/n7tsHdyZRE https://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981319497085571353) 2025-10-23T11:19Z 19.6K followers, 26K engagements "Rachel Reeves doesnt need to raise taxes again - she needs to cut spending. The @Conservatives have already identified [--] billion in savings across government. Deliver those efficiencies and we can start to bring down the deficit lower taxes and grow the economy" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981395014233035135) 2025-10-23T16:19Z 19.6K followers, 20.3K engagements "Really good to catch up with the Governor" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981445592694829362) 2025-10-23T19:40Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements "Our new Golden Economic Rule will get debt off our backs and clear the path for lower taxes growth and higher living standards. Its time to blow up the tax doom loop with our new Golden Economic Rule. Heres how👇 https://t.co/i9T7XaxPpF Its time to blow up the tax doom loop with our new Golden Economic Rule. Heres how👇 https://t.co/i9T7XaxPpF" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981622940568301850) 2025-10-24T07:25Z 19.6K followers, 151.8K engagements "Rachel Reeves has no plan and Labours welfare chaos means higher taxes. Only the @Conservatives will get Britain back on track - fixing welfare controlling government spending and rewarding work. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride: Reeves has no plan - only the Conservatives will tackle welfare reform https://t.co/EUr2dZ2Ayu From @MelJStride: Reeves has no plan - only the Conservatives will tackle welfare reform https://t.co/EUr2dZ2Ayu" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1981701835569369598) 2025-10-24T12:38Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements "What Torsten fails to mention: [--]. His government is planning to push debt up to [---] trillion in just one parliament [--]. They are doing that despite not facing a global pandemic or energy crisis like the previous government. [--]. They are doing that by spending far far more than the plans they inherited - almost half a trillion more across the parliament. [--]. In contrast Conservatives in [----] had to control spending to deal with Labour's record deficit. Debt to GDP rose by more in the final [--] years of the last Labour government than the entire [--] years Conservatives were in office - and it was" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1982018959705595969) 2025-10-25T09:38Z 19.6K followers, 65.2K engagements "Labours planning a new savings tax - cutting ISA allowances and hitting millions who save for their future. Thats wrong. Saving should be rewarded not punished. Instead of taxing savers Labour should cut waste and control spending. Sign up here 👇🏻 http://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻 https://t.co/n7tsHdyZRE http://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1982033978845532197) 2025-10-25T10:38Z 19.6K followers, 22.8K engagements "When even the Resolution Foundation - Labours favourite think tank - warns that their flagship Employment Rights Bill will destroy opportunities for young people you know this is a serious mistake. Labours anti-business instincts are putting jobs at risk. You dont help workers by making it harder to hire them" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1982384235542372730) 2025-10-26T09:50Z 19.6K followers, 13.9K engagements "Dr @realartlaffer's trip to London is a stark reminder that Rachel Reeves is on the wrong side of the Laffer curve. If Reeves reduces government spending - including the welfare bill - as I set out at this year's @Conservatives Party Conference she doesn't need to break her promise and raise taxes again. We need to break Labour's tax doom loop. With more tax rises looming in the autumn Rachel Reeves risks forgetting the vital lessons of the Laffer curve. You cannot tax your way to growth. My words for today's @Telegraph following my visit to @realartlaffer at his home in Nashville last Sunday" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1982412638299500999) 2025-10-26T11:42Z 19.6K followers, 17.3K engagements "Another warning that Rachel Reeves tax rises are fuelling inflation and driving up the cost of living for families. Under Labour business rates have gone up for retailers - a @Conservatives government would lift thousands of shops out of business rates altogether" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1982476992059723939) 2025-10-26T15:58Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements "If the Chancellor had a serious plan she'd reduce government spending - including the welfare bill. Then she could avoid tax increases. This is about choices" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983186737838141504) 2025-10-28T14:58Z 19.6K followers, 27K engagements "Every time the numbers dont add up Rachel Reeves blames someone else. This isnt about events or excuses. Its about choices. And the Chancellor is making the wrong ones. Rachel Reeves will tax your future to pay for her failure. Austerity a chaotic Brexit and the pandemic have left deep scars on the British economy that are still being felt today. The task facing our country is not to relitigate the past but to turn our backs on decline and build a better future for tomorrow. https://t.co/IFyDEteWbF Austerity a chaotic Brexit and the pandemic have left deep scars on the British economy that" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983457566593269858) 2025-10-29T08:55Z 20.3K followers, 24.3K engagements "Tax rises are coming. Income Tax. VAT. National Insurance. Four months ago the PM ruled out raising these taxes. Today he wont. Why Because Labours high taxes and out-of-control spending have wrecked the economy and they're coming back for more. Nobodyvotedforthis. https://t.co/XEJlFubaVM Income Tax. VAT. National Insurance. Four months ago the PM ruled out raising these taxes. Today he wont. Why Because Labours high taxes and out-of-control spending have wrecked the economy and they're coming back for more. Nobodyvotedforthis. https://t.co/XEJlFubaVM" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983543960426479686) 2025-10-29T14:38Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements "4-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983633570595045516) 2025-10-29T20:34Z 19.6K followers, 18.7K engagements "Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983800282976022540) 2025-10-30T07:36Z 19.7K followers, 97.7K engagements "LIVE: If Reeves puts up tax give her the axe. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKdqArRarGW https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKdqArRarGW" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983822401101263138) 2025-10-30T09:04Z 19.6K followers, 12.4K engagements "This is why we need an investigation to get to the bottom of this. According to @LeedsNews Rachel Reeves pushed for Leeds City Council to bring in a Southwark style selective licensing scheme in [----]. A year later Reeves illegally rented out her Southwark home in breach of the very same rules. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/council/labour-campaigning-for-crackdown-on-rogue-landlords-in-armley-area-of-leeds-with-selective-landlord-licensing-policy-3981833s=09" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983835152326234486) 2025-10-30T09:55Z 19.6K followers, 13.6K engagements "If Rachel Reeves breaks her promise and puts up taxes again shes got to go. Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983880606397427892) 2025-10-30T12:56Z 19.6K followers, 12.2K engagements "BREAKING: Labour have confirmed they will sit back and let the welfare bill spiral out of control. Starmer and Reeves need to get a grip. We offered to work with them in the national interest to get the benefits bill down - instead they are caving to their MPs and giving up. Lets be clear - this is why taxes are going up at the Budget. Rachel Reeves will blame anyone except herself. But the fact is your taxes are going up to pay for more and more welfare. Nobody voted for this. Labour have no backbone. They are taxing your future to pay for their failure. ToR for Timms review published." [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983917752831078713) 2025-10-30T15:23Z 20.2K followers, 77.1K engagements "A year ago today Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion - and she's coming back for more. This Chancellor is top of the flops" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1983931405018001525) 2025-10-30T16:18Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Reeves has raised taxes by [--] billion - and she's coming back for more. This Chancellor is top of the flops" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984168489427595662) 2025-10-31T08:00Z 19.6K followers, 14.9K engagements "This is an astonishing thing for allies of the Prime Minister to be saying. Have they only just realised that bond markets dont like it if you blow the finances and max out the credit card Labour spent the last [--] years constantly calling for more borrowing and more spending" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984209092475547756) 2025-10-31T10:41Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "https://www.ft.com/content/5c8fe54d-2494-4b36-9374-882ff86fbd7faccessToken=zwAGQnHVscVYkc9cj-VNJJRLNtOTdIgv-G-9fw.MEYCIQDGHyAO-yWpAadKPEJMMD1rkkyimDQG_FMQGffPXVwB7wIhAK4OWLaQntVUH9WHICx_FD4Jx0lLfZU7Jma1cLU1-SaH&sharetype=gift&token=e3178bd4-913f-4ce0-8d36-083cb5b1f049 https://www.ft.com/content/5c8fe54d-2494-4b36-9374-882ff86fbd7faccessToken=zwAGQnHVscVYkc9cj-VNJJRLNtOTdIgv-G-9fw.MEYCIQDGHyAO-yWpAadKPEJMMD1rkkyimDQG_FMQGffPXVwB7wIhAK4OWLaQntVUH9WHICx_FD4Jx0lLfZU7Jma1cLU1-SaH&sharetype=gift&token=e3178bd4-913f-4ce0-8d36-083cb5b1f049" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984209095986229589) 2025-10-31T10:41Z 19.6K followers, [---] engagements "Business confidence is collapsing - not from global shocks but from Labour's choices. Rachel Reeves promised a pro-business Treasury then hit employers with a 25bn jobs tax - and she's coming back for more" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984554402670072316) 2025-11-01T09:33Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements "If Rachel Reeves really is planning to cap salary sacrifice relief it's another reckless hit on business and jobs. Starmer and Reeves promised no more tax rises after their disastrous Budget last year - if they break their word again the Chancellor has to go" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984614743701680266) 2025-11-01T13:33Z 19.7K followers, 28.3K engagements "Thoughts are with all affected by the Huntingdon train attack. Such dreadful news" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984751076768109019) 2025-11-01T22:35Z 19.7K followers, 12.3K engagements "Roll up roll up to the Labour Circus. As Rachel Reeves teeters on the high wire my message to Keir Starmer is clear: If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again she must pack up her circus act and go. My words in today's @TheSun 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1984913142128808378) 2025-11-02T09:19Z 19.7K followers, 21.4K engagements "If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again she must go. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985034262811156644) 2025-11-02T17:20Z 19.7K followers, 16.1K engagements "Labours red tape bombshell on businesses will damage growth - meaning the black hole Rachel Reeves has blown in the finances could get even bigger. @griffitha and I have written to @OBR_UK to get assurances theyll give their verdict on Labours Unemployment Bill at the Budget. Labour's (Un)Employment Bill will freeze hiring and crush jobs. The [---] pages of red-tape written by Angela Rayner and her Union pals will cost businesses billions. @MelJStride and I have written to the @OBR_UK to confirm they will quantify its damage in their next report. https://t.co/G2HK6PCaoC Labour's (Un)Employment" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985255477886775607) 2025-11-03T07:59Z 19.6K followers, 35.5K engagements "It's time for honesty responsibility and a plan that adds up. Rachel Reeves doesn't need to break her promise and raise taxes again - if she can only show some backbone and get control of spending. [--] billion in savings. Lower taxes. Stronger growth. Lets get on with it" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985295236671627667) 2025-11-03T10:37Z 19.7K followers, 73.5K engagements "Reforms "economic relaunch" has crashed on takeoff. Nigel Farage offered no answers on [---] billion of unfunded promises unveiled yet another multibillion-pound spending spree and confirmed his partys reckless plan to seize private assets. This isnt a plan for Britains economy - its chaos" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985335162737967262) 2025-11-03T13:16Z 19.7K followers, 115.1K engagements "Reforms "economic reset" is fantasy economics on the back of a fag packet. [---] billion of unfunded promises higher welfare and nationalisation - it would bankrupt Britain. Reform are a one-man band with no plan. Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985393718493659440) 2025-11-03T17:08Z 19.7K followers, 30.3K engagements "If Rachel Reeves breaks her promise and raises taxes again Keir Starmer must sack her. Reeves is out of her depth and this is her record 👇🏻 Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985621432626487297) 2025-11-04T08:13Z 20.3K followers, 49K engagements "Rachel Reeves has made an emergency speech because she is panicking about the speculation she has fuelled. But all shes done is confirm the fears of households and businesses - that tax rises are coming. The Chancellor claims she fixed the public finances last year. If that was true she would not be rolling the pitch for more tax rises and broken promises. The reality is she fiddled the fiscal rules so she could borrow hundreds of billions more. Every time the numbers dont add up Reeves blames someone else. But this is about choices - and she made all the wrong ones. If Rachel Reeves had the" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985639340660199929) 2025-11-04T09:24Z 19.7K followers, 70.8K engagements "This was an emergency speech from a Chancellor panicking about the speculation she herself has fuelled. After months of confusion and mixed signals all Rachel Reeves has done is confirm what households and businesses already feared - that tax rises are coming. 'Rachel Reeves has no one to blame but herself' ✍ @MelJStride for LBC Opinion https://t.co/RfEeDo2hJU 'Rachel Reeves has no one to blame but herself' ✍ @MelJStride for LBC Opinion https://t.co/RfEeDo2hJU" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985739537268523299) 2025-11-04T16:02Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "3-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985974056621912350) 2025-11-05T07:34Z 19.7K followers, 22K engagements "Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions. If Reeves raises taxes again she must go. My words in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 ✍ 'Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions' Writes @MelJStride Read the column https://t.co/VhBMaKHrTE https://t.co/xdcZyr8pSB ✍ 'Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions' Writes @MelJStride Read the column https://t.co/VhBMaKHrTE https://t.co/xdcZyr8pSB" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1985981266873761880) 2025-11-05T08:03Z 20.2K followers, 15.2K engagements "A future @Conservatives government will: - Abolish stamp duty - Abolish business rates for thousands of high street shops and pubs - Introduce the First Job Bonus a [----] tax cut for young people All because of the responsible choices weve set out to control spending" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1986124813635621111) 2025-11-05T17:33Z 19.7K followers, 30K engagements "Labour would prefer to increase taxes than get a grip of government spending - including the spiralling welfare bill. This comes down to choices. Will Rachel Reeves stick to her word and be a faithful or will she break her promise and be a traitor" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1986322646242300202) 2025-11-06T06:39Z 19.7K followers, 16.1K engagements "If you own it Labour will tax it. Rachel Reeves shouldn't target commuters and car owners in this way just to help fill a black hole she's created. With Labour's cost of living crisis now is not the time to hit families and businesses with another tax raid" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1986394439368249497) 2025-11-06T11:25Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Interest rates are staying higher for longer because Rachel Reeves does not have a plan or a backbone. With inflation running at almost double the target rate families are facing rising prices in the shops. The UK has the highest inflation in the G7 thanks to Rachel Reeves' Jobs Tax and reckless borrowing spree. And yet she is once again preparing to hike taxes leaving us trapped in a doom-loop. Ordinary people are paying the price because Labour cannot reduce spending. Only the Conservatives have the team and the plan to deliver a stronger economy. Interest rates held at 4% by Bank of" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1986410248853160302) 2025-11-06T12:28Z 19.7K followers, 26.7K engagements "WATCH @ClaireCoutinho explain how the @Conservatives are the only party with a plan to cut your energy bills - by axing the carbon tax scrapping Ed Milibands rip-off wind subsidies and cutting household bills by [---] 👇🏻 The Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to to cut your energy bills. Well axe the carbon tax scrap Ed Milibands rip-off wind subsidies and cut household energy bills by [---]. Find out how much youd save at https://t.co/sP8phKRulG https://t.co/HigOXABg5s The Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to to cut your energy bills. Well axe the carbon tax scrap Ed" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1986835484568670359) 2025-11-07T16:37Z 19.7K followers, 11.7K engagements "If Rachel Reeves really is planning to cap salary sacrifice relief it's another reckless hit on business and jobs. Hurting those doing the responsible thing and saving for their retirement at the same time as loading up yet further costs on struggling businesses" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1987173491037164006) 2025-11-08T15:00Z 19.7K followers, 45.3K engagements "Great to catch up with Chris Hayes owner of Woven in Durham. Hugely impressed by their award-winning menswear. Good to discuss our plan to revive our high streets - scrapping biz rates for small shops lower taxes less regulation. Come on - lets get business fired up again" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1987224742684746043) 2025-11-08T18:24Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements "We will never forget. As time goes by we lose more of the heroes that defended Britain in WWII. That makes remembering their names their bravery and their sacrifice even more important. Today and every day we remember them. https://t.co/VcZSI23VIx As time goes by we lose more of the heroes that defended Britain in WWII. That makes remembering their names their bravery and their sacrifice even more important. Today and every day we remember them. https://t.co/VcZSI23VIx" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1987479472870703532) 2025-11-09T11:16Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Reeves is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Having already raised taxes by [--] billion she said she had wiped the slate clean she wouldn't be coming back for more and it was now on her. Every time the numbers don't add up Reeves blames someone else. But this is about choices - and the Chancellor is making all the wrong choices. Rachel Reeves has borrowed spent and taxed like there's no tomorrow - and she's coming back for more because she doesn't have a plan or the strength to stand up to Labour's backbenchers who are now calling the shots. My message is clear: if Rachel Reeves" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1987925097479311860) 2025-11-10T16:47Z 19.7K followers, 63.6K engagements "If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again it will be a complete breach of trust. Listen here 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1987928071329182176) 2025-11-10T16:59Z 19.7K followers, 33.2K engagements "BREAKING: Unemployment has risen to 5%. How can Labour keep claiming to be on the side of working people when on their watch there are fewer of them" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988156557050147305) 2025-11-11T08:07Z 19.7K followers, 27.2K engagements "Today again we honour the courage and sacrifice of all who served and continue to do so in order that we can live in freedom. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988193066394550292) 2025-11-11T10:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Just out of a meeting with @the_brc. Tax something and you get less of it. No wonder Labours Jobs Tax has now seen unemployment spike to its highest level since the pandemic. Time to get on top of spending and bring taxes down" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988203303105433727) 2025-11-11T11:13Z 19.7K followers, 29.9K engagements "Britain's potential is immense - powered by hard-working people and great businesses. But Labour's tax hikes and red tape are choking growth and hitting jobs. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988516934350987576) 2025-11-12T07:59Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Labour made a promise. They said they wouldnt raise taxes. So today in Parliament were giving them a very simple choice - to vote for their own promises. If they cant support their own words how can we trust a word they say again Heres what they said last year👇🏻 (1/10)🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525222803193894) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, 72.4K engagements "At the election Labour promised not to increase National Insurance income tax or VAT. Then at their first budget they raised National Insurance by 25n. The head of @TheIFS said it was a straightforward breach of their manifesto. And that was just the start (2/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525224749314453) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, 10.8K engagements "During the election Rachel Reeves said: there is no need to increase any taxes beyond the limited increases that weve already set out. Labour had set out 7bn of taxes. Then at their first budget they raised taxes by 40bn - pushing the tax burden to historic highs. (3/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525230881386557) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements "After that budget she repeatedly promised she was not going to be coming back with more taxes. She said she had wiped the slate clean and its now on us. 👇🏻 (4/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525296006418507) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "And here is what she said in her budget speech about tax thresholds. She said she would not freeze tax thresholds because that would hurt working people. She even explicitly said it would go against Labours manifesto if she were to do that. 👇🏻 (5/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525303694573828) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "But now Reeves and Starmer are refusing to repeat any of these statements. They broke their word already at last years budget - now they seem to be planning to do it all over again. And the excuses are coming through thick and fast (6/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525306420895758) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Reeves is now admitting a black hole has opened up in the finances. And despite previously saying its now on us she now says its not her fault. Its because of Brexit and the Conservatives and global factors. But its entirely the result of her own choices. (7/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525308320895191) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements "Reeves increased spending by such vast amounts that even her 40bn tax rise wasnt enough to pay for it. She had to fiddle her fiscal rules to allow a huge increase in borrowing as well. She somehow claims that this fixed the public finances. In reality she wrecked them (8/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525314771661300) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements "Labour made a 5bn unfunded U-turn on welfare over the summer and have ruled out making any future savings. On top of that they now look set to scrap the two child benefit cap costing a further 3.5bn. Reeves is going to put taxes up simply to pay for more welfare. (9/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525317661622304) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "If Labour could simply live within their means and control spending like they said they would they wouldnt need to break yet more promises. Labour MPs have a simple choice today: stand by the promises you made to your constituents. Nobody voted for these tax rises. (10/10)" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988525320090132529) 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Todays ONS figures show the economy shrank in the latest month under a Prime Minister and Chancellor who are in office but not in power. Months after the Prime Minister stripped the Chancellor of responsibility for the Budget Keir Starmer has now lost control of his own Downing Street operation - with his team openly at war with his Cabinet. If the Prime Minister does not have the backbone to control his team he has no hope of reducing spending. Only the @Conservatives have a leader with a backbone and a plan to deliver [--] billion of savings - allowing us to cut tax and cut the deficit under" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988866818644050085) 2025-11-13T07:09Z 19.7K followers, 22.3K engagements "BREAKING: The economy shrank in September. Here's why 👇🏻" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1988873965909987537) 2025-11-13T07:37Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "The Chancellor should stop playing games. If Reeves thinks this round of kite-flying will distract from her own disastrous choices it won't. Markets have shown time & again that uncertainty is damaging - & uncertainty is what the Chancellor is creating on an almost daily basis. Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates https://t.co/3u59moq2Mr Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates https://t.co/3u59moq2Mr" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1989260352270598207) 2025-11-14T09:13Z 19.7K followers, 14.2K engagements "The Chancellors tax doom loop" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1989308117771813146) 2025-11-14T12:23Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements "Rachel Reeves promised "growth growth growth" - instead we got tax hikes u-turns and stagflation. The @Conservatives have a clear plan: control spending cut taxes back business and reward work. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride "Growth growth growth" the Chancellor said. "Shrink shrink shrink" is what she's delivered https://t.co/dSB1NWfT5Z From @MelJStride "Growth growth growth" the Chancellor said. "Shrink shrink shrink" is what she's delivered https://t.co/dSB1NWfT5Z" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1989371268051980659) 2025-11-14T16:34Z 20.3K followers, 47.2K engagements "Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people Reeves said. It would take more money out of their payslips Reeves said. Im keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto Reeves said. The country is watching. Reeves to Break Manifesto Promise By Extending Income Tax Threshold Freeze https://t.co/vvlqiyKjls https://t.co/THWQrrWNgX Reeves to Break Manifesto Promise By Extending Income Tax Threshold Freeze https://t.co/vvlqiyKjls https://t.co/THWQrrWNgX" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1989393336512516254) 2025-11-14T18:01Z 19.7K followers, 164.4K engagements "Reeves' Jobs Tax is far more than small beer. In the first half of [----] 8-pubs a week called last orders for good because the cost of doing business under Labour is so high. More than [--] times that number could close each week next year. I spoke to the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 The Chancellor is warned thousands of jobs could go if she drops a new tax bomb on high street businesses #DailyExpress https://t.co/HQPs3EdwmU https://t.co/7v4122Hrby The Chancellor is warned thousands of jobs could go if she drops a new tax bomb on high street businesses #DailyExpress https://t.co/HQPs3EdwmU" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1989977206416896373) 2025-11-16T08:41Z 19.7K followers, 25.5K engagements "If Starmer and Reeves decide to introduce a new tax raid on family homes not only will they be punishing aspiration they will be introducing a new death tax by the back door. I spoke to the @Telegraph 👇🏻 🚨EXC: Reeves to hit families with new death tax by back door Chancellor considering mansion tax that people can defer paying until moving house or after they die https://t.co/fZ0iOrv7YG 🚨EXC: Reeves to hit families with new death tax by back door Chancellor considering mansion tax that people can defer paying until moving house or after they die https://t.co/fZ0iOrv7YG" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1990021247372050761) 2025-11-16T11:36Z 20.3K followers, 19.3K engagements "Rachel Reeves said freezing tax thresholds for longer would hurt working people and would breach Labour's manifesto. Now Starmer and Reeves refuse to deny they are planning to break that promise - a move that could cost some families over [----] in extra tax. My words in the @DailyMail 👇🏻 Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people Reeves said. It would take more money out of their payslips Reeves said. Im keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto Reeves said. The country is watching. https://t.co/pX2KginUel Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working" [X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1990354163234906210) 2025-11-17T09:39Z 19.7K followers, 24.2K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social Influence
Social category influence finance #4178 countries travel destinations technology brands stocks social networks fashion brands us election exchanges automotive brands
Social topic influence inflation #72, debt #61, business, money, future, in the, raid, growth, insurance, government spending
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @conservatives @telegraph @kemibadenoch @dailyexpress @thetimes @ons @obruk @dwpgovuk @conhome @rishisunak @gbnews @dailymail @wittygrumbler @thesun @jamescleverly @centralbankukn @dailymailuk @griffitha @thefca @kemibadenochs
Top Social Posts
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"New research shows that financial services paid a record [--] billion in tax last year. A big contribution to support our vital public services. 🏙 💷 Taxes should be fair and they should be paid"
X Link 2018-12-04T18:25Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Fantastic to meet the New Zealand Customs Minister @KrisinMana this morning to talk about co-operation between @HMRCgovuk and @NZ_Customs.🤝"
X Link 2019-05-14T09:53Z 19.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Its time to focus on what people can do not what they cant. Its time to share the opportunities of work far more fairly. Its time to get Britain working. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/05/bold-plan-long-term-sick-back-workforce/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/05/bold-plan-long-term-sick-back-workforce/"
X Link 2023-09-06T07:19Z 19.4K followers, 61.7K engagements
"Important and powerful speech from @RishiSunak WATCH: Protecting our democracy. https://t.co/75LVLmFmfS WATCH: Protecting our democracy. https://t.co/75LVLmFmfS"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:41Z 20.4K followers, 32.9K engagements
"Weve had a tough few years. But Britain is resilient. And our plan is working. Real wages up [--] months in a row 📈 The fastest growth in the G7 since January 💥 The most radical welfare reforms in a generation Stick with the @Conservatives plan dont let Labour wreck it"
X Link 2024-05-15T09:44Z 19.4K followers, 54.3K engagements
"Our farmers are not here to thank the Chancellor for her Budget - they are here because Labour's Family Farm Tax will devastate their livelihoods and risk our food security. 🚜 Hundreds of farmers in tractors have descended on London in protest against the Governments inheritance tax raid https://t.co/V2DiPEUz6z 🚜 Hundreds of farmers in tractors have descended on London in protest against the Governments inheritance tax raid https://t.co/V2DiPEUz6z"
X Link 2024-12-11T13:04Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Borrowing costs this week are the latest warning against the choices the Chancellor made at the budget. Business leaders investors employers and working people are sounding the alarm. My article in The Telegraph: ✍ 'We all may be paying the Reeves premium for a long time to come' Writes @MelJStride https://t.co/RrrSpfd2vT ✍ 'We all may be paying the Reeves premium for a long time to come' Writes @MelJStride https://t.co/RrrSpfd2vT"
X Link 2025-01-12T09:24Z 20.4K followers, 32.2K engagements
"450 million of investment cancelled thanks to Labour. Theyve run out of money due to their ruinous Budget - now they are penny pinching and destroying our future. AstraZeneca are a vital player in UK science and tech. This from them is damning 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-01-31T16:54Z 20.4K followers, 70.5K engagements
"What did the Bank of Englands interest rates report say 🧵 The Bank cut their growth forecast for this year from 1.5% to just 0.75%. They increased their forecast for inflation this year from 2.75% to 3.5%. They increased their unemployment forecast from 4.25% to 4.5%"
X Link 2025-02-07T08:12Z 15.4K followers, 32.9K engagements
"This is what happens when you dont understand business and tax jobs. Employers have stopped hiring. One survey today shows vacancies at their weakest since the lockdowns. Things could get even worse when the Jobs Tax actually begins to bite in April. https://www.thetimes.com/article/a96bd642-0de3-4f68-96c8-38c4cd30145ashareToken=cd0fa68dd8b1cc0b0b9d4625b7a6145f https://www.thetimes.com/article/a96bd642-0de3-4f68-96c8-38c4cd30145ashareToken=cd0fa68dd8b1cc0b0b9d4625b7a6145f"
X Link 2025-02-10T10:03Z 15.4K followers, 32.2K engagements
"The #Labour #Chancellor promised you growth but the latest GDP figures reveal her disastrous #Budget has delivered a stagnant economy. And the @BankOfEngland say job cuts & price hikes are looming. Yesterday I did the broadcast round & gave my verdict on the @ONS's figures👇🏻"
X Link 2025-02-14T08:58Z 15.5K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Labour promised the fastest growing economy in the G7. Instead. 👉🏻Unemployment up 📈 👉🏻Prices up 📈 👉🏻Living standards down📉 We need a government that is pro business and pro growth. Under new leadership @KemiBadenoch's @Conservatives will deliver that"
X Link 2025-02-17T07:08Z 15.5K followers, 17K engagements
"🧵1/2 The Labour Chancellor promised 'the most pro-growth and pro-business Treasury that our country has ever seen.' She has BROKEN that promise with her disastrous Budget"
X Link 2025-02-18T07:11Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵 1/4 Heartbreaking to learn that Britain is now officially the least attractive market in the world - and it's all thanks to the Labour Chancellor and her disastrous Budget of tax rises. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/18/ftse-100-latest-markets-live-blog-18-02-2025/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/18/ftse-100-latest-markets-live-blog-18-02-2025/"
X Link 2025-02-18T21:03Z 15.6K followers, 188.7K engagements
"🧵 4/4 This disastrous mismanagement is the direct result of a Budget that prioritises tax hikes over growth jobs and security for hard-working families. Britain deserves better than this"
X Link 2025-02-18T21:03Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵2/2 It means your money isnt going as far as it used to. Inflation affects us all - especially the poorest. Unless the Chancellor changes course well all be paying the price"
X Link 2025-02-19T08:17Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Why are you paying more for your weekly shop Labour have pushed inflation up 📈by 👉🏻 Ramping up borrowing and spending 👉🏻 Handing out inflation busting pay rises to the unions with no strings attached 👉🏻 Taxing jobs forcing businesses to raise prices Time to get a grip"
X Link 2025-02-19T18:17Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵1/2 The latest borrowing figures expose the true cost of Labours reckless economic policies. Instead of reining in spending the Labour Chancellor has piled billions onto the national debt by maxing out the national credit card"
X Link 2025-02-21T08:33Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵 2/2 Under Labour Britain is stuck in a vicious cycle of higher debt rising inflation and increasing taxes. Millions are paying the price of this economic mismanagement"
X Link 2025-02-21T08:33Z 15.5K followers, [---] engagements
"This is what economic mismanagement looks like. Government borrowing now running a huge 12.8bn higher than the OBR forecast over the first ten months of the fiscal year (Apr-Jan). That's a significant gap when you consider they only delivered their most recent forecasts four months ago https://t.co/aR7CssJ63D Government borrowing now running a huge 12.8bn higher than the OBR forecast over the first ten months of the fiscal year (Apr-Jan). That's a significant gap when you consider they only delivered their most recent forecasts four months ago https://t.co/aR7CssJ63D"
X Link 2025-02-21T11:37Z 18.2K followers, 23.7K engagements
"🧵1/5 British businesses say they're slashing jobs at the fastest rate since the global financial crisis outside of the pandemic. And it's driven by the Labour Chancellor's disastrous economic policies including her 25bn National Insurance hike. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk-public-borrowing-reeves/msockid=2fa832bb2fbe64c41b90272b2e71657f https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk-public-borrowing-reeves/msockid=2fa832bb2fbe64c41b90272b2e71657f"
X Link 2025-02-21T18:04Z 15.5K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵 2/3 Why are prices rising 👉🏻Labour has ramped up borrowing & spending an inflationary stimulus. 👉🏻Labour has handed out inflation-busting pay rises to their union paymasters with no productivity requirements. 👉🏻Labour are taxing jobs forcing businesses to raise prices"
X Link 2025-02-24T07:28Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements
"🧵1/3 🚨 Brace for Labour's higher prices 🚨 Retailers suppliers and manufacturers are warning of rising costs as a result of the Labour Chancellor's reckless anti-business Budget. https://www.thetimes.com/article/c06d136a-cba1-4f83-a8a5-d097ea7837c9shareToken=490f8dde4e60533d63f96a0ac4224df8 https://www.thetimes.com/article/c06d136a-cba1-4f83-a8a5-d097ea7837c9shareToken=490f8dde4e60533d63f96a0ac4224df8"
X Link 2025-02-25T16:16Z 15.6K followers, 13.7K engagements
"This morning's @ONS figures reveal growth is DOWN. Labour promised the fastest growing economy in the G7 but business confidence has collapsed living standards are falling and jobs are being cut. The Chancellor has 12-days until her emergency Budget - she must think again"
X Link 2025-03-14T07:03Z 20.4K followers, 25.9K engagements
"Exciting times in the Great South West Today I joined leaders from the region to launch the @GreatSouthWest_ Investment. With a 81bn economy world class assets & a thriving ecosystem of clean energy aerospace & agri-tech the SW is helping to power the future of the UK"
X Link 2025-03-18T18:05Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Chancellor repeatedly claims to have 'fixed the public finances'. Let's look at what's actually happened since she took over. Her Budget increased spending by a colossal 429bn over this parliament. And 181bn of that is simply being paid for through borrowing. (1/6) 🧵"
X Link 2025-03-20T07:34Z 20K followers, 233.1K engagements
"With just 3-days to go until the Chancellor's emergency Budget I've been out explaining why Labour must urgently change course. 👉🏻Business confidence has collapsed & jobs are being slashed 👉🏻Growth has been killed stone dead 👉🏻& their borrowing splurge has pushed up mortgages"
X Link 2025-03-23T11:59Z 20.4K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Family businesses are the backbone of our country. They employ [--] million people and contribute [---] billion to our economy. Yet Labours Family Business Tax puts their future at risk"
X Link 2025-03-24T17:18Z 20.4K followers, 40.5K engagements
"Rachel Reeves is going to deliver an emergency budget tomorrow. She is going to tell us this is all because of things beyond her control. But the reality is we're in a mess of Labour's own making. It is their Budget of broken promises which has led us here. (1/5) 🧵"
X Link 2025-03-25T17:24Z 20.4K followers, 503.9K engagements
"Spot on @kemibadenoch 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Promises made promises betrayed. They said no new taxes. They lied. Labours Jobs Tax is a direct hit on working people: Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. Crushed businesses. A [----] blow to families by the end of Parliament. Only the Conservatives will fix this economic sabotage. https://t.co/YT2iWaoks2 Promises made promises betrayed. They said no new taxes. They lied. Labours Jobs Tax is a direct hit on working people: Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. Crushed businesses. A [----] blow to families by the end of Parliament. Only the Conservatives will fix this economic"
X Link 2025-04-01T12:39Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Working people are worse off under Labour. Here's why 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-04-01T17:43Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Under Labour wealth is pouring out of our country. The tax lost is equivalent to that paid by hundreds of thousands of workers on average earnings. Labour are making all of us poorer. London falls out of top five wealthiest cities as millionaires leave https://www.thetimes.com/article/e2d0fa01-844b-4973-9409-44e2a6c2279fshareToken=f0471260fa9c8fb00e05abc5e3929473 https://www.thetimes.com/article/e2d0fa01-844b-4973-9409-44e2a6c2279fshareToken=f0471260fa9c8fb00e05abc5e3929473"
X Link 2025-04-09T06:10Z 20K followers, [----] engagements
"We are spending over [---] billion a year on debt interest. It's almost double what we spend on defence. That is totally unacceptable. People's taxes are being poured down the drain on interest payments. But Labour are planning to let debt keep rising higher and higher.(1/7)🧵"
X Link 2025-04-15T05:59Z 20.4K followers, 165.8K engagements
"These new figures show Labours Jobs Tax is costing jobs. Unemployment up yet again and last month the number of people on payrolls fell by [-----] as employers braced for impact. It is working people who are paying the price for Labours mismanagement. Their Jobs Tax will leave working families [----] worse off while their Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses [--] billion. Labours choices mean fewer jobs lower wages and higher prices. Only the Conservatives understand that it is business that creates jobs and wealthinoureconomy. The revised estimate of employees on the payroll in February 2025"
X Link 2025-04-15T06:45Z 20.4K followers, 38.7K engagements
"In my latest Minute with Mel. Were now spending over [---] billion a year just on debt interest that's double the defence budget. The Conservatives had a clear plan to bring debt down. But Labour Theyve changed the rules to hide rising debt - and its costing us billions more. Higher borrowing rising interest payments and a fragile economy. We cant afford Labour. #CostOfLabour #UKEconomy #DebtCrisis #Labour #Borrowing #MinuteWithMel"
X Link 2025-04-30T06:27Z 20.4K followers, 26.7K engagements
"Rachel Reeves is in The Times today talking about what a good job she's doing. It's amazing how many claims she can make which are in fact the opposite of what she's done. Let's start with the claim shes "put more pounds in peoples pockets". https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/we-promised-change-and-we-are-delivering-gqznl9dxd https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/we-promised-change-and-we-are-delivering-gqznl9dxd"
X Link 2025-05-09T15:27Z 19.5K followers, 491.7K engagements
"Reforms manifesto would spell financial ruin for the UK. They simply aren't a serious party of government. Their proposals on income tax cuts alone would cost about a third of the entire NHS budget.🧵(1/6) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14696587/NIGEL-FARAGE-victory-Reform-era-government-Net-Zero-immigration.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14696587/NIGEL-FARAGE-victory-Reform-era-government-Net-Zero-immigration.html"
X Link 2025-05-11T11:02Z 20K followers, 628.3K engagements
"Labour don't understand business. This is Rachel Reeves' Closing Down Sale. #NICs #JobsTax #NationalInsurance #Labour #Tax"
X Link 2025-05-12T05:45Z 20.4K followers, 37K engagements
"Hiring has collapsed to record lows as businesses buckle under Labour's tax hikes and red tape research by the @CIPD shows. A 25bn raid on employers and a reckless Employment Rights Bill is choking growth and confidence. This isnt progress - its economic sabotage. We can't afford Labour. #LabourCrisis #JobsTax #UKEconomy #NICs https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14701203/Labour-tax-raid-businesses-hiring-low.htmldeliveryName=DM60485 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14701203/Labour-tax-raid-businesses-hiring-low.htmldeliveryName=DM60485"
X Link 2025-05-12T09:21Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves blames the UK's lack of growth on global headwinds. The reality 👇🏻 #JobsTax #NICs #Tax #Labour"
X Link 2025-05-14T16:05Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Now @EmmaBridgewater - a champion of British manufacturing - is urging the Chancellor to rethink her reckless Jobs Tax. She warns Labour's National Insurance hike will have a very very poor effect on business and make job creation significantly harder. Rachel Reeves is out of her depth. Story in @thetimes 👇🏻 https://www.thetimes.com/article/31f3160f-8668-412a-b10f-e814a2c5e2d5shareToken=6929c3cc14db529d266a6b13e8d7a2f7 https://www.thetimes.com/article/31f3160f-8668-412a-b10f-e814a2c5e2d5shareToken=6929c3cc14db529d266a6b13e8d7a2f7"
X Link 2025-05-16T19:05Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The latest borrowing figures expose the true cost of Labours reckless economic policies. Instead of reining in spending the Labour Chancellor has piled billions onto the national debt by fiddling the fiscal rules and maxing out the national credit card. This follows on from borrowing last financial year coming out billions of pounds higher than the plans Labour inherited and means wasting billions more pounds of taxpayers money on debt interest. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in April [----]. This was [---] billion more than in April [----] and the"
X Link 2025-05-22T06:05Z 20.4K followers, 29.2K engagements
"Labours panicked u-turn on Winter Fuel raises more questions than answers. Will pensioners get help this winter My thoughts in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/21/labour-must-come-clean-on-how-they-will-fund-winter-fuel-cl/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/21/labour-must-come-clean-on-how-they-will-fund-winter-fuel-cl/"
X Link 2025-05-22T07:10Z 20.4K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Taking apart Reforms fantasy economics on the media this morning"
X Link 2025-05-27T14:25Z 19.7K followers, 22.6K engagements
"As I say fantasy economics. 'Nigel Farage's signature tax policy alone - nearly doubling the personal income tax allowance - would force him to find savings at least equivalent to the UKs [--] billion annual defence budget.' Story in the @Telegraph 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-05-28T18:08Z 19.6K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Good to be on GB News this afternoon addressing Reforms fantasy economics. 'If he was ever close to the doors at No.10 I think the markets would run a mile.' Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride says Nigel Farage MP's plans for spending cuts and tax increases are 'fantasy economics'. https://t.co/Rpfuci1IAK 'If he was ever close to the doors at No.10 I think the markets would run a mile.' Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride says Nigel Farage MP's plans for spending cuts and tax increases are 'fantasy economics'. https://t.co/Rpfuci1IAK"
X Link 2025-05-28T18:44Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements
"By pressing ahead with their plans to mandate pension fund investments Labour is crossing the Rubicon into directing the publics savings. This is an extraordinary overreach and to do it when parliament is in recess - when they think no one is looking - makes it even worse. Rachel Reeves wants to hijack your pension to paper over the cracks in her own failing agenda. Pension pots are there to secure retirements not to bankroll a government thats run out of ideas and credibility. I spoke to the @FT 👇🏻 https://www.ft.com/content/a637b186-1194-4a77-9f01-8dac5391446c"
X Link 2025-05-29T10:29Z 20.3K followers, 28.4K engagements
"Our welfare system is on a path to becoming completely unsustainable and Labour are asleep at the wheel. Since the pandemic weve seen a huge rise in the number of people on benefits for health problems or disabilities and it is set to continue spiralling higher still. We need fundamental reform to get the bill down and move people off welfare and into jobs. That is what we Conservatives were pursuing in government but Labour have ditched those plans. Without radical action the burden on taxpayers will only continue to rise. There is a human cost as well as a fiscal one - too many people are"
X Link 2025-05-30T09:08Z 19.4K followers, 24.7K engagements
"Reform is just Corbyn in a different colour - it's fantasy economics. Labour have already shown they are incapable of fiscal discipline. It will fall to the Conservative Party to fill the void. My article in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-06-02T06:08Z 20.4K followers, 47.8K engagements
"WARNING: Labour wants to use your pension pot to bail them out of their own economic failure. Story in the @Telegraph 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-06-09T08:24Z 20.4K followers, 14.9K engagements
"There was no justification for leaving pensioners in the cold last winter. Labours U-turn on winter fuel shows it was completely unnecessary and it raises more questions than it answers. They already spent the savings from this policy on inflation-busting pay deals for the Unions. So where is the [----] billion needed to pay for this U-turn going to come from Our Tin Foil Chancellor says costs will be accounted for at the Budget - in other words she doesnt yet know. Labour claim it will not permanently add to borrowing which clearly means in the short term they know they will need to borrow"
X Link 2025-06-09T11:52Z 20.3K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Rachel Reeves seems to think shes fixed the public finances by borrowing more money The reality is shes spending money she doesnt have. And when the budget comes round in autumn that can only mean yet more taxes. Shes the spend now tax later Chancellor"
X Link 2025-06-12T10:58Z 19.4K followers, 45.7K engagements
"OH THE IRONY: Labour promising to crack down on Buy Now Pay Later lenders while running the country on the same model Britain deserves better than reckless tax and spend. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-end-buy-now-pay-later-wild-west-protect-millions-of-shoppers-and-drive-growth https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-end-buy-now-pay-later-wild-west-protect-millions-of-shoppers-and-drive-growth"
X Link 2025-06-13T12:37Z 19.7K followers, 11.5K engagements
"🚨BREAKING🚨 UK borrowing has jumped to 17.7billion. Debt interest now costs us 100billion a year - that's almost twice the defence budget. Labour is spending recklessly with no plan to pay for it. Tax rises are coming. We can't afford Labour"
X Link 2025-06-20T07:12Z 20.4K followers, 85.8K engagements
"Nigel Farage is once again peddling fantasy economics. Reforms plans simply dont add up. To deliver them they'd have to raise taxes or borrow more - yet they wont admit it. Thats not straight talking its the Farage Mirage. Britain needs a serious and honest plan to support wealth creators and grow the economy not populist gimmicks. Reform is the party of working people. We are going to repair the social contract. https://t.co/pYhzCEmgMM Reform is the party of working people. We are going to repair the social contract. https://t.co/pYhzCEmgMM"
X Link 2025-06-23T10:38Z 19.6K followers, 256.2K engagements
"Labour have already added nearly [--] billion to our expected debt interest bill over this parliament. Taxes are rising yet borrowing is too. Why Because Labours promises are unaffordable - and hardworking people will pay the price. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride Labour will be putting up taxes and borrowing more - but they won't admit it https://t.co/AM0zLHJwWQ From @MelJStride Labour will be putting up taxes and borrowing more - but they won't admit it https://t.co/AM0zLHJwWQ"
X Link 2025-06-25T07:47Z 20.4K followers, 38.3K engagements
"Did you hear what Rachel Reeves said at the end reflected in the budget That means more taxes in the Autumn. All because Labour is utterly failing to grip our welfare bill. We cant afford Labour"
X Link 2025-07-03T21:56Z 20.3K followers, 43.9K engagements
"THIS ISNT TRUE. Conservatives set out a fully costed policy in our manifesto to protect the state pension from being dragged into tax. Its Labour who are planning to tax pensions. And whats more after the chaos of recent weeks they are now refusing to rule out more freezes on tax thresholds or a raid on pension tax relief. You name it - Labour will tax it. 'One might say pensioners should be on their knees kissing his feet.' 84-year-old Roger thinks Keir Starmer had a 'completely disastrous' first year but is surprised when Matthew Wright reveals the Tories were planning to bring the state"
X Link 2025-07-05T10:35Z 20.4K followers, 20.8K engagements
"I've written to the @OBR_UK seeking urgent clarity on the multi-billion pound hole created by Labours unfunded spending commitments. When governments lose control of the finances and transparency is sidelined confidence in our economy is put at risk. Parliament and the public deserve answers"
X Link 2025-07-06T08:07Z 20.4K followers, 85.7K engagements
"Inflation shooting up to 3.6% is deeply worrying for families already feeling the pinch. Labours decision to tax jobs and borrow more is killing growth driving up prices and making everyday essentials more expensive. Because theyre too weak to take tough decisions more tax rises are on the way - and its working people wholl pay the price. Watch my full take on TV and radio 👇"
X Link 2025-07-17T06:36Z 19.7K followers, 85.5K engagements
"Rachel Reeves is spending money she doesnt have. Debt interest already costs taxpayers [---] billion a year - almost double the defence budget - and it's forecast to rise to [---] billion on Labours watch. Labours Jobs Tax and reckless borrowing is killing growth and fuelling inflation - paving the way for more tax hikes and more borrowing in the Autumn. Make no mistake - working families will pay the price for Labours failure and costly u-turns"
X Link 2025-07-22T07:23Z 20.4K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Labour promised growth but we got: 👉🏻 A [---] billion borrowing spree 👉🏻 Punishing taxes & 👉🏻 No growth My words in @ChamberVoice"
X Link 2025-07-24T11:27Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves reckless tax hikes have killed growth and sent wealth creators running - with up to [-----] already gone. Now Labour are preparing to do it all over again this autumn. The Chancellor's choices are driving out talent draining billions in tax revenue and leaving working families to foot the bill. We should be making our country a magnet for global business and wealth creators. Only the Conservatives will deliver that. My piece in the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/2086497/rachel-reeves-economy-tax"
X Link 2025-07-25T06:38Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Labours reckless Jobs Tax is pushing thousands of small businesses to the brink. Retailers pubs restaurants - the lifeblood of local communities - are now paying the price for Labours broken promises and economic mismanagement. I spoke to @TheSun 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-07-29T16:48Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Britain on the brink. Debt is ballooning - and who is going to pay for it You are"
X Link 2025-08-04T06:24Z 20.4K followers, 128.7K engagements
"Yet more taxes to pay for Labours failures. Rachel Reeves has blown a black hole in the nations finances. Economists say tax rises are now inevitable. The Chancellor promised she wouldnt be back for more tax after her disastrous Budget last year. Yet another broken promise"
X Link 2025-08-06T05:57Z 19.6K followers, 43.1K engagements
"The mask has slipped. Labour is coming for your familys future to fund their failure - and they wont stop at inheritance tax. Those whove worked hard saved responsibly and hope to leave something behind shouldnt be punished to pay for Labours economic black hole. Its the same old Labour: tax first think later. Nothing is safe under Labour - not your savings not your pension not even the gift of helping your children. This is the politics of envy and working families will pay the price. WATCH: Labour Minister Opens Door to Massive Budget Inheritance Tax Grab https://t.co/ijfQP8wXtZ"
X Link 2025-08-13T07:37Z 19.4K followers, 52.1K engagements
"The Chancellor is living under a rock. On Rachel Reeves' watch: 👉🏻 Inflation is up 👉🏻 Taxes are up 👉🏻 Borrowing is up 👉🏻 Growth has stagnated And more tax rises loom. Rachel Reeves is taxing your family's future to fund her failure"
X Link 2025-08-14T06:06Z 20.3K followers, 55.3K engagements
"Don't be fooled by Farage's fantasy economics. I called out the 'mini budget' at the time. Reform would be all of that on steroids. They peddled fantasy economics Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride tells @bethrigby how the Tories will deal with the threat of Reform and why he says their manifesto was a work of fiction. 🎧 https://t.co/32aBYss1Im https://t.co/MHPiag7eF3 They peddled fantasy economics Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride tells @bethrigby how the Tories will deal with the threat of Reform and why he says their manifesto was a work of fiction. 🎧 https://t.co/32aBYss1Im https://t.co/MHPiag7eF3"
X Link 2025-08-17T08:09Z 19.7K followers, 56.6K engagements
"DEBT SHOCK Labour promised growth but having botched welfare reform and spent and borrowed like there's no tomorrow the only thing growing is the UK's national debt. Only look if youre sitting down: https://debt-clock.org/ https://debt-clock.org/"
X Link 2025-08-22T15:24Z 19.6K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Labour logic: Tax more borrow more spend more. The result: Growth down investment down jobs down. Britain deserves better than this economic vandalism"
X Link 2025-08-26T07:17Z 20.4K followers, 16.8K engagements
"UK borrowing costs are at a 30-year high. This is what happens when you spend and borrow like theres no tomorrow"
X Link 2025-08-26T10:17Z 19.4K followers, 38.3K engagements
"Growth is stagnant. Inflation is rising. Business investment is plummeting. Borrowing costs at a 30-year high. Next More tax rises in the autumn. The Chancellor is taxing your family's future to pay for her failure. Energy costs up again. Labour are playing a dangerous game with Britains economy. And were losing. Heres why. https://t.co/yumwI7G2Cg Energy costs up again. Labour are playing a dangerous game with Britains economy. And were losing. Heres why. https://t.co/yumwI7G2Cg"
X Link 2025-08-27T07:41Z 19.7K followers, 26.4K engagements
"TITANIC DECK CHAIR LATEST: Labour's reshuffle is more like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Darren Jones who helped Rachel Reeves mastermind Labours economic masterclass of doubled inflation soaring borrowing and 40bn in tax hikes is now in charge of delivery. Now promoted to steer the ship - when its already halfway under. With more taxes on the way Labour's ship is sinking fast"
X Link 2025-09-01T10:26Z 20.4K followers, 26.7K engagements
"Another economic disaster from Rachel Reeves. UK borrowing costs hit a 27-year high and the pound suffers its worst day in nearly three months. A clear vote of no confidence in Labour from the markets"
X Link 2025-09-02T09:47Z 20.4K followers, 11.4K engagements
"The welfare bill is completely out of control. The number of people claiming benefits is going through the roof especially for things like anxiety depression or ADHD. It's an economic disaster. And Labour would rather keep putting taxes up than do anything about it.👇(1/9)🧵"
X Link 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.8K followers, 112.6K engagements
"This chart shows what's been happening to spending on sickness benefits - and what's expected to happen over the coming years. A 36bn increase. More than we spend on police courts and prisons combined. It's totally unsustainable. (2/9)"
X Link 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Again Conservatives were taking through fundamental reforms to tackle the rise. We were consulting on those when the election happened last year. Labour scrapped those plans. Then they botched their own attempt to change PIP meaning we'll end up spending MORE not less. (6/9)"
X Link 2025-09-08T09:34Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour promised growth. What they delivered was a [--] billion tax raid on jobs. Since Rachel Reeves' first Budget [-----] hospitality jobs have vanished - pubs cafes and restaurants all struggling under the Chancellor's crushing National Insurance hike. Labour doesnt get business - and working people are paying the price. My piece in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride Make no mistake Labour is driving us over an economic cliff entirely of their making https://t.co/BHTMtJuKYt From @MelJStride Make no mistake Labour is driving us over an economic cliff entirely of their making https://t.co/BHTMtJuKYt"
X Link 2025-09-16T08:06Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are too weak and distracted to take the action needed to reduce the deficit. The Chancellor has lost control of the public finances and Labour's weakness means much needed welfare reforms have been abandoned. No wonder our borrowing costs recently hit a 27-year high. The Conservatives are the only party committed to fiscal responsibility and living within our means. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in August [----]. This was [---] billion more than in August [----] and the highest August borrowing for five years. Read more ➡"
X Link 2025-09-19T06:12Z 19.6K followers, 21.8K engagements
"Last Budget Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion a year - yet Britains debt is spiralling. The price Yet more tax rises in the autumn. More pain for working people. And a debt burden our children will be paying off for a long time to come. My article in the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111101/labour-asleep-wheel-debt-crisis https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111101/labour-asleep-wheel-debt-crisis"
X Link 2025-09-21T07:20Z 20.4K followers, 15.1K engagements
"The @OECD confirms what hard-working families already feel - under Labour Britain is in a high tax high inflation low growth doom loop. Rachel Reeves seems to think the solution is yet more tax rises. The UK is now teetering on the edge of stagflation all driven by Labours economic mismanagement. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-09-24T08:00Z 20.4K followers, 21.3K engagements
"As families across the country tighten their belts politicians owe the public honesty not empty promises and reckless spending. That's why the two-child benefit cap must stay. It's not just responsible; it fair. My words in @thetimes 👇🏻 https://www.thetimes.com/article/9c0a5165-2045-46bb-b1b7-a268da9672e1shareToken=111243ab92aa6f53470a3eff2c6bc18c https://www.thetimes.com/article/9c0a5165-2045-46bb-b1b7-a268da9672e1shareToken=111243ab92aa6f53470a3eff2c6bc18c"
X Link 2025-09-26T06:44Z 19.8K followers, 27.2K engagements
"LABOUR WON'T SAY WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN - AND THE MARKETS WILL NOTICE. This morning Keir Starmer repeatedly refused to rule out breaking the promises he made on tax. Why not just say yes or no Economists are clear: Labours plans leave a multi-billion pound black hole. That means one thing - tax rises are coming. Ambiguity might work in interviews but it doesnt work in the real world. Investors need clarity. Families need honesty. Labour are keeping the public in the dark. Watch this space - and watch your wallet. In politics language matters and when it comes to the Budget even more so. Sir"
X Link 2025-09-28T11:57Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Scrapping the two child benefit isn't just irresponsible - its unfair. Rachel Reeves must come clean: wheres the money coming from Will it be more and more debt or even higher taxes The public deserves the truth. EXCL: Rachel Reeves to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget with officials exploring options of a new tapered system @jessicaelgot reveals https://t.co/iDnd2KViz2 EXCL: Rachel Reeves to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget with officials exploring options of a new tapered system @jessicaelgot reveals https://t.co/iDnd2KViz2"
X Link 2025-09-30T16:30Z 19.6K followers, 14.8K engagements
"This morning I will send an unoquivical message to young people - the @conservatives are on your side. In my conference speech I will announce that a future Conservative government will introduce the First Job Bonus - a [----] tax cut for every young person starting work to help them save for a home or their future. Because Conservatives believe work should be rewarded - not taxed. Aspiration. Opportunity. Hope"
X Link 2025-10-06T06:55Z 20.4K followers, 37.3K engagements
"WATCH LIVE: My speech at Conservative Party Conference 👇 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZlPBQZKv https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZlPBQZKv"
X Link 2025-10-06T09:01Z 20K followers, 21.5K engagements
"The @Conservatives are the party of business the party of fiscal responsibility and the party with a big bold offer for the next generation. All Labour have to offer is more debt and more welfare. We have to live within our means and give people hope for the future"
X Link 2025-10-07T10:47Z 19.6K followers, 14.6K engagements
"A future @Conservatives government will: CUT your taxes. ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops on high streets. And deliver a big bold offer for YOUNGER PEOPLE. All because of the decisions we have set out to live within our means"
X Link 2025-10-08T11:07Z 19.6K followers, 180.7K engagements
"Last week the @The_IoD revealed business confidence had fallen to a new record low. Today its the @ICAEWs turn. Rising tax fears ahead of the Budget are quashing investment and growth in the UK economy. Labour dont understand business. Business confidence has plummeted to its lowest level in three years an industry bodys leading quarterly survey has found as rising tax fears ahead of the Budget are quashing investment and growth in the UK economy. The Labour government has boasted that the country was https://t.co/X6s9ctgV1L Business confidence has plummeted to its lowest level in three years"
X Link 2025-10-09T08:06Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Great to cool off after one of the hottest conferences in decades"
X Link 2025-10-09T08:19Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour and house building Its just like Labour and the economy. All talk and no delivery. Here's @jamescleverly 👇🏻 We need more homes in the right places at the right prices. But Labour are all talk. They are already well behind their own house-building target. https://t.co/bfkGljBKmV We need more homes in the right places at the right prices. But Labour are all talk. They are already well behind their own house-building target. https://t.co/bfkGljBKmV"
X Link 2025-10-09T11:33Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet"
X Link 2025-10-09T14:33Z 19.6K followers, 106.6K engagements
"Labour's front bench doesn't have any real-world business experience. It's why they don't get business. I and other @Conservatives colleagues have built businesses from scratch and know what it takes"
X Link 2025-10-10T07:04Z 19.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"The future isnt Labour or Reform. Its a serious @Conservatives plan to cut taxes back business and give young people a real stake in Britain. Well ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops. CUT taxes for first jobs - and live within our means. Great to chat to @MelJStride about the future of the Tory party From outside the now-famous @politico Pub 🍻That interview and much more in your podcast feeds this Friday on this weeks episode of Westminster Insider 😎 https://t.co/DLc9FbRvMU Great to chat to @MelJStride about the future of the Tory party From outside the now-famous"
X Link 2025-10-10T12:04Z 20.3K followers, 33.1K engagements
"Labour may have given up on business but the @conservatives never ever will. Under @kemibadenoch we will always be there for business"
X Link 2025-10-10T15:21Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Britain is a great country but under Labour an economic time bomb is ticking. Both Labour and Reform are offering the same reckless plan: More spending more borrowing and more debt. Britain has got to live within its means"
X Link 2025-10-11T08:17Z 19.6K followers, 42.2K engagements
"The Manchester Job. @KemiBadenoch I told you just to blow the doors off 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:44Z 19.5K followers, 48K engagements
"My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Businesses and hardworking taxpayers cannot afford another Budget built on more borrowing more taxes and more debt. Instead the Chancellor must cut government spending - including the welfare bill. My words in today's @telegraph 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-10-13T06:51Z 20.3K followers, 19.8K engagements
"The @Conservatives are the only party serious about restoring hope for young people - with a clear plan to deliver ownership opportunity and upward mobility. This is how we stop the doom loop. This is how we rebuild Britain. This is how we win back a generation. Aspiration shouldnt be out of reach. I joined @JamesRCowling founder of @NextGenTories to hear from the next generation"
X Link 2025-10-13T10:10Z 19.4K followers, 17K engagements
"A future @Conservatives government will: CUT your taxes. ABOLISH Stamp Duty. ABOLISH Business Rates for pubs and shops on high streets. And deliver a big bold offer for YOUNGER PEOPLE. All because of the decisions we have set out to live within our means. 👇🏻 The @Conservatives are on the side of those who work hard - including younger people. Heres how the First Job Bonus would work under a future Conservative government 👇🏻 https://t.co/fiHPcfYZKS The @Conservatives are on the side of those who work hard - including younger people. Heres how the First Job Bonus would work under a future"
X Link 2025-10-13T12:52Z 20.3K followers, 72.8K engagements
"Who knew Reform wrote their policies on the back of a fag packet. Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe"
X Link 2025-10-13T15:37Z 19.6K followers, 65.3K engagements
"Unemployment up to 4.8% - driven by rising youth joblessness. Labour crashed confidence when they came in with no plan - and now Keir Starmer lacks the backbone to make the tough choices to fix it. More tax rises loom. More damage to come. Labours failure is not an accident - its the result of their choices. The @Conservatives have a plan. Labour dont"
X Link 2025-10-14T07:08Z 20.4K followers, 45.6K engagements
"The IMF assessment makes for grim reading. Inflation in the UK is now set to be the highest in the G7 this year and next - rising faster than expected because of the choices Rachel Reeves has made. Since taking office Labour have allowed the cost of living to rise debt to balloon and business confidence to collapse to record lows. Taxes are rising to record highs and families are being squeezed from all sides. Working people are feeling the impact every time they shop fill up the car or pay their mortgage. Labour should be getting spending under control to bring down borrowing and avoid"
X Link 2025-10-14T13:26Z 19.4K followers, 39.5K engagements
"Last year Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion. She said she wouldn't come back for more. Now the Chancellor has confirmed she's about to break her promise. Rachel Reeves doesn't need to raise taxes. She needs to get a grip of government spending - including the welfare bill. Be in no doubt this tax doom loop is down to the Chancellor's economic mismanagement. Under Rachel Reeves we have seen inflation double debt balloon borrowing costs at a 27-year high and taxes up - with more pain on the way in the autumn. A theme is emerging: when the numbers don't add up its never Rachel Reeves"
X Link 2025-10-15T07:08Z 19.4K followers, 99.4K engagements
"Here's the test for Rachel Reeves. Control spending and spare us the tax rises"
X Link 2025-10-16T06:20Z 19.4K followers, 14.1K engagements
"ONS figures this morning show that growth continues to be weak and Rachel Reeves is now admitting she is going to hike taxes yet again despite all her promises. If Labour had a plan or a backbone they would get spending under control cut the deficit and get taxes down as the @Conservatives have set out with our 47bn savings plan. Instead they are going to hit a fragile economy with more damaging tax rises. Only the Conservatives have a plan for a stronger economy and the leadership needed to deliver it"
X Link 2025-10-16T06:21Z 20.1K followers, 22K engagements
"A future @Conservatives government will scrap stamp duty - the single most anti-aspiration tax in Britain. The housing market is frozen. @kemibadenoch will do what Labour won't: abolish the tax that traps families workers and pensioners. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-10-16T10:23Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"My message to Rachel Reeves is loud and clear. Cut government spending and avoid the need to break your promise and raise taxes again"
X Link 2025-10-16T17:11Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again"
X Link 2025-10-17T08:15Z 19.5K followers, 35.5K engagements
"LAST WEEK: Conservatives announce plans to reform Motability and stop subsidising expensive cars for people who dont need them. TODAY: Labour looking into Motability. Why did it take an announcement by the Opposition for Rachel Reeves to finally wake up to this issue Excl: Reeves to target Motability scheme to save about [--] billion at the budget Chancellor drawing up plans to scrap tax breaks for cars through the benefits system Sources insist its about fairness not just cost cutting Excl: Reeves to target Motability scheme to save about [--] billion at the budget Chancellor drawing up plans to"
X Link 2025-10-17T14:03Z 19.4K followers, 40.7K engagements
"Every time the numbers dont add up Rachel Reeves blames someone else. The Chancellor should start owning up to her own mistakes and accept responsibility for the poor decisions she has made"
X Link 2025-10-18T08:18Z 19.5K followers, 11.9K engagements
"STAMP DUTY NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED Last week the @Conservatives announced we would completely abolish Stamp Duty on main homes. Stamp Duty is a terrible tax. Its a disaster for our society and a disaster for our economy as well. Heres why👇🏻(1/8)🧵"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.6K followers, 42.3K engagements
"You pay Stamp Duty when you buy a home. That means young people having to save thousands more just to get on the property ladder. Growing families cant afford to move to get more space. Older people cant downsize. And workers cant move to where the jobs are. (2/8)"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements
"As property prices have risen so has the tax people have to pay. And under Labour Stamp Duty has gone up. The tax on a [------] house is now double what it was when the Conservatives left office. The blue bars here show the tax last year the orange bars this year. (3/8)"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements
"All of this means the amounts the Labour government is planning to raise from Stamp Duty over the coming years are going through the roof. As you can see here its set to almost double. Thats a huge stealth tax clogging up our housing market. (4/8)"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Thats despite the fact the number of house sales is already down on where it was a decade ago. Thats partly because properties have been dragged into higher Stamp Duty bands. That also means less business for decorators movers estate agents conveyancers and builders. (5/8)"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Scrapping Stamp Duty on main homes would be affordable if Labour would only get a grip of spending - especially the benefits bill. But there looks to be little prospect of that. Only yet more tax rises. Weve got to get taxes down and get the economy moving. (7/8)"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements
"WATCH: I explain here for @GBNEWS why levying a tax when a home changes hands makes no sense - either for our economy or for society. (8/8) https://youtu.be/b9WRNsb1kkUsi=5Jef097MeeVaIUU- https://youtu.be/b9WRNsb1kkUsi=5Jef097MeeVaIUU-"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:04Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Its telling that even Tony Blair admits what @Conservatives have long understood: that punitive tax rates dont raise revenue - they repel it. While Blair recognises the dangers of overtaxing success Rachel Reeves ploughs on with the highest tax burden in [--] years - with more tax rises to come"
X Link 2025-10-19T08:04Z 19.4K followers, 49.9K engagements
"Borrowing is soaring under this Labour government. Rachel Reeves has lost control of the public finances and the next generation are being saddled with Labours debts. If Rachel Reeves had a plan or a backbone she would stand up to her backbenchers get spending under control and cut the deficit. Instead she is plotting to hike taxes yet again to pay for her failures. Only the @Conservatives have the plan and the leadership to break this doom loop by delivering [--] billion in savings so that we live within our means and get taxes down. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks"
X Link 2025-10-21T06:07Z 20.4K followers, 22K engagements
"Rachel Reeves is borrowing more and more money to pay for our spiralling welfare bill. The 'Spend Today Tax Tomorrow' Chancellor must cut government spending and spare hardworking people yet more tax rises. Britain can't afford Labour. [---] BILLION. Thats how much Keir Starmers government have borrowed since April to cover his unsustainable spending. No plan. No backbone. Britain deserves better. [---] BILLION. Thats how much Keir Starmers government have borrowed since April to cover his unsustainable spending. No plan. No backbone. Britain deserves better"
X Link 2025-10-21T08:11Z 19.7K followers, 43K engagements
"Rachel Reeves' borrowing is BONKERS. She should be controlling spending and getting debt under control. UK borrowing hits five-year high https://t.co/Uj8l0cHqCz UK borrowing hits five-year high https://t.co/Uj8l0cHqCz"
X Link 2025-10-21T16:37Z 19.7K followers, 45.1K engagements
"Inflation remains at almost double the Bank of Englands two per cent target because of Rachel Reeves decisions - pushing up the cost of living and punishing those Labour promised to protect. This financial year Labour have borrowed [---] billion because they do not have the backbone to reduce spending. Combined with her [--] billion Jobs Tax Rachel Reeves is pushing inflation higher and higher. Starmer and Reeves are too weak to sort this mess out. Only the @Conservatives have the plan and the strong team to break the doom loop and ease the cost of living by delivering [--] billion in savings and"
X Link 2025-10-22T06:09Z 19.6K followers, 29.6K engagements
"5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again"
X Link 2025-10-22T07:06Z 19.6K followers, 54K engagements
"BREAKING: Inflation at around DOUBLE its target with food price rises running even higher. Time for the Chancellor to show some backbone control government spending to get taxes down the economy moving and relieve the pressure on millions of hardworking people"
X Link 2025-10-22T08:46Z 19.7K followers, 20.4K engagements
"100 billion borrowed in just six months. Thats Rachel Reeves record - the highest outside the pandemic. While the Chancellor talks of stability shes presiding over spiralling welfare soaring debt and the threat of higher taxes on working families. Labours Spend Today Tax Tomorrow plan is reckless and unsustainable. Britain cant afford it. We need sound money welfare reform and growth - not more borrowing and broken promises. My words in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 Rachel Reeves' borrowing is BONKERS. She should be controlling spending and getting debt under control. https://t.co/gJCYXawgHt Rachel"
X Link 2025-10-22T12:16Z 19.4K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-10-22T16:15Z 19.6K followers, 44.5K engagements
"HEY BIG SPENDER Rachel Reeves is borrowing big spending bigger - and now breaking promises on tax. If she just controlled spending especially welfare she wouldnt need to raid your wallet again"
X Link 2025-10-23T07:15Z 20.1K followers, 23K engagements
"Labours planning a new savings tax - cutting ISA allowances and hitting millions who save for their future. Thats wrong. Saving should be rewarded not punished. Instead of taxing savers Labour should cut waste and control spending. Sign up here 👇🏻 https://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻 https://t.co/n7tsHdyZRE https://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for"
X Link 2025-10-23T11:19Z 19.6K followers, 26K engagements
"Rachel Reeves doesnt need to raise taxes again - she needs to cut spending. The @Conservatives have already identified [--] billion in savings across government. Deliver those efficiencies and we can start to bring down the deficit lower taxes and grow the economy"
X Link 2025-10-23T16:19Z 19.6K followers, 20.3K engagements
"Really good to catch up with the Governor"
X Link 2025-10-23T19:40Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Our new Golden Economic Rule will get debt off our backs and clear the path for lower taxes growth and higher living standards. Its time to blow up the tax doom loop with our new Golden Economic Rule. Heres how👇 https://t.co/i9T7XaxPpF Its time to blow up the tax doom loop with our new Golden Economic Rule. Heres how👇 https://t.co/i9T7XaxPpF"
X Link 2025-10-24T07:25Z 19.6K followers, 151.8K engagements
"Rachel Reeves has no plan and Labours welfare chaos means higher taxes. Only the @Conservatives will get Britain back on track - fixing welfare controlling government spending and rewarding work. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride: Reeves has no plan - only the Conservatives will tackle welfare reform https://t.co/EUr2dZ2Ayu From @MelJStride: Reeves has no plan - only the Conservatives will tackle welfare reform https://t.co/EUr2dZ2Ayu"
X Link 2025-10-24T12:38Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements
"What Torsten fails to mention: [--]. His government is planning to push debt up to [---] trillion in just one parliament [--]. They are doing that despite not facing a global pandemic or energy crisis like the previous government. [--]. They are doing that by spending far far more than the plans they inherited - almost half a trillion more across the parliament. [--]. In contrast Conservatives in [----] had to control spending to deal with Labour's record deficit. Debt to GDP rose by more in the final [--] years of the last Labour government than the entire [--] years Conservatives were in office - and it was"
X Link 2025-10-25T09:38Z 19.6K followers, 65.2K engagements
"Labours planning a new savings tax - cutting ISA allowances and hitting millions who save for their future. Thats wrong. Saving should be rewarded not punished. Instead of taxing savers Labour should cut waste and control spending. Sign up here 👇🏻 http://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for doing the right thing. Thats exactly what Rachel Reeves is planning - a new tax raid on millions of responsible savers by slashing the Cash ISA allowance. My words for @thisismoney in today's @DailyMailUK 👇🏻 https://t.co/n7tsHdyZRE http://stopthesavingstax.com Imagine being punished for"
X Link 2025-10-25T10:38Z 19.6K followers, 22.8K engagements
"When even the Resolution Foundation - Labours favourite think tank - warns that their flagship Employment Rights Bill will destroy opportunities for young people you know this is a serious mistake. Labours anti-business instincts are putting jobs at risk. You dont help workers by making it harder to hire them"
X Link 2025-10-26T09:50Z 19.6K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Dr @realartlaffer's trip to London is a stark reminder that Rachel Reeves is on the wrong side of the Laffer curve. If Reeves reduces government spending - including the welfare bill - as I set out at this year's @Conservatives Party Conference she doesn't need to break her promise and raise taxes again. We need to break Labour's tax doom loop. With more tax rises looming in the autumn Rachel Reeves risks forgetting the vital lessons of the Laffer curve. You cannot tax your way to growth. My words for today's @Telegraph following my visit to @realartlaffer at his home in Nashville last Sunday"
X Link 2025-10-26T11:42Z 19.6K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Another warning that Rachel Reeves tax rises are fuelling inflation and driving up the cost of living for families. Under Labour business rates have gone up for retailers - a @Conservatives government would lift thousands of shops out of business rates altogether"
X Link 2025-10-26T15:58Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements
"If the Chancellor had a serious plan she'd reduce government spending - including the welfare bill. Then she could avoid tax increases. This is about choices"
X Link 2025-10-28T14:58Z 19.6K followers, 27K engagements
"Every time the numbers dont add up Rachel Reeves blames someone else. This isnt about events or excuses. Its about choices. And the Chancellor is making the wrong ones. Rachel Reeves will tax your future to pay for her failure. Austerity a chaotic Brexit and the pandemic have left deep scars on the British economy that are still being felt today. The task facing our country is not to relitigate the past but to turn our backs on decline and build a better future for tomorrow. https://t.co/IFyDEteWbF Austerity a chaotic Brexit and the pandemic have left deep scars on the British economy that"
X Link 2025-10-29T08:55Z 20.3K followers, 24.3K engagements
"Tax rises are coming. Income Tax. VAT. National Insurance. Four months ago the PM ruled out raising these taxes. Today he wont. Why Because Labours high taxes and out-of-control spending have wrecked the economy and they're coming back for more. Nobodyvotedforthis. https://t.co/XEJlFubaVM Income Tax. VAT. National Insurance. Four months ago the PM ruled out raising these taxes. Today he wont. Why Because Labours high taxes and out-of-control spending have wrecked the economy and they're coming back for more. Nobodyvotedforthis. https://t.co/XEJlFubaVM"
X Link 2025-10-29T14:38Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements
"4-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R"
X Link 2025-10-29T20:34Z 19.6K followers, 18.7K engagements
"Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more"
X Link 2025-10-30T07:36Z 19.7K followers, 97.7K engagements
"LIVE: If Reeves puts up tax give her the axe. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKdqArRarGW https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKdqArRarGW"
X Link 2025-10-30T09:04Z 19.6K followers, 12.4K engagements
"This is why we need an investigation to get to the bottom of this. According to @LeedsNews Rachel Reeves pushed for Leeds City Council to bring in a Southwark style selective licensing scheme in [----]. A year later Reeves illegally rented out her Southwark home in breach of the very same rules. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/council/labour-campaigning-for-crackdown-on-rogue-landlords-in-armley-area-of-leeds-with-selective-landlord-licensing-policy-3981833s=09"
X Link 2025-10-30T09:55Z 19.6K followers, 13.6K engagements
"If Rachel Reeves breaks her promise and puts up taxes again shes got to go. Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU"
X Link 2025-10-30T12:56Z 19.6K followers, 12.2K engagements
"BREAKING: Labour have confirmed they will sit back and let the welfare bill spiral out of control. Starmer and Reeves need to get a grip. We offered to work with them in the national interest to get the benefits bill down - instead they are caving to their MPs and giving up. Lets be clear - this is why taxes are going up at the Budget. Rachel Reeves will blame anyone except herself. But the fact is your taxes are going up to pay for more and more welfare. Nobody voted for this. Labour have no backbone. They are taxing your future to pay for their failure. ToR for Timms review published."
X Link 2025-10-30T15:23Z 20.2K followers, 77.1K engagements
"A year ago today Rachel Reeves raised taxes by [--] billion - and she's coming back for more. This Chancellor is top of the flops"
X Link 2025-10-30T16:18Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves has raised taxes by [--] billion - and she's coming back for more. This Chancellor is top of the flops"
X Link 2025-10-31T08:00Z 19.6K followers, 14.9K engagements
"This is an astonishing thing for allies of the Prime Minister to be saying. Have they only just realised that bond markets dont like it if you blow the finances and max out the credit card Labour spent the last [--] years constantly calling for more borrowing and more spending"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:41Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.ft.com/content/5c8fe54d-2494-4b36-9374-882ff86fbd7faccessToken=zwAGQnHVscVYkc9cj-VNJJRLNtOTdIgv-G-9fw.MEYCIQDGHyAO-yWpAadKPEJMMD1rkkyimDQG_FMQGffPXVwB7wIhAK4OWLaQntVUH9WHICx_FD4Jx0lLfZU7Jma1cLU1-SaH&sharetype=gift&token=e3178bd4-913f-4ce0-8d36-083cb5b1f049 https://www.ft.com/content/5c8fe54d-2494-4b36-9374-882ff86fbd7faccessToken=zwAGQnHVscVYkc9cj-VNJJRLNtOTdIgv-G-9fw.MEYCIQDGHyAO-yWpAadKPEJMMD1rkkyimDQG_FMQGffPXVwB7wIhAK4OWLaQntVUH9WHICx_FD4Jx0lLfZU7Jma1cLU1-SaH&sharetype=gift&token=e3178bd4-913f-4ce0-8d36-083cb5b1f049"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:41Z 19.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Business confidence is collapsing - not from global shocks but from Labour's choices. Rachel Reeves promised a pro-business Treasury then hit employers with a 25bn jobs tax - and she's coming back for more"
X Link 2025-11-01T09:33Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements
"If Rachel Reeves really is planning to cap salary sacrifice relief it's another reckless hit on business and jobs. Starmer and Reeves promised no more tax rises after their disastrous Budget last year - if they break their word again the Chancellor has to go"
X Link 2025-11-01T13:33Z 19.7K followers, 28.3K engagements
"Thoughts are with all affected by the Huntingdon train attack. Such dreadful news"
X Link 2025-11-01T22:35Z 19.7K followers, 12.3K engagements
"Roll up roll up to the Labour Circus. As Rachel Reeves teeters on the high wire my message to Keir Starmer is clear: If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again she must pack up her circus act and go. My words in today's @TheSun 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-11-02T09:19Z 19.7K followers, 21.4K engagements
"If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again she must go. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-11-02T17:20Z 19.7K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Labours red tape bombshell on businesses will damage growth - meaning the black hole Rachel Reeves has blown in the finances could get even bigger. @griffitha and I have written to @OBR_UK to get assurances theyll give their verdict on Labours Unemployment Bill at the Budget. Labour's (Un)Employment Bill will freeze hiring and crush jobs. The [---] pages of red-tape written by Angela Rayner and her Union pals will cost businesses billions. @MelJStride and I have written to the @OBR_UK to confirm they will quantify its damage in their next report. https://t.co/G2HK6PCaoC Labour's (Un)Employment"
X Link 2025-11-03T07:59Z 19.6K followers, 35.5K engagements
"It's time for honesty responsibility and a plan that adds up. Rachel Reeves doesn't need to break her promise and raise taxes again - if she can only show some backbone and get control of spending. [--] billion in savings. Lower taxes. Stronger growth. Lets get on with it"
X Link 2025-11-03T10:37Z 19.7K followers, 73.5K engagements
"Reforms "economic relaunch" has crashed on takeoff. Nigel Farage offered no answers on [---] billion of unfunded promises unveiled yet another multibillion-pound spending spree and confirmed his partys reckless plan to seize private assets. This isnt a plan for Britains economy - its chaos"
X Link 2025-11-03T13:16Z 19.7K followers, 115.1K engagements
"Reforms "economic reset" is fantasy economics on the back of a fag packet. [---] billion of unfunded promises higher welfare and nationalisation - it would bankrupt Britain. Reform are a one-man band with no plan. Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe Reform's fantasy economics has been written on the back of a fag packet. https://t.co/aM4sKs4tSe"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:08Z 19.7K followers, 30.3K engagements
"If Rachel Reeves breaks her promise and raises taxes again Keir Starmer must sack her. Reeves is out of her depth and this is her record 👇🏻 Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU Rachel Reeves wants to be judged on her record. Well here it is. [--] billion of tax rises and she's coming back for more. https://t.co/WVurVH60IU"
X Link 2025-11-04T08:13Z 20.3K followers, 49K engagements
"Rachel Reeves has made an emergency speech because she is panicking about the speculation she has fuelled. But all shes done is confirm the fears of households and businesses - that tax rises are coming. The Chancellor claims she fixed the public finances last year. If that was true she would not be rolling the pitch for more tax rises and broken promises. The reality is she fiddled the fiscal rules so she could borrow hundreds of billions more. Every time the numbers dont add up Reeves blames someone else. But this is about choices - and she made all the wrong ones. If Rachel Reeves had the"
X Link 2025-11-04T09:24Z 19.7K followers, 70.8K engagements
"This was an emergency speech from a Chancellor panicking about the speculation she herself has fuelled. After months of confusion and mixed signals all Rachel Reeves has done is confirm what households and businesses already feared - that tax rises are coming. 'Rachel Reeves has no one to blame but herself' ✍ @MelJStride for LBC Opinion https://t.co/RfEeDo2hJU 'Rachel Reeves has no one to blame but herself' ✍ @MelJStride for LBC Opinion https://t.co/RfEeDo2hJU"
X Link 2025-11-04T16:02Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"3-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R 5-weeks until the Budget. My message to Rachel Reeves is clear: Cut government spending - including the welfare bill - and you don't need to break your promise and raise taxes again. https://t.co/reOzApBr7R"
X Link 2025-11-05T07:34Z 19.7K followers, 22K engagements
"Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions. If Reeves raises taxes again she must go. My words in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻 ✍ 'Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions' Writes @MelJStride Read the column https://t.co/VhBMaKHrTE https://t.co/xdcZyr8pSB ✍ 'Britain cant afford another tax-raiding Budget nor can it afford another year of this Chancellors poor decisions' Writes @MelJStride Read the column https://t.co/VhBMaKHrTE https://t.co/xdcZyr8pSB"
X Link 2025-11-05T08:03Z 20.2K followers, 15.2K engagements
"A future @Conservatives government will: - Abolish stamp duty - Abolish business rates for thousands of high street shops and pubs - Introduce the First Job Bonus a [----] tax cut for young people All because of the responsible choices weve set out to control spending"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:33Z 19.7K followers, 30K engagements
"Labour would prefer to increase taxes than get a grip of government spending - including the spiralling welfare bill. This comes down to choices. Will Rachel Reeves stick to her word and be a faithful or will she break her promise and be a traitor"
X Link 2025-11-06T06:39Z 19.7K followers, 16.1K engagements
"If you own it Labour will tax it. Rachel Reeves shouldn't target commuters and car owners in this way just to help fill a black hole she's created. With Labour's cost of living crisis now is not the time to hit families and businesses with another tax raid"
X Link 2025-11-06T11:25Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Interest rates are staying higher for longer because Rachel Reeves does not have a plan or a backbone. With inflation running at almost double the target rate families are facing rising prices in the shops. The UK has the highest inflation in the G7 thanks to Rachel Reeves' Jobs Tax and reckless borrowing spree. And yet she is once again preparing to hike taxes leaving us trapped in a doom-loop. Ordinary people are paying the price because Labour cannot reduce spending. Only the Conservatives have the team and the plan to deliver a stronger economy. Interest rates held at 4% by Bank of"
X Link 2025-11-06T12:28Z 19.7K followers, 26.7K engagements
"WATCH @ClaireCoutinho explain how the @Conservatives are the only party with a plan to cut your energy bills - by axing the carbon tax scrapping Ed Milibands rip-off wind subsidies and cutting household bills by [---] 👇🏻 The Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to to cut your energy bills. Well axe the carbon tax scrap Ed Milibands rip-off wind subsidies and cut household energy bills by [---]. Find out how much youd save at https://t.co/sP8phKRulG https://t.co/HigOXABg5s The Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to to cut your energy bills. Well axe the carbon tax scrap Ed"
X Link 2025-11-07T16:37Z 19.7K followers, 11.7K engagements
"If Rachel Reeves really is planning to cap salary sacrifice relief it's another reckless hit on business and jobs. Hurting those doing the responsible thing and saving for their retirement at the same time as loading up yet further costs on struggling businesses"
X Link 2025-11-08T15:00Z 19.7K followers, 45.3K engagements
"Great to catch up with Chris Hayes owner of Woven in Durham. Hugely impressed by their award-winning menswear. Good to discuss our plan to revive our high streets - scrapping biz rates for small shops lower taxes less regulation. Come on - lets get business fired up again"
X Link 2025-11-08T18:24Z 20.3K followers, [----] engagements
"We will never forget. As time goes by we lose more of the heroes that defended Britain in WWII. That makes remembering their names their bravery and their sacrifice even more important. Today and every day we remember them. https://t.co/VcZSI23VIx As time goes by we lose more of the heroes that defended Britain in WWII. That makes remembering their names their bravery and their sacrifice even more important. Today and every day we remember them. https://t.co/VcZSI23VIx"
X Link 2025-11-09T11:16Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Having already raised taxes by [--] billion she said she had wiped the slate clean she wouldn't be coming back for more and it was now on her. Every time the numbers don't add up Reeves blames someone else. But this is about choices - and the Chancellor is making all the wrong choices. Rachel Reeves has borrowed spent and taxed like there's no tomorrow - and she's coming back for more because she doesn't have a plan or the strength to stand up to Labour's backbenchers who are now calling the shots. My message is clear: if Rachel Reeves"
X Link 2025-11-10T16:47Z 19.7K followers, 63.6K engagements
"If Rachel Reeves raises taxes again it will be a complete breach of trust. Listen here 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-11-10T16:59Z 19.7K followers, 33.2K engagements
"BREAKING: Unemployment has risen to 5%. How can Labour keep claiming to be on the side of working people when on their watch there are fewer of them"
X Link 2025-11-11T08:07Z 19.7K followers, 27.2K engagements
"Today again we honour the courage and sacrifice of all who served and continue to do so in order that we can live in freedom. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them"
X Link 2025-11-11T10:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Just out of a meeting with @the_brc. Tax something and you get less of it. No wonder Labours Jobs Tax has now seen unemployment spike to its highest level since the pandemic. Time to get on top of spending and bring taxes down"
X Link 2025-11-11T11:13Z 19.7K followers, 29.9K engagements
"Britain's potential is immense - powered by hard-working people and great businesses. But Labour's tax hikes and red tape are choking growth and hitting jobs. My words in today's @Daily_Express 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-11-12T07:59Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour made a promise. They said they wouldnt raise taxes. So today in Parliament were giving them a very simple choice - to vote for their own promises. If they cant support their own words how can we trust a word they say again Heres what they said last year👇🏻 (1/10)🧵"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, 72.4K engagements
"At the election Labour promised not to increase National Insurance income tax or VAT. Then at their first budget they raised National Insurance by 25n. The head of @TheIFS said it was a straightforward breach of their manifesto. And that was just the start (2/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, 10.8K engagements
"During the election Rachel Reeves said: there is no need to increase any taxes beyond the limited increases that weve already set out. Labour had set out 7bn of taxes. Then at their first budget they raised taxes by 40bn - pushing the tax burden to historic highs. (3/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements
"After that budget she repeatedly promised she was not going to be coming back with more taxes. She said she had wiped the slate clean and its now on us. 👇🏻 (4/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"And here is what she said in her budget speech about tax thresholds. She said she would not freeze tax thresholds because that would hurt working people. She even explicitly said it would go against Labours manifesto if she were to do that. 👇🏻 (5/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"But now Reeves and Starmer are refusing to repeat any of these statements. They broke their word already at last years budget - now they seem to be planning to do it all over again. And the excuses are coming through thick and fast (6/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Reeves is now admitting a black hole has opened up in the finances. And despite previously saying its now on us she now says its not her fault. Its because of Brexit and the Conservatives and global factors. But its entirely the result of her own choices. (7/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Reeves increased spending by such vast amounts that even her 40bn tax rise wasnt enough to pay for it. She had to fiddle her fiscal rules to allow a huge increase in borrowing as well. She somehow claims that this fixed the public finances. In reality she wrecked them (8/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour made a 5bn unfunded U-turn on welfare over the summer and have ruled out making any future savings. On top of that they now look set to scrap the two child benefit cap costing a further 3.5bn. Reeves is going to put taxes up simply to pay for more welfare. (9/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"If Labour could simply live within their means and control spending like they said they would they wouldnt need to break yet more promises. Labour MPs have a simple choice today: stand by the promises you made to your constituents. Nobody voted for these tax rises. (10/10)"
X Link 2025-11-12T08:32Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Todays ONS figures show the economy shrank in the latest month under a Prime Minister and Chancellor who are in office but not in power. Months after the Prime Minister stripped the Chancellor of responsibility for the Budget Keir Starmer has now lost control of his own Downing Street operation - with his team openly at war with his Cabinet. If the Prime Minister does not have the backbone to control his team he has no hope of reducing spending. Only the @Conservatives have a leader with a backbone and a plan to deliver [--] billion of savings - allowing us to cut tax and cut the deficit under"
X Link 2025-11-13T07:09Z 19.7K followers, 22.3K engagements
"BREAKING: The economy shrank in September. Here's why 👇🏻"
X Link 2025-11-13T07:37Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Chancellor should stop playing games. If Reeves thinks this round of kite-flying will distract from her own disastrous choices it won't. Markets have shown time & again that uncertainty is damaging - & uncertainty is what the Chancellor is creating on an almost daily basis. Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates https://t.co/3u59moq2Mr Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates https://t.co/3u59moq2Mr"
X Link 2025-11-14T09:13Z 19.7K followers, 14.2K engagements
"The Chancellors tax doom loop"
X Link 2025-11-14T12:23Z 19.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Rachel Reeves promised "growth growth growth" - instead we got tax hikes u-turns and stagflation. The @Conservatives have a clear plan: control spending cut taxes back business and reward work. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride "Growth growth growth" the Chancellor said. "Shrink shrink shrink" is what she's delivered https://t.co/dSB1NWfT5Z From @MelJStride "Growth growth growth" the Chancellor said. "Shrink shrink shrink" is what she's delivered https://t.co/dSB1NWfT5Z"
X Link 2025-11-14T16:34Z 20.3K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people Reeves said. It would take more money out of their payslips Reeves said. Im keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto Reeves said. The country is watching. Reeves to Break Manifesto Promise By Extending Income Tax Threshold Freeze https://t.co/vvlqiyKjls https://t.co/THWQrrWNgX Reeves to Break Manifesto Promise By Extending Income Tax Threshold Freeze https://t.co/vvlqiyKjls https://t.co/THWQrrWNgX"
X Link 2025-11-14T18:01Z 19.7K followers, 164.4K engagements
"Reeves' Jobs Tax is far more than small beer. In the first half of [----] 8-pubs a week called last orders for good because the cost of doing business under Labour is so high. More than [--] times that number could close each week next year. I spoke to the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 The Chancellor is warned thousands of jobs could go if she drops a new tax bomb on high street businesses #DailyExpress https://t.co/HQPs3EdwmU https://t.co/7v4122Hrby The Chancellor is warned thousands of jobs could go if she drops a new tax bomb on high street businesses #DailyExpress https://t.co/HQPs3EdwmU"
X Link 2025-11-16T08:41Z 19.7K followers, 25.5K engagements
"If Starmer and Reeves decide to introduce a new tax raid on family homes not only will they be punishing aspiration they will be introducing a new death tax by the back door. I spoke to the @Telegraph 👇🏻 🚨EXC: Reeves to hit families with new death tax by back door Chancellor considering mansion tax that people can defer paying until moving house or after they die https://t.co/fZ0iOrv7YG 🚨EXC: Reeves to hit families with new death tax by back door Chancellor considering mansion tax that people can defer paying until moving house or after they die https://t.co/fZ0iOrv7YG"
X Link 2025-11-16T11:36Z 20.3K followers, 19.3K engagements
"Rachel Reeves said freezing tax thresholds for longer would hurt working people and would breach Labour's manifesto. Now Starmer and Reeves refuse to deny they are planning to break that promise - a move that could cost some families over [----] in extra tax. My words in the @DailyMail 👇🏻 Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people Reeves said. It would take more money out of their payslips Reeves said. Im keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto Reeves said. The country is watching. https://t.co/pX2KginUel Extending the threshold freeze would hurt working"
X Link 2025-11-17T09:39Z 19.7K followers, 24.2K engagements
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