# ![@MelJStride Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::3183943337.png) @MelJStride Mel Stride

Mel Stride posts on X about inflation, debt, economy, rates the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[inflation](/topic/inflation) #90, [debt](/topic/debt) #84, [economy](/topic/economy) #502, [rates](/topic/rates) 4.73%, [business](/topic/business) 4.05%, [money](/topic/money) 2.7%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 2.7%, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) #2126, [more than](/topic/more-than) 2.03%, [future](/topic/future) 2.03%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Reform: [--] billion black hole for just one policy. No plan for the economy. And when asked about the sums: Were not interested in the numbers. @SebastianEPaynes comment piece in @thetimes 👇🏻 🍻 Everyone knows Nigel Farage loves a pint. But his new plan to save the great British pub doesnt add up - and points to a much deeper issue. Latest @thetimes column on Reforms emerging post-economics platform https://t.co/ZSMEhrb0SA 🍻 Everyone knows Nigel Farage loves a pint. But his new plan to save the great British pub doesnt add up - and points to a much deeper issue. Latest @thetimes column on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2019704596109873185)  2026-02-06T09:27Z 20.4K followers, 14K engagements


"CORRECTION: Today's GDP figures show the economy is SHRINKING on a per-person basis. That means LESS money in your pocket. But don't worry Starmer and Reeves think everything is going just fine. Job number one is easing the cost of living pressure that many people still feel. Todays GDP figures show our economy is growing. That means more money back in your pocket. I know theres more to do but we are heading in the right direction. Job number one is easing the cost of living pressure that many people still feel. Todays GDP figures show our economy is growing. That means more money back in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021927547098055060)  2026-02-12T12:41Z 20.4K followers, 29.9K engagements


"Desperate stuff to point to a rise in the FTSE [---] as apparent evidence of a strong UK economy. It is nothing of the sort. I spoke to the @Telegraph 👇🏻 🔴 Rachel Reeves has claimed a historic high for Britains stock market marks a vote of confidence in the economy after the FTSE [---] rose above [-----] points for the first time Find out more https://t.co/5xgwuuCPLz https://t.co/ieks0q5y7F 🔴 Rachel Reeves has claimed a historic high for Britains stock market marks a vote of confidence in the economy after the FTSE [---] rose above [-----] points for the first time Find out more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2007380940499366190)  2026-01-03T09:18Z 20.4K followers, 22.5K engagements


"BREAKING: 140bn borrowed this year - the second year in a row Labour have presided over record borrowing outside the pandemic. Debt interest at almost double what we spend on defence. Only the @Conservatives have a credible plan to restore stability to the public finances. Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in December [----]. This was [---] billion less than in December [----] but higher than in December [----]. Read more ➡ https://t.co/5j8PK5m5V9 https://t.co/33nZfseIQp Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was [----] billion in December"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2014237025281446075)  2026-01-22T07:21Z 20.4K followers, 31.8K engagements


"Todays @ONS data shows 140bn borrowed this year alone - record borrowing outside the pandemic for the second year in a row. Only the @Conservatives have a credible plan to grip the benefits bill reduce taxes and get borrowing down. BREAKING: 140bn borrowed this year - the second year in a row Labour have presided over record borrowing outside the pandemic. Debt interest at almost double what we spend on defence. Only the @Conservatives have a credible plan to restore stability to the public finances. BREAKING: 140bn borrowed this year - the second year in a row Labour have presided over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2014282238578381132)  2026-01-22T10:21Z 20.4K followers, 19.7K engagements


"Our high streets are running out of time - and patience. More than two weeks after Labour admitted they needed to change their business rates policy we still have no answers. Businesses are closing jobs are disappearing. We need clarity NOW My letter to Rachel Reeves 👇🏼 Rachel Reeves chose higher business rates over backing our high streets. A last-minute u-turn on Labours Pubs Tax isnt enough. Shops cafes and hotels need clarity - and permanent cuts to business rates not temporary fixes. @griffitha @JamesCleverly and I have written to https://t.co/B0AZwIuuyU Rachel Reeves chose higher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2014729316160950386)  2026-01-23T15:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"We will never forget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2016146175062126601)  2026-01-27T13:48Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Todays announcement on business rates is far too little and far too late. Its a temporary sticking plaster which delays the pain for a few while the vast majority are still facing huge increases. Labour just dont get it - they are destroying our local high streets. British pubs are at the heart of our communities. Today were backing them with a 15% cut to new business rates bills a two-year freeze and a new High Streets Strategy so retail leisure and hospitality can thrive restoring pride in every community. https://t.co/ZCiseIuEJ8 https://t.co/mLPd5ZiGYF British pubs are at the heart of our"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2016182639158243703)  2026-01-27T16:12Z 20.4K followers, 26.4K engagements


"Labours lack of business experience is key to understanding why they have taken all the wrong choices on our pubs and high streets @GBNEWS 👇🏻 Todays announcement on business rates is far too little and far too late. Its a temporary sticking plaster which delays the pain for a few while the vast majority are still facing huge increases. Labour just dont get it - they are destroying our local high streets. https://t.co/qMHvrMrFMu Todays announcement on business rates is far too little and far too late. Its a temporary sticking plaster which delays the pain for a few while the vast majority"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2016416818416570583)  2026-01-28T07:43Z 20.4K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Labour are choking our high streets because theyve got no clue about business. Heres the @Conservatives plan👇 https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets Labours lack of business experience is key to understanding why they have taken all the wrong choices on our pubs and high streets @GBNEWS 👇🏻 https://t.co/CT7kRfd9YY https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets Labours lack of business experience is key to understanding why they have taken all the wrong choices on our pubs and high streets @GBNEWS 👇🏻 https://t.co/CT7kRfd9YY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2016782669900550308)  2026-01-29T07:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Just back from Upminster with @JuliaLopezMP where weve been talking to businesses about how a future @Conservatives government will reduce the benefits bill and abolish business rates for thousands of shops and pubs. Heres the @conservatives plan👇🏻 https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2016941794257199591)  2026-01-29T18:29Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"We need to stand up for our pubs. Heres the @Conservatives plan 👇🏻 https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2017138154264781036)  2026-01-30T07:29Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Putting in a stint behind the bar and chatting to customers at JD Wetherspoon. Story in The @Telegraph 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2017533345047945714)  2026-01-31T09:40Z 20.4K followers, 18.4K engagements


"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/30/dinner-party-ministers-dont-understand-pub-culture/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/30/dinner-party-ministers-dont-understand-pub-culture/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2017533349946970116)  2026-01-31T09:40Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"825 million more pints 🍺 That's how many beers independent pubs need to sell to cover Rachel Reeves' rates hike. I spoke to the @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2165025/rachel-reevess-rates-hike-825-million-pints https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2165025/rachel-reevess-rates-hike-825-million-pints"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2017926603460776005)  2026-02-01T11:42Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Thank you 🏴🥃 @ScotTories @Glasgow_Chamber @DLaingWhisky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2017991009666310415)  2026-02-01T15:58Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Incentives matter. If you tax something you get less of it 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018224281298071862)  2026-02-02T07:25Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"When Labour taxes work work disappears - and working people pay the price. This is the real cost of Rachel Reeves' approach of rewarding welfare not work: fewer opportunities and a generation left behind. Businesses couldn't be clearer: Labour's tax-and-spend agenda is costing Britain jobs. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018262920707051993 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018262920707051993"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018262920707051993)  2026-02-02T09:59Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"In Stanmore this morning with @KemiBadenoch and @BobBlackman listening to local businesses. A future @Conservatives government will scrap business rates for thousands of high street businesses. Heres our plan 👇🏻 https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018325902384345523)  2026-02-02T14:09Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Great to catch up with Tom Bradshaw President @NFUtweets to discuss the future of farming. Tax innovation trade inflation family farm tax and much more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018727374276235450)  2026-02-03T16:44Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Or take their pledge to reverse Labour's Jobs Tax for the hospitality sector. They even say in their published document that the cost of the tax is 1bn for hospitality. Yet in their costings they say it would only cost one tenth of that amount. (4/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760721769574436)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"What they buried in the small print is they would not actually reverse the Jobs Tax - only half of it. They'd change the rate but not the threshold. And even accounting for that the likely cost of their policy would be at least FIVE TIMES MORE than what they claimed. (5/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760725242474598)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Incredibly they've claimed they would pay for it all by reinstating the @Conservatives two child benefit cap policy. Nigel Farage literally pledged last year to scrap the two child cap Their story changes by the day. (6/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760733560086980)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform can't dodge scrutiny forever. The facts are there in black and white - their numbers are simply made up. They don't care about principles or facts or being responsible. They just care about headlines. And when awkward questions do get asked they change their story. (7/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760737292800416)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"They went into the last election with 140bn of unfunded pledges and they clearly haven't learnt any lessons. If they were ever put in charge of the finances we'd quickly have a soaring deficit and debt going through the roof. (8/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760740132258275)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"BREAKING: Latest growth figures. GDP per head has fallen - for the second quarter in a row. Rachel Reeves is making you poorer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021858026890662395)  2026-02-12T08:04Z 20.4K followers, 13.8K engagements


"She says she's cutting the national debt. Debt is rising and expected to keep rising every year. She even had to change the government's definition of 'debt' to try to cover it up. Labour have almost doubled the deficit compared to the plans they inherited. (3/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2022345667306193003)  2026-02-13T16:22Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Still waiting to hear where your numbers came from Lee. The official estimate is your policy would cost SIX TIMES your claim. Not quite true Mel and you know it. I said I wasn't interested in the numbers the BBC were quoting. But I'll quote you another figure that you might be interested in - [--]. That was your majority at the last election and I can back that figure up. Not quite true Mel and you know it. I said I wasn't interested in the numbers the BBC were quoting. But I'll quote you another figure that you might be interested in - [--]. That was your majority at the last election and I can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019361789885202880)  2026-02-05T10:45Z 20.4K followers, 63.3K engagements


"Interest rates are staying higher for longer because inflation is rising as a direct result of Labours choices. The decisions to hike taxes and increase borrowing to fund more welfare has flatlined growth and pushed up unemployment and inflation. Whilst the economy weakens the Prime Minister and his closest aides are distracted by their own political survival creating more uncertainty and confusion for British business. Only the @Conservatives have a leader with a backbone the clear plans and the team to deliver a stronger economy and get Britain working again. Bank of England keeps its main"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2019386689211248916)  2026-02-05T12:24Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform are failing to put Britain first. Theyre acting as apologists for the US administration despite the fact their protectionist policies could drive up costs for British families and undermine UK jobs. This week at @BritAmBusiness I set out a clear @Conservatives case for free and fair trade - and warned against the populist politics of tariffs. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020049830941216785 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020049830941216785"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020049830941216785)  2026-02-07T08:19Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Great turnout last night in Wycombe. Councillors activists members- up for the fight. Huge thanks to @PaulGoodmanCH for hosting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2020108096585052286)  2026-02-07T12:11Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Even Labour's own Cabinet ministers know there's no growth strategy. Text exchange between Wes Streeting and Peter Mandelson part of a much wider batch provided by Streeting's team Streeting said the government has "no growth strategy at all" https://t.co/GchPN9JWch Text exchange between Wes Streeting and Peter Mandelson part of a much wider batch provided by Streeting's team Streeting said the government has "no growth strategy at all" https://t.co/GchPN9JWch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021002342062227764)  2026-02-09T23:24Z 20.4K followers, 12.6K engagements


"Reform's sums just don't add up. If you oppose Reforms plan to hike Worcestershire County Council's council tax by 9% please sign the petition below 👇 https://t.co/ssnoXUBSVR If you oppose Reforms plan to hike Worcestershire County Council's council tax by 9% please sign the petition below 👇 https://t.co/ssnoXUBSVR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021173797445878179)  2026-02-10T10:45Z 20.4K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Behind the counter with @KemiBadenoch at @McDonaldsUK in Ruislip this morning - before listening to local businesses. From global brands to high streets the message is clear: taxes are too high too much red tape inflation hitting hard. Heres the @Conservatives plan👇🏻 https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets https://www.conservatives.com/stronger-high-streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021284144236347513)  2026-02-10T18:04Z 20.4K followers, 11K engagements


"Rachel Reeves is destroying our economy but it doesnt have to be this way. Lets go for growth by getting people off benefits and into work and cutting taxes for businesses. Out on the media this morning 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021982097767116980)  2026-02-12T16:17Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform's hospitality pledge blows a 10bn hole in the public finances. Fantasy figures. Utter irresponsibility. We would all pay the price. My words in @ConHome 👇🏼 From @MelJStride: For successful economic reform the sums need to add up and Reform's economics don't https://t.co/ozoMPal8y2 From @MelJStride: For successful economic reform the sums need to add up and Reform's economics don't https://t.co/ozoMPal8y2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2020769636447355112)  2026-02-09T08:00Z 20.4K followers, 51.5K engagements


"This is delusional. Almost everything Rachel Reeves says here is wrong. For starters she hasn't 'created the conditions for growth' she's done the opposite. The figures out yesterday showed our GDP per person has been SHRINKING since the middle of last year. (1/5) 🧵 Thanks to the choices we've made weve seen six interest rate cuts and inflation is falling. We have the right economic plan to build a stronger and more secure economy cutting the cost of living cutting national debt and creating the conditions for growth. Thanks to the choices we've made weve seen six interest rate cuts and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2022345653066854597)  2026-02-13T16:22Z 20.4K followers, 99.4K engagements


"She says that thanks to Labour's choices inflation is falling. Inflation has shot up since Labour came in. We have the highest inflation in the G7. The Bank of England and OBR both say that government policy has pushed up prices through tax rises and higher borrowing. (2/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2022345660536938551)  2026-02-13T16:22Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Reeves claims credit for interest rates coming down. Except rates were meant to be falling much faster as they have done in other countries. This chart shows the forecast for interest rates before Labour came in (blue line) compared to what's actually happened (red line) (4/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2022345675036295296)  2026-02-13T16:22Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"MORE FANTASY NUMBERS FROM REFORM Their announcements today would blow a 10bn hole in the public finances. That's on top of all the unfunded promises they've already made. It's totally irresponsible. Their sums just don't add up. 👇🏻(1/8)🧵 Pubs across Britain have been decimated by both Labour and the Conservatives. Join me LIVE at 2PM as I set out Reform UKs plan to save our pubs. https://t.co/RSmNMm7zQj Pubs across Britain have been decimated by both Labour and the Conservatives. Join me LIVE at 2PM as I set out Reform UKs plan to save our pubs. https://t.co/RSmNMm7zQj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760700815188289)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, 146.7K engagements


"Weve still had no answers from Reform on their made up numbers yesterday. When asked about it this morning Lee Anderson said: Im not interested in the numbers. A 10bn hole in their sums. How can anyone trust a word they say if they wont explain where any of it comes from MORE FANTASY NUMBERS FROM REFORM Their announcements today would blow a 10bn hole in the public finances. That's on top of all the unfunded promises they've already made. It's totally irresponsible. Their sums just don't add up. 👇🏻(1/8)🧵 MORE FANTASY NUMBERS FROM REFORM Their announcements today would blow a 10bn hole in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2019111747786055854)  2026-02-04T18:12Z 20.4K followers, 39.6K engagements


"They claim that today's announcements would cost 3bn but they would actually cost 13bn - the equivalent of 2p on the basic rate of tax. Take VAT for example. They've promised to cut VAT for hospitality to 10%. They claim that would cost 1.9bn a few years down the line. (2/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760707332808950)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"But we know that's not even close to what it would cost. An official estimate from just a few weeks ago put the cost at 10.5bn this year. In a few years' time that would rise to nearly 12bn - SIX TIMES MORE than what Reform claim it would cost. (3/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2018760714933223771)  2026-02-03T18:57Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"FIVE THINGS RACHEL REEVES DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT THE BUDGET [--]. The Budget confirmed an extra [---] BILLION of spending across this parliament paid for by almost 100bn more in taxes and the rest from extra borrowing. More taxes and more borrowing to pay for more welfare. (1/6)🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1994318940684570866)  2025-11-28T08:14Z 20.4K followers, 225.6K engagements


"BREAKING New @YouGov poll: Best party on the economy Conservatives: 21% Reform: 14% Labour: 12% Labour are taxing us into the ground. Reform peddle fantasy economics. Only the @Conservatives are cutting through with a serious and credible plan to build a stronger economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2012177787231068178)  2026-01-16T14:59Z 20.4K followers, 134.6K engagements


"The conditions for the economy to grow are there. TRANSLATION: The economy isnt growing. Rebuilding Britain takes time. But thanks to the decisions we've made NHS waiting lists are falling. Inflation is falling. Interest rates are falling. The conditions for the economy to grow are there. With Keir as our Prime Minister we are turning the country around. Rebuilding Britain takes time. But thanks to the decisions we've made NHS waiting lists are falling. Inflation is falling. Interest rates are falling. The conditions for the economy to grow are there. With Keir as our Prime Minister we are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2020878760245879089)  2026-02-09T15:13Z 20.4K followers, 11.4K engagements


"This mornings news the economy grew by just [---] per cent in the final three months of last year shows Labours choices have weakened our economy. In fact GDP per head has actually fallen - for the second quarter in a row. These disappointing statistics show a Downing Street and a Treasury that have taken their eye off the ball. Wes Streeting is right to say Labour have no growth strategy. They are distracted by scandals of their own making as Keir Starmers authority crumbles. Only the @Conservatives have the leader with a backbone a plan and the team to deliver a stronger economy and get"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2021845313208700960)  2026-02-12T07:14Z 20.4K followers, 13.4K engagements


"The Chancellor talks about her 'plan' but it clearly isn't working. At the moment Labour are just limping from one crisis to another. We've got a Spring Statement soon where she could do something about the mess she's made - but it sounds like she's planning to do nothing. (5/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/2022345677880033746)  2026-02-13T16:22Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Eight pubs a week are calling last orders (for good) because of Labour's Jobs Tax. That's the cost of doing business under Labour. Support your local and sign the @Conservatives petition: http://SaveTheLocal.com http://SaveTheLocal.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1958778963548922013)  2025-08-22T06:31Z 18.6K followers, 11.9K engagements


"The Jobs Tax is hitting young workers the hardest and Labour have utterly failed to reform welfare and help get young people off benefits and into work. I spoke to @TheSun 👇🏻 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36392328/record-number-young-women-unemployment-numbers/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36392328/record-number-young-women-unemployment-numbers/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1958842860331004038)  2025-08-22T10:45Z 18.6K followers, [----] engagements


"UKS BORROWING COSTS SOAR It now costs us more to borrow than it does any other major western country. More than France Spain Portugal Italy. More than Greece Just remember that when Rachel Reeves claims shes brought stability🧵 (1/6)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150253535350976)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 18.6K followers, 54.3K engagements


"We rely on international investors to lend us money by buying government debt. If they dont see a strong economy or a government committed to paying back its debts they will charge a higher interest rate. This is whats happened to those rates since Labour came in.👇🏻 (2/6)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150260703379556)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 18.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This is not just tracking wider global trends. Our bond yields are higher than any other G7 country and the highest in all of Western Europe (with the exception of Iceland). No other major western economy is paying such a high price to borrow. This is a UK problem. (3/6)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150269985358211)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 18.6K followers, [----] engagements


"In the run up to Labours first budget yields started rising as markets could see the Chancellor was planning to borrow more. But @OBR_UK said the increase in borrowing was even higher than expected - and they said clearly that it would mean higher interest rates.👇🏻 (4/6)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150277623161120)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Why does this matter It matters because we pay vast sums each year in debt interest. Thanks to Labours choices that bill is rising. Were paying over 100bn a year just on debt interest - twice what we spend on defence. Over the coming years its forecast to hit 130bn. (5/6)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150280110448998)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"We cant carry on living beyond our means. Something has to give. For a deeper dive into our growing debt problems watch this explainer video for @GBNEWS. Full version on YouTube 👇🏻 (6/6) WATCH: The UKs debt mountain is ballooning thanks to Labour - and thats bad for all of us. I sat down with @GBNEWS to explain what Rachel Reeves is doing to our national debt. Labours borrowing spree isnt just irresponsible its dangerous (1/7) 🧵 https://t.co/l7szqRd81E https://t.co/xWrcKEcbBn WATCH: The UKs debt mountain is ballooning thanks to Labour - and thats bad for all of us. I sat down with @GBNEWS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959150282807415051)  2025-08-23T07:06Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform's sums don't add up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959874826065100863)  2025-08-25T07:05Z 19K followers, 57.5K engagements


"The Chancellor is killing jobs yet more tax rises loom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1959881999323177106)  2025-08-25T07:34Z 18.7K followers, 12.6K engagements


"Labour's tax hikes are fuelling inflation and hitting working people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960253111572021747)  2025-08-26T08:08Z 18.7K followers, [----] 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 failure 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/1960602801458806974)  2025-08-27T07:18Z 18.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Labours latest appointment confirms their intent - higher taxes more borrowing and punishing success. Torsten Bell has previously proposed taxing homes hiking fuel duty and driving up council tax. He wants to tax your future to pay for Rachel Reeves failure. When businesses fail they go bust. When Rachel Reeves policies fail Labour just borrows and taxes more. Thats the risk of putting people in charge of the economy who have never run a business and never created a job. Story in @thetimes 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960781938920198218)  2025-08-27T19:10Z 18.7K followers, 18.2K engagements


"I've survived Zombie Army But the real threat is Labour taxing the living daylights out of the UK games industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1960958497706668107)  2025-08-28T06:51Z 18.8K followers, 26.3K engagements


"TAX RISES ARE COMING Rachel Reeves is desperate. She's blown a colossal hole in the finances and has no idea how she's going to fill it. The papers have been filled with briefings this summer about which taxes she will raise. Here are some of the contenders👇(1/9) 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443785205858331)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.8K followers, 78.3K engagements


"Top of the list is freezing tax thresholds dragging more people into tax or paying higher rates. But in her Budget speech last year Rachel Reeves said she had looked at this and concluded it would "hurt working people" and "take more money out of their payslips" (2/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443792482881977)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"In fact she went on to say: "I am keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto. So there will be no extension of the freeze in income tax and National Insurance thresholds." How could she do this and claim it is anything other than a broken promise (3/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443795439915295)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Next there's taxing the family home. Reeves reportedly wants to impose Capital Gains Tax when you sell your house. That could clog the market as people stay put rather than pay a huge tax bill. Starmer ruled this out last year. Again it would be a broken promise. (4/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443802813493600)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"There are also suggestions the Chancellor might charge an annual tax on the value of your house. Again this would simply be a tax on the family home. It would punish people who have worked hard and saved to get onto the property ladder. A tax on aspiration. (5/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443816478515387)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Then there's a wealth tax. This would be a tax on people's assets - whether it's your pension your house your savings or anything else. We're already seeing thousands of wealthy people leave the UK thanks to Labour's tax raids. A wealth tax would only hasten the exodus. (6/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443823747228046)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"There are reports that the Chancellor might come after the tax-free pension lump sum. And yes you guessed it - Starmer promised during the election that he wouldn't do that. But after all the promises they have already broken that probably doesn't mean much. (7/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443829891920097)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"And this week yet another tax raid briefed to the press - a tax on rental income. Just as we saw with the Jobs Tax the risk is the cost simply gets passed on. It ends up pushing up prices - this time through higher rents. Labour don't understand how the economy works. (8/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443837013799160)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.7K followers, [----] engagements


"When she raised taxes by 40bn last year Rachel Reeves said she would not be coming back for more. Now the question is not whether taxes will go up but which ones. The Chancellor has lost control of the finances - the markets are watching - she needs to get a grip. (9/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961443840067338327)  2025-08-29T15:00Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Labours latest appointment confirms their intent - higher taxes more borrowing and punishing success. I spoke to the @Telegraph 👇🏻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/30/starmers-new-economic-adviser-backs-higher-wealth-taxes/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/30/starmers-new-economic-adviser-backs-higher-wealth-taxes/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1961806224053227699)  2025-08-30T15:00Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Labours tax rises are threatening one of the jewels in the UKs crown - the [--] billion gaming industry. I spoke to @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2102311/rachel-reeves-accused-threatening-uks https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2102311/rachel-reeves-accused-threatening-uks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1962088191579586878)  2025-08-31T09:40Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Under Labour we are witnessing the rapid rise of a grossly unfair economy - one that discourages effort disincentivises success and taxes aspiration. My words in @ConHome 👇🏻 From @MelJStride: Labour's economic mismanagement is killing growth and making society less fair https://t.co/AIDi4TOM9H From @MelJStride: Labour's economic mismanagement is killing growth and making society less fair https://t.co/AIDi4TOM9H"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1962394135194697872)  2025-09-01T05:56Z 18.8K followers, 28.5K engagements


"Labour is gambling with Britain's future. My words in today's @Daily_Express"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1962596127565361324)  2025-09-01T19:19Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Another economic disaster from Rachel Reeves. UK borrowing costs hit a 27-year high. As tax rises loom this is a clear vote of no confidence in Labour from the markets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963127377476649020)  2025-09-03T06:30Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Its utterly extraordinary that while working families and businesses are being hammered by Labour's tax hikes Angela Rayner has failed to pay the right amount of stamp duty. The Deputy Prime Minister should not be setting the rules when she fails to keep them herself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963192102717730838)  2025-09-03T10:47Z 18.9K followers, 198.6K engagements


"Something Angela and I can agree on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963232066226545065)  2025-09-03T13:26Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I have lived and breathed business most of my life. That is the difference between us and the Labour Party"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963490179986997522)  2025-09-04T06:31Z 18.9K followers, 45.9K engagements


"Labour are stalling leaving the Budget until as late as possible in the vain hope things might get better. Businesses and investors need certainty now - not months of further damaging speculation about tax rises. Labour don't have a plan - and they don't know what they're doing. This dither and delay only prolongs the doom and uncertainty unnecessarily. Labour promised stability but they've doubled inflation delivered soaring debt and destroyed business confidence. Taxes are up the deficit is up and borrowing costs have hit a 27-year high. Today's @thetimes 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963557016502214914)  2025-09-04T10:57Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Under Labour nothing is safe. Rachel Reeves will tax your family's future to pay for her failure. Leading the debate on property taxes 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963613364443091296)  2025-09-04T14:41Z 18.9K followers, 11.3K engagements


"We know there will be tax rises in the autumn. But if the black hole the Chancellor has created is as big as @NIESROrg estimates we could see Labour breaking their manifesto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963877443132903553)  2025-09-05T08:10Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Angela Rayner FINALLY resigns. It took far too long to get to this point. Rayner tried to hang on to her job and Labour did everything they could to protect her - even as serious questions mounted. Its utterly extraordinary that while working families and businesses are being hammered by Labour's tax hikes Angela Rayner failed to pay the right amount of stamp duty - by tens of thousands of pounds. No one is above the law. No government minister should be setting the rules when they fail to keep them themselves. Its utterly extraordinary that while working families and businesses are being"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1963923720608575674)  2025-09-05T11:14Z 19K followers, 42.4K engagements


"Don't be fooled by Reforms fantasy economics. I called out the 'mini budget' at the time. Reform would be all of that on steroids"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964238599445979367)  2025-09-06T08:05Z 18.9K followers, 27.5K engagements


"We're all paying the price for Labour's economic mismanagement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964622385673588937)  2025-09-07T09:30Z 19.1K followers, 12.5K engagements


"AHEAD OF THE CURVE Just finished a meeting with @realartlaffer in Nashville - the man behind the Laffer Curve and a key adviser to President Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. We discussed the simple truth his curve illustrates: there comes a point where higher taxes raise less not more. Rachel Reeves is gearing up for even more tax rises putting our economy at risk. Its time for Labour to reverse course"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964749184411812155)  2025-09-07T17:54Z 19K followers, 86.5K engagements


"The first thing to look at is incapacity benefits - which you get if you're found not fit for work. As you can see the numbers were falling in the 2010s. But since Covid it has increased by 44%. And once people are on these benefits very few move off them into work. (3/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985730578710591)  2025-09-08T09:34Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"When I was DWP Secretary we were tightening up the assessments. @OBR_UK said those reforms would mean 450k fewer people on sickness benefits and save 5bn. Labour have scrapped those reforms - meaning more welfare spending and more people trapped on benefits. (4/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985734483595283)  2025-09-08T09:34Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Then there's PIP - which is meant to help with extra costs related to a disability. In the last five years spending on PIP has gone up by 10bn in real terms and it's expected to go up by another 10bn. That means it will have more than doubled in a decade. (5/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985741412589984)  2025-09-08T09:34Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Note that these benefits aren't an either/or - you can get both incapacity benefits and PIP as well as housing benefit. It's all tax free. The total can add up to more than the take home pay of someone on the minimum wage as this analysis from @csjthinktank shows👇(7/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985753395773749)  2025-09-08T09:34Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"The system needs a complete overhaul. We should be spending money on treatment and back to work support - not trapping people into a lifetime on benefits. Labour's half-hearted attempt to get the benefits bill down was a disaster. They need to get a grip - and fast. (8/9)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964985756918890756)  2025-09-08T09:34Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"WATCH HERE: I spoke to @GBNEWS about the urgent need to tackle the welfare bill - and how Labour are asleep at the wheel. (9/9) https://youtu.be/W3Z4beHVUuYsi=4olrn7lgpr8TMRQE https://youtu.be/W3Z4beHVUuYsi=4olrn7lgpr8TMRQE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1964986897673199652)  2025-09-08T09:39Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"An absolute privilege to sit down with former US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser @CondoleezzaRice at @Stanford's @HooverInst. A wide-ranging discussion on geopolitical and economic challenges. We will need an economy that not only supports us at home but one which also robustly underpins our strategic influence abroad. Great insights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965330518171373984)  2025-09-09T08:24Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"What is Rachel Reeves on about here She claims the OBR are forecasting that debt will fall on her watch - and that this never happened under the Conservatives. This is just factually wrong. Surely the person in charge of the finances should know this Explanation below 👇(1/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965701836155027682)  2025-09-10T09:00Z 19K followers, 352K engagements


"There's no way the Chancellor can fudge this. Whichever definition of debt you use she's wrong. Whether it's the measure of debt used by the last government or the one Labour now use to allow them to borrow more her claim is false. (2/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965701840307462155)  2025-09-10T09:00Z 18.9K followers, 15.7K engagements


"This chart shows those two measures. As you can see under the old measure - the one Rachel Reeves originally promised to keep using - debt shot up thanks to the last Labour government. Conservatives stabilised it and began to bring it down until the pandemic hit. (3/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965701847106392374)  2025-09-10T09:00Z 18.9K followers, 14.7K engagements


"The OBR say under Labour debt will rise every single year by that measure. So what did the Chancellor do She changed the definition of debt To something called 'PSNFL'. But look at the chart - that measure also shows the Conservatives were bringing debt down before Covid (4/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965701852131119303)  2025-09-10T09:00Z 18.9K followers, 14.3K engagements


"Rachel Reeves claimed debt will come down under Labour and that this never happened under the Conservatives. Whichever measure of debt you use she's wrong. It's worrying the Chancellor can be so wrong on the numbers. I'll be writing to ask her to correct the record. (5/5)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1965701855113285845)  2025-09-10T09:00Z 18.9K followers, 14.1K engagements


"The markets have lost confidence in Labour and were all paying the price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966043928152752510)  2025-09-11T07:39Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Just rode in a driverless taxi in San Francisco - a glimpse of the future powered by innovation. Back home Britain has all the right ingredients to lead the way - talent creativity deep pools of capital. But we need a proper plan. Labours high-tax low growth economy wont cut it. It is we @conservatives who are doing the deep thinking around how our country can truly prosper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966087762257338781)  2025-09-11T10:33Z 19K followers, 135.3K engagements


"I know the challenges of starting a business. The sleepless nights. Rachel Reeves is making entrepreneurship 10x harder with her Jobs Tax. Great to sit down with @JimmysJobs https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QXcvXnYdK7hsh7xAoeUpB https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QXcvXnYdK7hsh7xAoeUpB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966165039595045129)  2025-09-11T15:40Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Growth is slowing with none in the latest month while the Government remains distracted from the problems the country is facing. While the Government lurch from one scandal to another borrowing costs recently hit a 27-year high a damning vote of no confidence in Labour that makes painful tax rises all but certain. It is little wonder that Starmer has stripped Reeves of control over the budget. But sidelining her is not enough he must also reject her failed economic approach that has left Britain poorer. Real GDP grew by 0.2% in the three months to July [----] down from growth of 0.3% in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966384071354826876)  2025-09-12T06:11Z 19K followers, 26.6K engagements


"I have written to Rachel Reeves asking her to correct what she said in Parliament this week. This isnt just about accuracy. It suggests the Chancellor thinks shes got debt under control. In reality she has put the public finances in a perilous position. What is Rachel Reeves on about here She claims the OBR are forecasting that debt will fall on her watch - and that this never happened under the Conservatives. This is just factually wrong. Surely the person in charge of the finances should know this Explanation below 👇(1/5) https://t.co/Jlc3iOSUCq What is Rachel Reeves on about here She"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966483992330358955)  2025-09-12T12:48Z 19K followers, 54.1K engagements


"No one on Labours front bench has any real-world business start-up experience so is it any surprise they dont understand business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966777516225442209)  2025-09-13T08:14Z 19K followers, 15.8K engagements


"Rachel Reeves went into the election promising "growth growth growth" - instead growth has slowed inflation has almost doubled borrowing is up and taxes are up - with more pain coming this autumn. Raising taxes again wont fix Labours economic mismanagement. I spoke to the @DailyMail 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1966879224280580143)  2025-09-13T14:58Z 19K followers, 37.5K engagements


"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 👇🏻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/13/trump-economist-warns-rachel-reeves-arthur-laffer/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/13/trump-economist-warns-rachel-reeves-arthur-laffer/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967137117621924269)  2025-09-14T08:03Z 19K followers, 14.7K engagements


"We will work flat out to be rid of this rudderless government. Message received loud and clear when speaking at two hugely positive members events this week. Thank you @SLConservatives and @YourSouthCots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967236900860924217)  2025-09-14T14:40Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Keir Starmer is in panic mode. By building his own private Treasury team in Downing Street and taking Rachel Reeves' number two the Prime Minister is clearly sidelining his Chancellor. But sidelining her is not enough - he must also firmly reject her failed economic approach that has left Britain poorer. I spoke to @Daily_Express 👇🏻 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2108188/rachel-reeves-chancellor-name-only https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2108188/rachel-reeves-chancellor-name-only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967320009769939332)  2025-09-14T20:10Z 19K followers, 16.5K engagements


"Just back from San Francisco where I met with leading venture capitalists @Google @Tesla former U.S. Secretary of State @CondoleezzaRice and renowned economist @realartlaffer. What struck over and over is just how much potential the UK has to lead on the global stage. Were home to some of the worlds top universities we have a culture of innovation and deep pools of investment capital. With the right plan and clear direction we can build an economy where opportunity is widespread - and where everyone feels better off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967598606585594110)  2025-09-15T14:37Z 19K followers, 11.4K engagements


"Labour don't understand business. Speaking at the launch of a new @CPSThinkTank report this morning 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967622728644718641)  2025-09-15T16:13Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Unemployments stuck at a four-year high vacancies are vanishing and Britains jobs market is going backwards. Labours economic mismanagement has pushed unemployment much higher than when the @Conservatives left office. Rachel Reeves promised growth but she's destroyed jobs. The revised estimate of employees on the payroll in July [----] was down [----] on the month. The provisional estimate for August [----] was down another [----]. Read the release ➡ https://t.co/tZB6zImOpY https://t.co/GwbnAtWd4J The revised estimate of employees on the payroll in July [----] was down [----] on the month. The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967840289529135130)  2025-09-16T06:37Z 19K followers, 62.5K engagements


"Labour dont understand business. Unemployments stuck at a four-year high vacancies are vanishing and Britains jobs market is going backwards. Labours economic mismanagement has pushed unemployment much higher than when the @Conservatives left office. Rachel Reeves promised growth but she's destroyed Unemployments stuck at a four-year high vacancies are vanishing and Britains jobs market is going backwards. Labours economic mismanagement has pushed unemployment much higher than when the @Conservatives left office. Rachel Reeves promised growth but she's destroyed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967867597048909970)  2025-09-16T08:26Z 19.4K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Visited @sophiessteaks in Soho this morning with @kemibadenoch @griffitha and @UKHofficial to hear directly from hospitality business leaders. Under Labour [-----] jobs in this vital sector have been destroyed - proof that their economic chaos is hitting people hard. Only the @Conservatives with sound finances and pro-business leadership can restore confidence and growth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1967948528052752697)  2025-09-16T13:47Z 19K followers, 24.2K engagements


"While Labour mismanages the economy Reform pedals fantasy economics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1968238240726737000)  2025-09-17T08:58Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"A theme is emerging: when things go wrong its never Rachel Reeves fault - but its always your family that pays the price. Be in no doubt any downgrade will be down to the Chancellor's economic mismanagement. I spoke to the @FT 👇🏻 https://www.ft.com/content/3d0b218e-1cd8-4f2d-8552-090993584bd1 https://www.ft.com/content/3d0b218e-1cd8-4f2d-8552-090993584bd1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1968273189638943038)  2025-09-17T11:17Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"The @OBR_UK is reportedly going to downgrade productivity - blowing a multi-billion pound hole in the public finances. Every time the numbers dont add up the Chancellor blames someone else. Be in no doubt Rachel Reeves economic mismanagement is to blame. OBR downgrades productivity in major pre-Budget blow to Rachel Reeves https://t.co/6Zmb89Utdp OBR downgrades productivity in major pre-Budget blow to Rachel Reeves https://t.co/6Zmb89Utdp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1968332908323877224)  2025-09-17T15:15Z 19.1K followers, 26.7K engagements


"With Labours addiction to borrowing spiralling out of control more tax rises loom in the autumn. This is the price of Rachel Reeves' economic failure: more debt more taxes and a generation left to pay for it. https://www.thetimes.com/article/db0da5a1-3d37-45e6-aef0-67870099a3f2shareToken=a21167109fd87045582fbf881d2727a3 https://www.thetimes.com/article/db0da5a1-3d37-45e6-aef0-67870099a3f2shareToken=a21167109fd87045582fbf881d2727a3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1968957733735977210)  2025-09-19T08:37Z 19K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Why is everything getting more expensive The cost of living is rising twice as fast as when Labour took over. Figures this week showed inflation is running at almost 4% - well above the 2% target. That can be directly linked to the choices Rachel Reeves has made👇(1/8)🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334509091897730)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, 10.2K engagements


"Inflation had come right back down to the 2% target by the time of the election - after a period of big price rises due to the war in Ukraine. But look what's happened to it since then - it's been rising steadily as you can see in this chart. (2/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334516297744536)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Labour decided to bring in a [--] billion Jobs Tax. Employers can't just absorb those costs. Many have had to pass them on to the rest of us by putting their prices up. The Bank of England have confirmed that Labour's Jobs Tax is driving up inflation. (3/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334519053365497)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Rachel Reeves also chose to massively increase government borrowing. She borrowed 70% more last year than the plans she inherited. The @OBR_UK said at the time of Labour's Budget that higher borrowing and spending would fuel inflation - but Labour didn't listen. (4/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334521356005720)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"It's those least able to afford it who are bearing the brunt of rising prices. Essentials like food and energy bills - and of course council tax - are rising much faster than the average and well above the 2% target as this chart shows👇(5/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334527790063805)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Of course Labour respond by saying inflation rose much higher under the Conservatives. Technically true - but that happened across the globe. The difference now is the UK is an outlier as you can see here. It's not external factors this time - it's the Labour government. (6/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334535759315271)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"This isn't just about prices in the shops. It has wider impacts. Higher inflation means higher interest rates. It's why the Bank of England didnt cut rates this week. That hurts mortgage holders and businesses. And it also means higher borrowing costs for the government. (7/8)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334538741379160)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"We can't simply spend borrow and tax our way to growth. Labour's approach is leaving us with the worst of all worlds - high inflation and lower growth. It's what economists call 'stagflation'. We're all paying the price for Labour's mismanagement. (8/8) https://youtu.be/KvNlVoqLJdAsi=8RRgE_RiWhdlAUlr https://youtu.be/KvNlVoqLJdAsi=8RRgE_RiWhdlAUlr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1969334541073433083)  2025-09-20T09:35Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"From Peter Mandelson to Angela Rayner's tax affairs to Rachel Reeves' mismanagement of the economy. It is the @Conservatives who are holding this Labour government to account 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1970049022845940115)  2025-09-22T08:54Z 19K followers, 16.6K engagements


"BREAKING: @OECD confirms Labour has put Britain in a high tax high inflation low growth doom loop. Rachel Reeves thinks the solution is more tax rises. The UK is now on the edge of stagflation all driven by Labours economic mismanagement. UK set for highest inflation this year in all of G7 OECD says https://t.co/F6ERGUNDU6 UK set for highest inflation this year in all of G7 OECD says https://t.co/F6ERGUNDU6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1970413281425928338)  2025-09-23T09:01Z 19.1K followers, 101K engagements


"Alarm bells should be ringing. But the government have stuck their fingers in their ears. My words in today's @cityam 👇🏻 https://www.cityam.com/a-competent-chancellor-would-break-britains-high-tax-high-spend-doom-loop/ https://www.cityam.com/a-competent-chancellor-would-break-britains-high-tax-high-spend-doom-loop/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971109454256214488)  2025-09-25T07:08Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform is playing with fire. Undermining the Banks independence risks instability and higher inflation - which means rising costs. Inflation hits every household - it eats your wages and savings. Britain needs financial stability not Reform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971135332369510816)  2025-09-25T08:50Z 19.1K followers, 20.6K engagements


"Thanks Sara. Great to speak at such a packed event in Colchester tonight. Local Conservatives determined to see the back of this government. Shadow Chancellor @MelJStride has a plan to lift hospitality businesses in #Colchester out of the economic mess created by Labour which is killing our local economy https://t.co/gO3xeKo7Ez Shadow Chancellor @MelJStride has a plan to lift hospitality businesses in #Colchester out of the economic mess created by Labour which is killing our local economy https://t.co/gO3xeKo7Ez"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971309591960092789)  2025-09-25T20:23Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Rachel Reeves doesnt seem to get that were in hock to the bond markets because of HER. She chose to borrow hundreds of billions more than the plans she inherited. In her first year alone she managed to increase borrowing by 70%. Theres only so much markets will stomach. If you choose to max out the credit card they will charge you more. Its really not complicated. The Chancellor would have more room to manoeuvre if she had been more responsible. The chancellor says shed like to be less in hock to the bond markets but must handle the economy as it is not as others want it to be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971846348870742399)  2025-09-27T07:56Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"When the Chancellor is reduced to begging the @OBR_UK to score a yet to be clarified youth mobility scheme to scrabble together a few hundred million at best it shows just how desperate things have become. Britain faces a massive fiscal black hole of Rachel Reeves own making. No amount of creative accounting can cover for the fact that her reckless borrowing has put us in this position. Rachel Reeves has already raised taxes by [--] billion a year. Despite saying she wouldn't come back for more the Chancellor's reckless economic mismanagement means more painful tax rises loom. Im all in favour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1971895992359223443)  2025-09-27T11:13Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Keir Starmer promised not to raise NI VAT or Income Tax. But Labour hiked NI and now Starmer wont rule out raising VAT. If Labour had properly managed the public finances including gripping welfare we could have avoided more tax hikes. My words in today's @Telegraph 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972551916732469678)  2025-09-29T06:39Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Rachel Reeves says she wants to abolish youth unemployment - yet in her very first Budget she introduced a [--] billion Jobs Tax that made it more expensive for businesses to hire especially young people. Thats the contradiction at the heart of Labours plan: they talk about opportunity but their policies kill jobs. Since Labour came to power unemployment is up. Business confidence is down. And now Reeves is trying to fix a problem she created - while pointing the finger of blame as she so often does at everyone else. You dont get more young people into work by punishing the very businesses that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972552770155594231)  2025-09-29T06:43Z 19K followers, 50.5K engagements


"Great to be joined by @kevin_j_foster out listening to local residents in Exminster today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972638269348143484)  2025-09-29T12:23Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Rachel Reeves says she won't risk the public finances but she's already doing that - with more borrowing higher spending and more taxes. Labour has raised taxes by [--] billion per year including a [--] billion tax on jobs and now wont rule out coming back for more. Labour refuse to tackle rising welfare costs and won't commit to keeping the two-child benefit cap - just like Reform. Labour spends more taxes more and blames others when things go wrong. Under Labour nothing is safe - not your job savings or pension. Only the Conservatives under new leadership will support business control welfare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972643249702514882)  2025-09-29T12:42Z 19.1K followers, 11.5K engagements


"This mornings news that growth halved compared to the previous quarter is concerning. Yesterday the Chancellor should have taken the chance to rule out changes to the two-child benefit cap but instead she accepted unlimited welfare spending is inevitable meaning tax rises are coming. Labour like Reform remain committed to more debt more spending and more tax killing growth. Only the Conservatives under new leadership will cut the welfare bill to deliver a stronger economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1972911518917276021)  2025-09-30T06:28Z 19.1K followers, 22.5K engagements


"Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is irresponsible and unfair. I outlined why in the @thetimes last week 👇🏻 The UK is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis and families across the country are working harder than ever tightening their belts and making tough choices every day just to make ends meet. In this climate politicians owe the public honesty not empty promises and reckless spending. That is why the two-child benefit cap must stay. It is not just a responsible policy; it is fundamentally a fair one. While Labours two Deputy Leadership hopefuls Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell roll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1973069658472235373)  2025-09-30T16:57Z 19.1K followers, 22.2K engagements


"Appalling attack at the Middleton Road synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims and their families"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1973764958526804462)  2025-10-02T15:00Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"While families tighten their belts Labour and Reform both want to increase welfare spending - including lifting the two child benefit cap. Neither party understands the idea of living within our means. Reeves and Reform are as economically dangerous as each other. I spoke to @Daily_Express 👇🏻 'Rachel Reeves and Nigel Farage are as economically dangerous as each other' https://t.co/X0ZkD2DbbK 'Rachel Reeves and Nigel Farage are as economically dangerous as each other' https://t.co/X0ZkD2DbbK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1974481949558235517)  2025-10-04T14:29Z 19.3K followers, 53K engagements


"Unlike Labour and Reform who want to spend even more on welfare - the @conservatives will fix the broken system. I spoke to @thetimes about my 4-point plan to get welfare spending down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1974838628581843007)  2025-10-05T14:06Z 19.3K followers, 12.6K engagements


"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 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975152623058604156)  2025-10-06T10:54Z 19.4K followers, 80K engagements


"Under Labour many have seen their business rates double. A future @Conservatives government will abolish business rates for shops and pubs on our high streets. End of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975188294200656242)  2025-10-06T13:16Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Under Labour nothing is safe from the taxman. Not your job not your home not your pension not your farm not your business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975614746465288192)  2025-10-07T17:30Z 19.4K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Under Labour debt is set to rise every single year until it is the size of the entire economy. The next generation is already burdened enough. We owe it to them to live within our means and stop piling up debt. The @Conservatives are the only party of fiscal responsibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975862887479668812)  2025-10-08T09:56Z 19.4K followers, 12.6K engagements


"👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🚀 Bold ideas. This is our plan for a stronger economy and stronger borders. https://t.co/yrQmH3bXcD Bold ideas. This is our plan for a stronger economy and stronger borders. https://t.co/yrQmH3bXcD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1975950223513124898)  2025-10-08T15:43Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements


"At the Budget Rachel Reeves raised taxes by 40bn. She said she wouldn't be back for more. The Chancellor is about to break that promise. It doesn't have to be that way. Reeves can keep her promise if she controls spending and gets a grip on welfare. Today's @DailyMail 👇🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/1977290808643797458)  2025-10-12T08:30Z 19.4K followers, 15.4K engagements


"Today I met with Deputy FinMin of Uzbekistan to discuss their economic reforms and signed a Double Taxation Treaty. @UKinUzbekistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MelJStride/status/956202862727647232)  2018-01-24T16:31Z 13.7K followers, [--] engagements

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