#  @premnsikka Prem Sikka Prem Sikka posts on X about money, insurance, investment, private equity the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::2461924214/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -52% - [--] Month [---------] +9.10% - [--] Months [----------] -29% - [--] Year [----------] -58% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::2461924214/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +21% - [--] Month [---] +19% - [--] Months [---] +21% - [--] Year [-----] -33% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2461924214/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0% - [--] Month [-------] -0.04% - [--] Months [-------] +0.59% - [--] Year [-------] +2.30% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2461924214/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) #4979 [countries](/list/countries) 4.59% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 4.08% [stocks](/list/stocks) 3.06% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2.04% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 2.04% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 1.02% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) 0.51% [financial services](/list/financial-services) 0.51% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 0.51% **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money) #1412, [insurance](/topic/insurance) #1700, [investment](/topic/investment) #1446, [private equity](/topic/private-equity) #208, [capital gains](/topic/capital-gains) 3.57%, [inflation](/topic/inflation) 2.55%, [cuts](/topic/cuts) 2.55%, [china](/topic/china) 2.55%, [ceo](/topic/ceo) 2.04%, [starmer](/topic/starmer) 2.04% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@drgindy](/creator/undefined) [@prog_party](/creator/undefined) [@alahmair1](/creator/undefined) [@1kilroywashere](/creator/undefined) [@patrick50645151](/creator/undefined) [@theessentialec1](/creator/undefined) [@stugoo17](/creator/undefined) [@allthreeofthem](/creator/undefined) [@alex_schmalex99](/creator/undefined) [@noisemakersanon](/creator/undefined) [@markcfdbailey](/creator/undefined) [@stevemiddi1](/creator/undefined) [@s1m681155011](/creator/undefined) [@susan_bagheri](/creator/undefined) [@johnrooth22136](/creator/undefined) [@nafeesmeah](/creator/undefined) [@brij_chaggar](/creator/undefined) [@oldpeoplefine](/creator/undefined) [@hellsbellsus](/creator/undefined) [@johnoshaun](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "England water companies have [----] criminal convictions are leaders in predatory practices. OFWAT/Govt lets them negotiate fines. Some won't be paid until [----] others never. Why does the govt indulge them Watch the Minister's reply. For evidence see https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020116728953364968) 2026-02-07T12:45Z 132.5K followers, 24.2K engagements "National Insurance (NI) dodges. Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage. Partners of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) get share of profit instead of wage No ENI paid. Big [--] law firms dodged 4bn. Billions more lost in other LLPs. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021165325568426152) 2026-02-10T10:12Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Contrived self-employment. Drivers at Amazon Evri eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class [--] NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage. Companies don't pay employers NIC. Must end this dodge. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021519426101932138) 2026-02-11T09:39Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from 3bn emergency loan. Bonus for dumping sewage not plugging leaks neglecting investment fleecing customers. They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govts do nothing. Let customers vote on exec pay. https://archive.ph/lcNyD https://archive.ph/lcNyD" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1922300812820168957) 2025-05-13T14:40Z 132.5K followers, 72.5K engagements "Thames Waters CEO defends [------] bonus just [--] months into the job. The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers. Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay. https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-apologises-to-customers-but-defends-bonuses-13367161 https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-apologises-to-customers-but-defends-bonuses-13367161" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1922718814686339497) 2025-05-14T18:21Z 132.5K followers, 35.4K engagements "Reeves given [-----] donation from lobbying firm linked to Thames Water bidder KKR. Companies don't donate they buy access to advance their interests. No matter what politicians say people see this as corruption. Must ban all political donations. https://archive.ph/BMaQ9 https://archive.ph/BMaQ9" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1930622655897411733) 2025-06-05T13:48Z 132.5K followers, 45.5K engagements "Thames Water is teetering on the edge of collapse and surviving by borrowing dumping sewage in rivers and exploiting customers. When will the Govt recognise that privatisation has failed and public ownership is the only effective way forward Watch the Minister's reply" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1932120057838027033) 2025-06-09T16:58Z 132.5K followers, 17.5K engagements "Workers generate wealth CEOs take unfair share. At Melrose CEO to average worker pay ratio is [----] Tesco [---] Marks & Spencer [---] Associated British Foods [---] Sainsbury's [---] How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers Watch the Minister's answer" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1981663043538022676) 2025-10-24T10:04Z 132.5K followers, 43.8K engagements "PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes 39m in unpaid taxes. It owes the govt 148m for supplying faulty gowns. Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company. Where has the money gone Will anything be recovered https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/05/company-linked-to-michelle-mone-owes-39m-in-unpaid-taxes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/05/company-linked-to-michelle-mone-owes-39m-in-unpaid-taxes" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1986345422772703552) 2025-11-06T08:10Z 132.5K followers, 46.2K engagements "BOE Cuts Banks Benchmark Capital Requirements. Just as the AI bubble readies to burst and shadow banking is running amok. Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks. Guess who will bail out banks We haven't recovered from the last crash. https://archive.ph/ivAJV https://archive.ph/ivAJV" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1995767879002714597) 2025-12-02T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Private equity decimated US hospitals now targeting the NHS. Neglected investment Asset-stripping Staff/Wage cuts Tax dodges Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment disposables Lack of food for patients Building maintenance neglected. https://lowdownnhs.info/private-providers/private-equity-destroyer-of-us-healthcare-now-targeting-the-nhs/ https://lowdownnhs.info/private-providers/private-equity-destroyer-of-us-healthcare-now-targeting-the-nhs/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016120449478873563) 2026-01-27T12:05Z 132.5K followers, 23.6K engagements "EasyJet warned over 'misleading' [----] cabin bag fee. Which research showed that typical cabin bag prices for EasyJet were five times as high as the [----] claim. Despite glossy CSR claims companies are dishonest and find new ways of fleecing customers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddgp9jgjz1o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddgp9jgjz1o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016410357250593238) 2026-01-28T07:17Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Curse of private equity. UK vets may have to publish prices of common pet treatments. That won't stop rip-off charges and unnecessary treatments. Must break-up local monopolies have not-for-profit vets control prices boycott greedy vets. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7zpgn5n47o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7zpgn5n47o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016413825570947389) 2026-01-28T07:31Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Privatisation Royal Mail delivered Xmas letters/parcels late to 16m people. [----] figure is 50% higher than previous year. RM doesn't meet targets. Price Now: Ist class stamp 1.70; 2nd class 87p. When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/28/royal-mail-christmas-letters-parcels-late-citizens-advice https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/28/royal-mail-christmas-letters-parcels-late-citizens-advice" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016418099390480644) 2026-01-28T07:48Z 132.5K followers, 18.2K engagements "UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s born women over the state pension age confusion. [----] ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised but no compensation. Now if only they been party donors private equity managers . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jeyn3yxn9o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jeyn3yxn9o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016883152757621058) 2026-01-29T14:36Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements "Shadow banks quizzed over meltdown threat hidden losses from false valuations. Shadow banks (includes private equity hedge funds and private credit) are unregulated. Enmeshed with pension funds insurance banks industry. Red lights flashing. https://archive.ph/3wZbj https://archive.ph/3wZbj" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017147396296159429) 2026-01-30T08:06Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "When is a fine on a company not a fine When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly [----] criminal convictions. Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years not even paid. Water companies indulged by govt. Why https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017510798969524506) 2026-01-31T08:10Z 132.5K followers, 11.4K engagements "Curse of Private Equity Asda has lost its mojo and has a big fight to get it back. Debt 3.8bn. Annual finance cost 611m. Staff/Wages cut. Low investment. Suppliers squeezed less customer choice assets sold-off piecemeal. Market share down. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0yrrr1ryvo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0yrrr1ryvo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017884850317922594) 2026-02-01T08:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme. Scandalous. Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed. No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters. No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/post-office-workers-horizon-compensation-scheme-deadline https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/post-office-workers-horizon-compensation-scheme-deadline" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017889335794610316) 2026-02-01T09:14Z 132.5K followers, 28.1K engagements "England's water companies don't pay fines. Thames Water fined 122.4m in Aug/Dec [----] for sewage dumping paying illegal dividends. Secretly agreed - Paid 24.5m (20%) in Sept [----]. Remaining 80% may be paid by [----] or never. Why are companies indulged https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017893635992248748) 2026-02-01T09:31Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "@Patrick50645151 PE is unregulated. Not subject to capital adequacy leverage or stress tests. Govt is deregulating regulated banking. PE shifts profits to tax havens dodges taxes. Rewards to its execs are taxed as capital gains not income. They pay tax at lower rates than wage" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017900293715800527) 2026-02-01T09:58Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Private equity owns lions share of childrens foster services in England bleeding the sector of money. Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments intragroup charges. Children suffer. Ban profit-taking entities from foster services. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/private-equity-owns-lions-share-of-childrens-foster-services-and-is-bleeding-the-sector-of-money https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/private-equity-owns-lions-share-of-childrens-foster-services-and-is-bleeding-the-sector-of-money" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018234175900271091) 2026-02-02T08:04Z 132.5K followers, 40.6K engagements "Peer demands independent investigation into DWP prosecution of subpostmasters. Over [---] were prosecuted by DWP for alleged frauds. What accounting system did it rely on Were they bullied into confessing Govt promised a review a year ago. Nothing done. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018236280790720571) 2026-02-02T08:13Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "JPMorgan should threaten UK over banker tax Mandelson told Epstein. Mandelson was Business Secretary at that time. After leaving govt in [----] Mandelson set up an advisory firm called Global Counsel JPMorgan was a client. Must be investigated. https://archive.is/rzjnQ https://archive.is/rzjnQ" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018340232089735500) 2026-02-02T15:06Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements "House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage says Starmer. That alone won't do. Mandelson leaked sensitive govt info. How many times did he do so For what personal benefit He advised Starmer. Starmer made him US ambassador. What did Starmer know https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/02/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/02/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018347133166907560) 2026-02-02T15:33Z 132.5K followers, 34.5K engagements "Dozens of workers at Royal Mail-owned eCourier claim they are classed wrongly as self-employed. Workers miss out on minimum wage holiday pay. Employers dodge national insurance contributions. Plans designed by highly paid execs living in leafy suburbs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/02/royal-mail-owned-ecourier-tribunal-drivers-rights https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/02/royal-mail-owned-ecourier-tribunal-drivers-rights" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018595653652549835) 2026-02-03T08:01Z 132.5K followers, 12.1K engagements "Four More US States Weigh Bans on Private-Equity Interference in Medical Care. UK handing more of healthcare to PE parasites Hospitals GP surgeries Dentists Care homes Children's care PE has no long term interest in anything. It profiteers by devouring. https://archive.ph/xBUyI https://archive.ph/xBUyI" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018599465117175904) 2026-02-03T08:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "England water companies have [----] criminal convictions. A trillion litres of water lost to leaky pipes. Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected Rule of law https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018616707976421485) 2026-02-03T09:25Z 132.5K followers, 10.7K engagements "After the Epstein disclosures Peter Mandelson has just resigned from the UK House of Lords. However he keeps the title. There is also the question of leaking sensitive information as a Minister his appointment as the UK ambassador to the US and those who lauded him" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018700142778466421) 2026-02-03T14:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "UK Police investigate Mandelson over claims he leaked information to Epstein. Who else knew What did recipients of information do Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power fame money arrogance. They still think they are special. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018794933780639922) 2026-02-03T21:13Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%. Higher taxes to maintain public services. UK has [--] working age people for every one pensioner could be 2:1 by [----]. Can't sustain economy without immigration. Xenophobia preventing honest debate. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/zero-net-migration-shrink-uk-economy-thinktank-niesr https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/zero-net-migration-shrink-uk-economy-thinktank-niesr" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018952610896638373) 2026-02-04T07:39Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Tory legacy. Court system in England & Wales on 'brink of collapse' former senior judge warns. Yrs of austerity. Backlog of [-----] Crown Court cases. Justice denied. Ending jury trials isn't the answer Need investment. Reforms - let courts sit 24/7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evxve8q7jo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evxve8q7jo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018956239560941852) 2026-02-04T07:54Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "England's water companies paid 85bn in dividends. Borrowed 82.7bn. 35% of customer bill covers interest payments dividends. Sewage in rivers. Customer complaints up 50% last yr. No exec prosecuted. Govt response - abolished fines on water companies. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018980822510969180) 2026-02-04T09:31Z 132.5K followers, 12.1K engagements "If I think about what this means I want to cry: what happens when a city like Southend loses its university Loss of education reskilling social mobility exports and contribution to local economy. 40-45% of unis in crisis caused by govt policies. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019316994626187736) 2026-02-05T07:47Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Labour MPs say Starmers days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson. Starmer knew of Mandelson's links to Epstein still appointed him US ambassador. Mandelson was adviser to Starmer. Poor political judgement and too many poor policy choices. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/labour-mps-say-starmer-days-as-pm-are-numbered-amid-fury-over-mandelson https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/labour-mps-say-starmer-days-as-pm-are-numbered-amid-fury-over-mandelson" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019321058529321426) 2026-02-05T08:03Z 132.5K followers, 16.5K engagements "Shell plans up to 4.6mn pay rise for chief executive. Most people will not earn that in a lifetime. Real wage cuts for workers but no curbs on exec pay dividends share buybacks profiteering. Workers have no say in how wealth is shared. https://archive.ph/d1CWZ https://archive.ph/d1CWZ" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019322805154685293) 2026-02-05T08:10Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Rising SEND costs will bankrupt [--] in [--] English local councils. [------] children need support up from from [------] in [----]. Some corporations charge 250k per pupil. No curbs on privatisation profiteering. Higher council tax service cuts inevitable. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/05/send-costs-bankrupt-english-local-authorities https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/05/send-costs-bankrupt-english-local-authorities" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019485971390099568) 2026-02-05T18:59Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Barclays cuts ties with Mandelson lobbying firm. Vodafone may too. This is public posturing isn't it. For yrs they used Mandelson to gain political advantage despite his history - forced to resign as minister ambassador knew of his links with Epstein. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/barclays-vodafone-lobbying-firm-global-counsel-peter-mandelson https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/barclays-vodafone-lobbying-firm-global-counsel-peter-mandelson" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019675332086030643) 2026-02-06T07:31Z 132.5K followers, 21.8K engagements "UK Ministers to crack down on profiteering in care sector. Promise made over a year ago. No legislation. Corporations are profiteering everywhere - water energy mail healthcare dentists banking vets . Govts too close to corporations. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/private-child-social-care-providers-in-england-pushed-out-for-profiteering https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/private-child-social-care-providers-in-england-pushed-out-for-profiteering" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019681590759289240) 2026-02-06T07:56Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements "Public ownership of water in England would mean no dividends to pay - 85bn paid since privatization. Cost of borrowing would be around half - guaranteed by govt. Reduction in consultant fees - don't need so many. Result: more investment lower bills. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019787738275348592) 2026-02-06T14:58Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Reforms by-election candidate suggested people who dont have children should pay more tax. He wants the govt to remove personal income tax for women who have two or more children. Do they think women are baby producing machines Insane policies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-matt-goodwin-children-tax-gorton-denton-b2914817.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-matt-goodwin-children-tax-gorton-denton-b2914817.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020075860619915619) 2026-02-07T10:03Z 132.5K followers, 10.8K engagements "Water bosses in England exploiting bonus loophole face crackdown. We have heard that before. Companies circumvent rules. Fines announced but not paid. Let customers elect directors vote on exec pay. Deny corporate tax relief on exec pay above x. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/water-bosses-england-bonus-loophole-crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/water-bosses-england-bonus-loophole-crackdown" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020423897259135458) 2026-02-08T09:06Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Mandelson scandal is 'serious' for Starmer but PM is 'man of integrity' Brown says. How many pledges Starmer reneged on Mandelson had history of lying was forced to resign as Minister relationship with Epstein was known still became ambassador. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020429305717882889) 2026-02-08T09:27Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich. Big money buys access to policymakers ministers thwarts threatening laws. Political corruption is normalised. Must end political donations second jobs for MPs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/mandelson-revelations-show-need-for-tougher-uk-constraints-to-resist-rule-of-the-rich https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/mandelson-revelations-show-need-for-tougher-uk-constraints-to-resist-rule-of-the-rich" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020774944804929845) 2026-02-09T08:21Z 132.5K followers, 21.1K engagements "@MarkCFDBailey Corporation tax is paid by companies as legal persons. Dividend tax is paid by natural persons" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020808372425990483) 2026-02-09T10:33Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "@Vectis64 Wages are eroded by inflation too" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020850996973293931) 2026-02-09T13:23Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "The end game Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down saying the 'distraction needs to end'. Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster. The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c74wd01egvyt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c74wd01egvyt" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020881916866498989) 2026-02-09T15:26Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "England's water companies promise 104bn investment by [----]. Customers will pay. Shareholders own assets income streams. Customers already paid companies handed 85bn dividend to shareholders. 35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019348598102876349) 2026-02-05T09:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance. Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied. Rich appeased. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry public purse robbed of billions. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020790098854387815) 2026-02-09T09:21Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Govt to spend 5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educational needs. The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations. How long before the write-off needs to be repeated https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd95572xpeo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd95572xpeo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021136243774353468) 2026-02-10T08:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over. Last night's PLP meeting was stage-managed loyalists packed the room new MPs worried about their jobs. Starmer purged dissent reneged on pledges chose wrong policies. What will change https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg9zxy1nko https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg9zxy1nko" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021151507119292822) 2026-02-10T09:17Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "RT @premnsikka: UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption. The Index is flawed but tells a story. Political parties legisl" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021256116315763127) 2026-02-10T16:13Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Billionaire wealth is highest ever at $18.3trn. Half the world lives in poverty. Billionaires are [----] times more likely to hold political office than normal people. Richest [--] Britons hold more wealth than 27m. Concentration of wealth is dangerous. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2013188894989099025) 2026-01-19T09:56Z 132.5K followers, 34K engagements "UK child poverty up 34% in a decade. Families can't afford food rent heating essentials. 72% of poor children live in working families. Secure jobs universal basic income/services curbs on profiteering would help. Must eradicate parental poverty. https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/why-four-million-children-still-going-hungry-in-uk-2026/ https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/why-four-million-children-still-going-hungry-in-uk-2026/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2017508086664073479) 2026-01-31T07:59Z 132.5K followers, 11.1K engagements "The UK has regressive taxes. National Insurance is no exception. Employees pay 8% on earnings between [-----] and [-----] and 2% on earnings above [-----]. Basic rate taxpayers pay higher proportion of their income in NIC than those on higher incomes. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020134497954529493) 2026-02-07T13:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity. NHS handed 128m to private ADHD companies last year. Just [--] private-equity providers of NHS ADHD services made profits 31.5m. Public money buys less. Must expand NHS capacity. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/how-adhd-became-a-multimillion-pound-industry-for-private-equity-2g6q3w5h2 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/how-adhd-became-a-multimillion-pound-industry-for-private-equity-2g6q3w5h2" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020864168425840978) 2026-02-09T14:15Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance. Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020938011933098197) 2026-02-09T19:09Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity. NHS handed 128m to private ADHD companies last year. J" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021128519074377886) 2026-02-10T07:46Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%. Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in th" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021128569649344612) 2026-02-10T07:46Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Lower-income UK families face 137-year wait for living standards to double. No govt curbs on profiteering. No plan for re" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021490361647104182) 2026-02-11T07:43Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Wes Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity allies say. He had majority of just over [---] votes i" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021609007991976097) 2026-02-11T15:35Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "National insurance hike and energy bills behind food price rise say UK retailers. No mention of the role of private equity ownership of supermarkets restaurants and pubs. No mention of profiteering exec pay dividends or profit shifting to dodge taxes. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/national-insurance-hike-and-energy-bills-behind-food-price-rise-say-uk-retailers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/national-insurance-hike-and-energy-bills-behind-food-price-rise-say-uk-retailers" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2016109343628730416) 2026-01-27T11:21Z 132.5K followers, 61.7K engagements "Union founder slams private equity milking UK foster care for profit. Privatised foster placements can cost double the local authority placing. Successive govts have pushed privatisation. Children in need treated as commodities for profits. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/03/foster-care-sector-private-equity/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/03/foster-care-sector-private-equity/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018960655450087504) 2026-02-04T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Morgan McSweeney select Labours parliamentary candidates ahead of the [----] general election. This is despite his past misbehaviour. It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right. https://archive.ph/FXGiY https://archive.ph/FXGiY" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019069694834037235) 2026-02-04T15:25Z 132.5K followers, 28.6K engagements "Shell increases debt pile to $45.7bn to continue bumper shareholder payouts. 4% increase in dividends $3.5bn share buybacks 17th consecutive quarter of at least $3bn of buybacks. Customers will pay. CEOs appease shareholders who always want more. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/shell-increases-multibillion-pound-debt-pile-record-shareholder-payouts-oil-prices https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/shell-increases-multibillion-pound-debt-pile-record-shareholder-payouts-oil-prices" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2019328350456520845) 2026-02-05T08:32Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "RT @jechristensen56: Oligarchs captured British democracy years ago. They own much of the media fund politicians and political parties an" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021154778575684080) 2026-02-10T09:30Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over. Last night's PLP meeting was stage-managed loyalists packed the" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021281867257840071) 2026-02-10T17:55Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: National Insurance (NI) dodges. Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage. Partners of Limited Liability Partner" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021287985669681562) 2026-02-10T18:19Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Govt to spend 5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educati" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021490312343060830) 2026-02-11T07:43Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: PM says peer (his former communications chief) did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender. "He lied" excuse wa" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021842680590774487) 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Contrived self-employment. Drivers at Amazon Evri eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay inc" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021842706255712384) 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: UK real GDP increased by 0.1% in Quarter [--] [----]. Can't grow economy when 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population com" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021970506077856002) 2026-02-12T15:31Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "RT @premnsikka: Peer disappointed that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away. Little people don't count do they" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022024517405778133) 2026-02-12T19:06Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Magic Money Tree Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine. Why can shareholders not fund it Govt won't give repayable loan won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams. Must check corporate welfare. https://archive.ph/ImPcN https://archive.ph/ImPcN" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1908124295135416526) 2025-04-04T11:47Z 132.5K followers, 15.1K engagements "HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore. Major corporations dodge taxes by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Wealthy use tax havens. Opacity means HMRC Govt tax abuse industry can't be held to account. Normal people pay more in tax. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/hmrc-wont-admit-how-much-tax-is-lost-offshore https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/hmrc-wont-admit-how-much-tax-is-lost-offshore" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020072574810747354) 2026-02-07T09:50Z 132.5K followers, 14.6K engagements "Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%. Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars. Farage and Tories lied about Brexit. Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/brexit-farm-products-sales-eu https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/brexit-farm-products-sales-eu" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020917799162454432) 2026-02-09T17:48Z 132.5K followers, 10.3K engagements "UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption. The Index is flawed but tells a story. Political parties legislators available for hire crony contracts VIP lanes. UK more corrupt than Estonia Hong Kong Uruguay Ireland. No relief in sight https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021133318138323419) 2026-02-10T08:05Z 132.5K followers, 20.6K engagements "Lower-income UK families face 137-year wait for living standards to double. No govt curbs on profiteering. No plan for redistribution. The poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20% Poor must unite vote en block for change. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/lower-income-families-living-standards https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/lower-income-families-living-standards" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021208267028856926) 2026-02-10T13:02Z 132.5K followers, 13.1K engagements "Teachers and admin teams in England spend over [---] hours a week enforcing rules restricting use of smartphones in schools. That is equivalent to [--] staff huge annual cost of policing. Would it be cheaper to install Faraday's Cage in classrooms https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/10/school-phone-policies-drain-resources-england-study https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/10/school-phone-policies-drain-resources-england-study" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021495789915398400) 2026-02-11T08:05Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "RT @premnsikka: AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on 200m UK investment. Last year govt appeased Trump agreed to" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021842648672448883) 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Some achievement by the Tory Govt - @DavidInglesTV The Pound lost value against Afghanistan Afghani Guinea Franc Malawian Kwacha Ethiopian Birr Congolese Franc Lebanese Pound Mozambique Metical Dominian Republic Peso Russian Ruble Nicaraguan Crdoba. Of the [---] or so currencies Bloomberg tracks the British Pound is down against every single one from last week apart from the Chilean Peso Gibraltar Pound Falkland Islands Pound St. Helena Pound. https://t.co/Ervic7Fpz6 Of the [---] or so currencies Bloomberg tracks the British Pound is down against every single one from last week apart from the" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1574693714567602176) 2022-09-27T09:33Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Thames Water crisis drags on. Hong Kong based billionaire owner of Northumbrian Water touted as TW bidder. He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment. Any private owner would want profit the main cause of the crisis. Need public ownership. https://archive.ph/NCYXf https://archive.ph/NCYXf" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1959514284972552461) 2025-08-24T07:13Z 132.5K followers, 12.9K engagements "Curse of Private Equity. PE firms cashing in on Britains special needs crisis. Councils paying [-----] - [------] a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending 2.2bn a year. No curbs on profiteering. https://archive.ph/LdXqs https://archive.ph/LdXqs" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2017150915854143723) 2026-01-30T08:20Z 132.5K followers, 17.8K engagements "Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water have nearly [---] criminal convictions between them. On [--] August [----] Ofwat fined them 47m and 17m for sewage dumping. Fines not paid will not be paid. Firms claim to have invested. No penalty for abusing laws https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2018239589903720561) 2026-02-02T08:26Z 132.5K followers, 765.2K engagements "99987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans. Govt froze repayment threshold. By [----] likely to be at minimum wage. At the margin graduates pay 20% income tax + 8%NIC +9% repayment. Insane. Loan keeps increasing if not repaid. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/06/graduates-student-loans-finances https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/06/graduates-student-loans-finances" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2020068417949299169) 2026-02-07T09:33Z 132.5K followers, 117.5K engagements "Wes Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity allies say. He had majority of just over [---] votes in the last election. He would take Labour further to the right. Funded by healthcare companies handing the NHS to corporations. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/10/streeting-still-ready-to-challenge-starmer-despite-show-of-unity-allies-say https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/10/streeting-still-ready-to-challenge-starmer-despite-show-of-unity-allies-say" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021498088884666637) 2026-02-11T08:14Z 132.5K followers, 16.8K engagements "AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on 200m UK investment. Last year govt appeased Trump agreed to pay 25% more for US drugs up to 6bn a year. The carrot was more investment in the UK. Would UK govt now cancel the deal https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/astrazeneca-ceo-pascal-soriot-nhs-drug-price-deal-uk-investment-cambridge https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/astrazeneca-ceo-pascal-soriot-nhs-drug-price-deal-uk-investment-cambridge" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021501345719779727) 2026-02-11T08:27Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "PM says peer (his former communications chief) did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender. "He lied" excuse was used for Mandelson and is wheeled out again. Does no one google read press double check anything Who is responsible https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gne0rn4qo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gne0rn4qo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021613635190059226) 2026-02-11T15:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "UK real GDP increased by 0.1% in Quarter [--] [----]. Can't grow economy when 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 7.3m await NHS hospital appointments in England. 24m live below minimum living standards. Redistribution and investment in public services needed" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021868233247084752) 2026-02-12T08:45Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Peer disappointed that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away. Little people don't count do they. What if they were wealthy donors Justice delayed is justice denied. Please read the linked article and write to the Minister. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021908836655960342) 2026-02-12T11:26Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "RT @Feargal_Sharkey: HOLY SHIT and I don't say that very often. At the behest of the water industry the Department for Works and Pension" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2021947569954492667) 2026-02-12T14:00Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health. Pay-off to fossil fuel bosses for funding Trump's election Trump guided by money not science or common sense. US auto makers will produce cars that other countries won't buy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022077368459055322) 2026-02-12T22:36Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid 6bn-a-year Send costs. Crisis caused by privatisation & profiteering from special education needs of children. Invest to rebuild public sector. Privatisation has been disastrous in so many sectors. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/rachel-reeves-mps-public-finances-send-costs-markets https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/rachel-reeves-mps-public-finances-send-costs-markets" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022209323045359990) 2026-02-13T07:20Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "UK Dept of Work and Pensions deducted 32.4m from Universal Credit to pay poor people's water bills. People in the North hit the hardest. Water companies pay dividends exorbitant exec pay fleece customers don't pay fines. Now allowed to rob the poor. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/12/dwp-northern/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/12/dwp-northern/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022218655199797349) 2026-02-13T07:57Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials concerns revealed. Govt officials warned that the contract would not offer value for money but Ministers still went ahead. Mandelson took Starmer to meet Palantirs chief executive. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/12/nhs-deal-with-ai-firm-palantir-called-into-question-after-officials-concerns-revealed https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/12/nhs-deal-with-ai-firm-palantir-called-into-question-after-officials-concerns-revealed" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022222607043768655) 2026-02-13T08:13Z 132.5K followers, 39.6K engagements "RT @johnmcdonnellMP: So we have a Home Secretary that is going to fight the judiciary now. This is hardly the language of someone holding" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/2022285856925417639) 2026-02-13T12:24Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded [------] Clacton home. No mortgage. Questions about [-----] stamp duty. Other properties owned through a company which lacks sufficient finance. Unlike Starmer won't publish tax return. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966192893783396754) 2025-09-11T17:31Z 132.2K followers, 32.9K engagements "Holding govts to ransom. US drugmaker Merck scraps 1bn UK research centre cuts [---] jobs. Big pharma it wants higher drugs prices for the NHS and profits. Consequence of oligopolies and corporate power. Govt should start manufacture of generic drugs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzyxjr0lzo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzyxjr0lzo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966387791111270848) 2025-09-12T06:25Z 132.3K followers, 25.9K engagements "Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms. Chemicals going into food chain water waterways with deadly outcomes. Corporations boost profits. Regulators failing to protect health and the environment. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966394094030303367) 2025-09-12T06:51Z 132.2K followers, 25K engagements "UK economy flat lines in July. Can't grow without redistribution. 16m live in poverty. Profiteering eroding purchasing power Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203edl1zq3o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203edl1zq3o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966397599218319845) 2025-09-12T07:04Z 132.2K followers, 14.1K engagements "Lives of the super rich Tankers used to transport water to fill private lakes. Normal people face shortages due to droughts. The same people oppose wealth taxes and higher wages for workers. They have friends in high places. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966415710663413951) 2025-09-12T08:16Z 132.2K followers, 11.8K engagements "Barclays CEO tells govt to cut public sector wages instead of taxing banks. Wants to cut wages of doctors nurses teachers cleaners cooks security guards to give more to bankers. Wage rises are inflationary apparently but CEO pay dividends aren't. https://archive.ph/yTGN7 https://archive.ph/yTGN7" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966524856268186075) 2025-09-12T15:30Z 132.2K followers, 21.5K engagements "Why the reshuffle alone wont change the UK govts fortunes. Must junk neoliberal policies never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth. Must improve purchasing power of the bottom 50% to energize economy. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966756342133031284) 2025-09-13T06:50Z 132.2K followers, 11.3K engagements "Indictment of England's children in residential care mostly corporate controlled. Annual spend 3.1bn paid by local councils spend per child [------] 22% profit. Poor value for money. Children not properly cared. But govts insist on privatisation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93d57pjo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93d57pjo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1966942082926604541) 2025-09-13T19:08Z 132.3K followers, 14.6K engagements "Big pharma threatens the UK govt. Want higher drugs prices/profits squeezing the NHS budget forcing higher taxes. Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt. Govt must produce generic drugs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/12/britain-terrible-place-sell-medicines-drug-firm-executive-sanofi https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/12/britain-terrible-place-sell-medicines-drug-firm-executive-sanofi" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967122594366464325) 2025-09-14T07:05Z 132.4K followers, 20.5K engagements "Revolving doors. Thames Water paid 1m+ to lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser. Aim is to reach policymakers keep TW private. TW pays 200m a year to various advisers. Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends lobbyists. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/13/thames-water-paid-1m-plus-to-corporate-spooks-firm-part-owned-by-starmer-adviser https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/13/thames-water-paid-1m-plus-to-corporate-spooks-firm-part-owned-by-starmer-adviser" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967131418473201926) 2025-09-14T07:40Z 132.2K followers, 22.2K engagements "Labour must reset policies boost spending power of the bottom 50%. Median wage [------] bosses collect [----] times worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. Poorest in Slovenia/Malta better off than the poorest in UK. Must Redistribute. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967175713263632607) 2025-09-14T10:36Z 132.2K followers, 15.1K engagements "Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt. Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else. Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them cut worker wages they say. People bear cost of corporate pollution abuses. Curb corporate power or become slaves" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967464043264016748) 2025-09-15T05:42Z 132.6K followers, 170.7K engagements "In 2024-25 HMRC wrote-off 7.2bn of tax Main reason is UK insolvency law. Since [----] HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies. Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies employment & other benefits. Reinstate Crown preference. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e5d318adf4250705c96d8/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2024_to_2025.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e5d318adf4250705c96d8/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2024_to_2025.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967491345976828002) 2025-09-15T07:31Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "Car seats being sold online in UK that risk lives of children Which finds. In pursuit of profits businesses ignore laws/safety. They object to consumer rights. The so-called 'red tape' is someone's life. Say NO to profits before people. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/15/car-seats-being-sold-online-in-uk-that-risk-lives-of-children-which-finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/15/car-seats-being-sold-online-in-uk-that-risk-lives-of-children-which-finds" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967498052614361426) 2025-09-15T07:57Z 132.3K followers, 11.6K engagements "UK Govt must change course. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. WRONG At the very least abolish VAT on domestic fuel reduce std rate of VAT lift personal allowance by [----]. Shift the cost to the rich. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967507794644635929) 2025-09-15T08:36Z 132.2K followers, 16.1K engagements "Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event blames his office for error. Collects full 93904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough. Previouslyclaimed to have bought ahousein his constituency now tells a different story https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-trump-visit-parliamentary-rules-b2826380.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-trump-visit-parliamentary-rules-b2826380.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967623417018135034) 2025-09-15T16:15Z 132.2K followers, 47.6K engagements "Sewage pours into rivers of English & Welsh national parks at twice rate elsewhere. [------] hours of sewage dumped underinvestment & mismanagement. More than half of the rivers in national parks failed to meet the good ecological status required by law https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/16/sewage-overflow-national-parks-england-wales-rivers-lakes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/16/sewage-overflow-national-parks-england-wales-rivers-lakes" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967847853675704392) 2025-09-16T07:07Z 132.2K followers, 15.5K engagements "Barbarians at the Gate Pope Leo criticises pay packages of Elon Musk & other CEOs. Millions/Billions toil in poverty Super rich fund far-right groups; buy political parties legislators media ferment social unrest manipulate democracies. Tax wealth. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/pope-leo-concerned-elon-musk-pay https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/pope-leo-concerned-elon-musk-pay" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967855243670311408) 2025-09-16T07:37Z 132.3K followers, 21K engagements "UK employee median wage [-----] (net 25707). Millions barely survive bosses collect up to [----] times average wage. 37% on Universal Credit claimants are at work. People surviving on food banks charity Can't revive economy without redistribution. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/september2025 https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/september2025" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967864448783356348) 2025-09-16T08:13Z 132.2K followers, 16.8K engagements "UK govts appease corporations and the super-rich people struggle Hard to see GP/Dentist Shortage of social housing. Sewage in rivers. High energy prices 7.4m hospital appointments awaited in England Unchecked profiteering. Must abandon neoliberalism. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967906714356945062) 2025-09-16T11:01Z 132.3K followers, 10.5K engagements "UK public has paid 200bn to shareholders of privatised water rail bus energy and mail services mostly foreign owned. Investment neglected. Regulators useless. Often little/no competition captive customers fleeced more pushed into poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967952888283742640) 2025-09-16T14:05Z 132.3K followers, 24.1K engagements "Post Office paid law firm 86m for dealing with the public inquiry into the scandal. [--] years later victims await compensation for false prosecutions. No exec charged. Fujitsu lawyers advisers complicit. Made millions. No contribution to compensation. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631312/Utter-madness-as-Post-Office-paid-law-firm-double-the-cost-of-scandal-public-inquiry https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631312/Utter-madness-as-Post-Office-paid-law-firm-double-the-cost-of-scandal-public-inquiry" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1967981465209356754) 2025-09-16T15:58Z 132.5K followers, 17.9K engagements "Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment but it is funded by the super rich. Reform has an unusually high number of overseas backers with links to tax havens. Fossil fuel interests fund Reform party will expand their trade https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/reform-uk-funders-nigel-farage-5-million-donations-fossil-fuels-tax-havens/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/reform-uk-funders-nigel-farage-5-million-donations-fossil-fuels-tax-havens/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968204304784953830) 2025-09-17T06:44Z 132.2K followers, 38K engagements "Rip-off Quarter of the average UK energy bill funds profits. Privatised energy companies paid 70.7bn in dividend between [----] and [----]. In high winds turbines turned off as system can't transmit/store electricity. [------] a year die in fuel poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/privatisation-premium-billions-from-uk-energy-bills-paid-to-shareholders https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/privatisation-premium-billions-from-uk-energy-bills-paid-to-shareholders" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968576556327977084) 2025-09-18T07:23Z 132.4K followers, 32.5K engagements "UK banks building societies required to get savers NI number make it easier for HMRC to tax. Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends share buybacks bonds stock market gambles assets stashed offshore. It is class war. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel-reeves-tax-savings-hmrc-salaries-b2804241.html https://www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel-reeves-tax-savings-hmrc-salaries-b2804241.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968601950133338404) 2025-09-18T09:04Z 132.4K followers, 77.9K engagements "President Trump says US negotiating with Taliban to take control of Bagram airbase in Afghanistan i.e. fund Taliban. If they don't agree . will he invade Just like the threat to takeover Gaza Greenland Panama Canada. China will see this as a threat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/us-seeking-to-regain-control-of-afghanistans-bagram-airbase-says-trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/us-seeking-to-regain-control-of-afghanistans-bagram-airbase-says-trump" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968780496181051760) 2025-09-18T20:53Z 132.4K followers, 10.3K engagements "England councils paid 2.8bn for temporary accommodation for homeless people. [------] households in temporary accommodation including [------] children. Result of low income profiteering high housing costs. What if 2.8bn used to build social housing https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/temporary-accommodation-cost-councils-england/ https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/temporary-accommodation-cost-councils-england/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968941966176989478) 2025-09-19T07:35Z 132.4K followers, 17K engagements "Englands social care at breaking point. Relies on 1.9m unpaid carers shabbily treated. New requests for support up from 1.8m in 2015/16 to 2.1m in 2023/24 mainly from working age adults. Profiteering at care homes. Need integrated healthcare system https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/social-care-unpaid-breaking-point-england-b2829489.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/social-care-unpaid-breaking-point-england-b2829489.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1968945725342974295) 2025-09-19T07:50Z 132.2K followers, [----] engagements "London housing is classed as unaffordable for every income decile. Average English home costs [---] times the average salary; [----] times in London. Bad news for every region. Result of years of real wage cuts profiteering rentier economy shortages. https://www.cityam.com/housing-in-london-now-classed-as-unaffordable-at-every-income-level/ https://www.cityam.com/housing-in-london-now-classed-as-unaffordable-at-every-income-level/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969332089276232145) 2025-09-20T09:25Z 132.3K followers, 12.6K engagements "Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell says govt should axe two-child benefit cap. Why did she support it Supported WFP cut by saying without it there would be a "run on the pound". Silence on corporate welfare grip of neoliberalism. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/20/lucy-powell-urges-labour-to-consider-raising-gambling-taxes-so-it-can-axe-two-child-benefit-cap https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/20/lucy-powell-urges-labour-to-consider-raising-gambling-taxes-so-it-can-axe-two-child-benefit-cap" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969660731902599403) 2025-09-21T07:11Z 132.5K followers, 20.8K engagements "16% of Britons have no savings. 39% have less than 1000; struggle to survive without income. Profiteering low wages high living costs condemn millions to insecurity. 1% have more wealth than 70% of population. Can't rebuild without redistribution. https://blog.moneyfarm.com/en/personal-finance/average-savings-by-age-in-the-uk-how-much-should-you-be-saving/ https://blog.moneyfarm.com/en/personal-finance/average-savings-by-age-in-the-uk-how-much-should-you-be-saving/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969664018496291010) 2025-09-21T07:24Z 132.4K followers, 33.6K engagements "Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights human rights hand the NHS to private sector divide society deepen inequalities and environmental crisis. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969671525574840625) 2025-09-21T07:54Z 132.4K followers, 69.9K engagements "Reform UK receives [------] donation from firm that faced winding-up petition; cost borne by workers/creditors. Party funded by the super rich tax exiles offshore entities hedge funds foxhunting enthusiasts. Reward: policies that will enrich a few. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/19/reform-uk-receives-100000-donation-from-design-firm-that-faced-winding-up-petition https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/19/reform-uk-receives-100000-donation-from-design-firm-that-faced-winding-up-petition" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969675409613865109) 2025-09-21T08:09Z 132.4K followers, 63.9K engagements "UK govt to water down North Sea oil/gas drilling ban. Following Trump/Farage agenda. Energy won't necessarily be used in UK boost corporate profits. One-dimensional thinking ignores impact on the environment health flooding value of homes life. https://archive.ph/TCz6V https://archive.ph/TCz6V" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1969707335703482825) 2025-09-21T10:16Z 132.2K followers, [----] engagements "Welfare reform 'must happen' UK minister says. Silence on corporate welfare. For example Drax makes profits but gets subsidies. Why Silence on tax perks of the rich. For example capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg3jl0ylkyo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg3jl0ylkyo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970007807408722296) 2025-09-22T06:10Z 132.4K followers, 19.2K engagements "Ministers could give mayors control of England's schools and hospitals in devolution shake-up. Won't end the curse of PFI privatization of the NHS; reduce NHS queue or provide funding for schools/NHS. But it will enable Ministers to pass the blame. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/ministers-could-give-mayors-control-of-schools-and-hospitals-in-devolution-shake-up https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/ministers-could-give-mayors-control-of-schools-and-hospitals-in-devolution-shake-up" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970141437825098078) 2025-09-22T15:01Z 132.4K followers, 11.2K engagements "Trump to say that taking paracetamol during pregnancy can cause autism. Previously he suggested that people should inject themselves with disinfectants to beat COVID. Science does not support his claims. Trump is an embarrassment to the whole world. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trump-autism-paracetamol-pregnancy-scientists-b2831358.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trump-autism-paracetamol-pregnancy-scientists-b2831358.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970204851696214314) 2025-09-22T19:13Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "In a corporate owned care home charging [----] a week. Residents face neglect/cruelty. Left in urine-soaked clothes wet bedsheets calls for help ignored not showered for weeks excrement in corridors staff shortages. When profits come B4 people. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylxpjdx8wo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylxpjdx8wo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970371652195074412) 2025-09-23T06:16Z 132.4K followers, 147.4K engagements "Nigel Farage announces plan to deport legal immigrants. Will split families. Will resisters end-up in concentration camps Will deny welfare benefits to those who worked paid taxes. Produces false financial savings numbers. The next road to Auschwitz. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-hate-foreigners-indefinite-leave-to-remain https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-hate-foreigners-indefinite-leave-to-remain" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970376908496941304) 2025-09-23T06:37Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "UK set for highest inflation in G7 OECD says. Real average wage hardly moved since [----]. Profiteering is the main cause. Start with controlling price of energy water rents. Even better nationalize energy and water build social housing. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-oecd-economy-inflation-growth-b2831788.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-oecd-economy-inflation-growth-b2831788.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970424855515242758) 2025-09-23T09:47Z 132.5K followers, 24.8K engagements "Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out. Low wages insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings. No govt curbs profiteering. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65m95gqdjo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65m95gqdjo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970740406875750424) 2025-09-24T06:41Z 132.4K followers, 11.2K engagements "The PFI disaster Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands 6m to advisers. NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed. Money will buy less. Higher taxes lower value. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970748598477598956) 2025-09-24T07:14Z 132.4K followers, 42.5K engagements "Resolution Foundation tells UK govt to cut national insurance increase income tax. This will hike taxes on pensioners. 2m live in poverty. [------] a year die in fuel poverty. Why not tax dividends and capital gains at the same rates as wages https://news.sky.com/story/rachel-reeves-urged-to-cut-national-insurance-and-hike-income-tax-in-upcoming-budget-13436491 https://news.sky.com/story/rachel-reeves-urged-to-cut-national-insurance-and-hike-income-tax-in-upcoming-budget-13436491" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970767120548917406) 2025-09-24T08:27Z 132.5K followers, 17K engagements "London mayor Sadiq Khan hits back at racist sexist misogynistic and Islamophobic Trump. About time. Trump spreads lies about every country. Trump is doing much harm at home and abroad undermining the UN. NATO US economy human rights free speech. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/24/sadiq-khan-hits-back-at-racist-sexist-misogynistic-and-islamophobic-trump https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/24/sadiq-khan-hits-back-at-racist-sexist-misogynistic-and-islamophobic-trump" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1970918726750044609) 2025-09-24T18:30Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "Rip-off Britain. Mobile and broadband companies are engaging in murky practices to make it hard for consumers to find good deals Companies raise capital from customers who own nothing. Annual prices hiked by inflation+3.9%. Regulators do nothing. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/25/mobile-broadband-customers-losing-out-murky-contract-practices https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/25/mobile-broadband-customers-losing-out-murky-contract-practices" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971096215925514410) 2025-09-25T06:15Z 132.4K followers, 17K engagements "Curse of private equity. PE acquired US hospitals had 13% higher patient death rates in the emergency depts compared with similar hospitals. PE cut staffing wages investment; hiked profits. People killed for profit. Yet UK handing healthcare to PE. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971110556460515652) 2025-09-25T07:12Z 132.6K followers, 11.9K engagements "Amazon agrees to pay $2.5bn over claims it tricked Prime customers. Similar practices in the UK but no regulator gets off its bended-knees. Is there a pristine large corporation https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dy9018jxo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dy9018jxo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971461081932628285) 2025-09-26T06:25Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "Millennials face post-work poverty if they remain renters. On retirement income shrinks. State pension is inadequate. Low wages - can't save for private pension or buy a home. Need social housing rent controls state pension aligned with living wage. https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/renting/comment-renting-pete-apps-london-millennials-gen-z-retirement-poverty-b1248499.html https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/renting/comment-renting-pete-apps-london-millennials-gen-z-retirement-poverty-b1248499.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971468283376480465) 2025-09-26T06:54Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements "Predatory capitalism UK retailers ripping off motorists as fuel margins remain far above historic levels. Supermarket retailers margins increased to between 8% and 9.1%. Inevitable as exec pay is linked to profits. No regulator/govt protects people. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/26/uk-retailers-accused-of-ripping-off-motorists-fuel-margins-petrol-diesel-prices https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/26/uk-retailers-accused-of-ripping-off-motorists-fuel-margins-petrol-diesel-prices" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971544846163681604) 2025-09-26T11:58Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements "If the UK govt wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership. High price of energy and water which fuels inflation poverty business costs. Industries like water energy have extracted dividends neglected investment. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1971624361326268923) 2025-09-26T17:14Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Upside Down World. Hedge fund trader gets $100m. Most people struggle to make ends meet. Speculators who gamble with other people's money produce nothing get mega rewards. Profits are privatized. Failing banks are bailed out. https://archive.ph/vNVDB https://archive.ph/vNVDB" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972257014631031219) 2025-09-28T11:08Z 132.6K followers, [----] engagements "UK inflation is caused by profiteering Since the pandemic electricity generation companies hiked profit margins by 198%. Electricity/Gas supply margins up 363%. Shipping up by [---] times Health and social work up by 118%. People impoverished. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972259067281457247) 2025-09-28T11:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "UK Govt to guarantee 1.5bn JLR loan after cyber shutdown. Would companies spend less on insurance cyber security as the state becomes guarantor Govt could take equity stake which means money won't be repayable. Taxpayers can get a return in future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl15ykerlro https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl15ykerlro" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972551663547523481) 2025-09-29T06:38Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "EU industry fears ever-expanding list of derivative goods subject to US steel tariffs. Trump governed by whims. China stood up to him & he backed-off. The EU UK need to do the same. The emerging multipolar must be based on respect not bullying. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/eu-industry-fears-ever-expanding-list-of-derivative-goods-subject-to-steel-tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/eu-industry-fears-ever-expanding-list-of-derivative-goods-subject-to-steel-tariffs" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972783148259045663) 2025-09-29T21:58Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "UK Govt plan to revitalise high streets. To make it happen Govt needs to: Reduce shop rents Cut energy bills Increase spending power of the bottom 50%. Improve real wages. Tackle the challenge of online shopping. Improve public transport and car parking. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/labour-pride-in-place-revitalise-high-streets-levelling-up https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/labour-pride-in-place-revitalise-high-streets-levelling-up" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972914617392500750) 2025-09-30T06:41Z 132.5K followers, 11.5K engagements "Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader Starmer made poor policy choices Two child benefit cap Winter fuel payment fiasco Disability benefit cuts Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds No curbs on energy/water profiteering. https://news.sky.com/story/almost-two-in-three-labour-members-back-burnham-over-starmer-for-leader-poll-show-13441078 https://news.sky.com/story/almost-two-in-three-labour-members-back-burnham-over-starmer-for-leader-poll-show-13441078" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972920012798394686) 2025-09-30T07:02Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Deloitte UKs chief executive receives [------] pay rise to 4.9m. Firm has a history of delivering dud audits. Rewards for failure. In common with other LLPs the firm avoids paying employer national insurance on partners' profit share. https://archive.ph/jAETA https://archive.ph/jAETA" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1972923928931873065) 2025-09-30T07:18Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare. Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare Billions can be raised. Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0knr2dmn4mo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0knr2dmn4mo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973054961442255221) 2025-09-30T15:58Z 132.4K followers, 10.7K engagements "Rachel Reeves may lift two-child benefit cap in November budget. The cap affects 1.7m children. This Tory policy should have been abandoned last yr. Must redistribute wealth. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 16m live in poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/30/rachel-reeves-lift-two-child-benefit-cap-november-budget https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/30/rachel-reeves-lift-two-child-benefit-cap-november-budget" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973279989798928409) 2025-10-01T06:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Britons ripped off by the energy industry. No govt curbs profiteering. Nationalise energy reduce inflation poverty business costs" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973284120500519313) 2025-10-01T07:09Z 132.5K followers, 66.2K engagements "High Court orders firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone to pay 122m to UK public purse. It provided 25m unusable surgical gowns to NHS which could seriously harm or kill patients When will the money be paid Court judgement: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/uk-government-wins-122m-pandemic-case-against-michelle-mone-linked-firm-over-faulty-ppe https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Secretary-of-State-for-Health-and-Social-Care-v-PPE-Medpro.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973361420319465927) 2025-10-01T12:16Z 132.6K followers, 15K engagements "Questions about Michelle Mone peerage. PM David Cameron didn't follow proper protocols made her a govt adviser. The same David Cameron appointed Philip Green (BHS fame) as the Govt's efficiency Tsar bugled the Brexit referendum. Mone benefitted from Tory VIP lane" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973367100011089928) 2025-10-01T12:39Z 132.5K followers, 15.2K engagements "UK Labour Govt considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims. Hope not. People voted for change not for Starmer to impose Tory policies. Govt can't claim to be enhancing worker rights and then make it difficult to deal with bad bosses. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/01/labour-considering-charging-workers-for-employment-tribunal-claims-sources-say https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/01/labour-considering-charging-workers-for-employment-tribunal-claims-sources-say" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973643161621897506) 2025-10-02T06:56Z 132.5K followers, 43.9K engagements "Thames Water's bidders ask to be excused from fully complying with rules on pollution until 2035-40. Rule of law Anything given to TW can't be denied to others. Sewage will be dumped. Customers will be fleeced. Returns will be extracted. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/02/thames-water-lenders-submit-new-rescue-plan-to-stave-off-collapse https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/02/thames-water-lenders-submit-new-rescue-plan-to-stave-off-collapse" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1973745334422745191) 2025-10-02T13:42Z 132.5K followers, 17.5K engagements "Green party leader urges the Bank of England to stop paying interest on commercial banks' reserves. ECB stopped paying interest on a portion of banks reserves The left has long urged Govt to stop this 20bn subsidy to banks a consequence of QE. https://archive.ph/LyP2e https://archive.ph/LyP2e" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974017258604163345) 2025-10-03T07:42Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "Heathrow airport owned by private/state investors from Australia China France Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain. Similar to steel auto ports shipbuilding care homes hospitals GP surgeries veterinary services. Dividends not taxed in the UK. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974024616273150301) 2025-10-03T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements "Motherhood penalty costs women an average [-----] in pay by time first child turns five. This is followed by gender pay gap pension gap slow career progression harassment unpaid carer work retirement insecurity. All women deserve justice. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/03/mothers-lose-an-average-65618-in-pay-by-the-time-their-first-child-turns-five https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/03/mothers-lose-an-average-65618-in-pay-by-the-time-their-first-child-turns-five" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974159318040863037) 2025-10-03T17:07Z 132.7K followers, 17.6K engagements "England nationalized rail passenger services lease carriages from rolling stock companies (ROSCOs). 87% of rolling stock controlled by [--] Luxembourg companies. Paid 1.282bn dividends in last [--] yrs. Not taxed in UK. Privatization has hollowed out the UK. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974163777915638212) 2025-10-03T17:24Z 132.6K followers, 27.1K engagements "Average real wage of UK workers is stuck the [----] level. Some bosses are collecting [----] times more than the average employee wage. Millions forced to rely on food banks. Workers have no say in income distribution. Can't build economy on inequalities. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974366801606947234) 2025-10-04T06:51Z 132.6K followers, 16.6K engagements "NHS increased use of the private sector under Labour govt. Private sector delivered 22.1% of ophthalmic 20.5% of orthopaedic procedures. Numbers of NHS patients treated by private sector up by 10%. With profit margins of up to 40% money buys less. https://lowdownnhs.info/analysis/new-icb-figures-show-uneven-trends-on-use-of-private-sector/ https://lowdownnhs.info/analysis/new-icb-figures-show-uneven-trends-on-use-of-private-sector/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974746176906994002) 2025-10-05T07:59Z 132.6K followers, 13.7K engagements "Labour MPs concerned over the govt plans to change the assessment for universal credit disability benefits. Could trigger another mass rebellion. Why no focus on corporate welfare - bailouts 895bn QE subsidies tax abuses no end to profiteering. https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/labour-universal-credit-reforms-dwp-rebellion/ https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/labour-universal-credit-reforms-dwp-rebellion/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1974780548452331691) 2025-10-05T10:15Z 132.6K followers, 19.6K engagements "Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Since [----] ECHR court has heard [--] cases of immigrant deportation. UK won [--]. No defeats in the last [--] yrs. Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration will destroy our rights. https://archive.ph/eMg3O https://archive.ph/eMg3O" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975087838015402233) 2025-10-06T06:36Z 132.6K followers, 18.3K engagements "The state we're in UK full-time employee median wage [-----]. 4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage. 1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts. 34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty. Can't build economy on that. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975223906324922473) 2025-10-06T15:37Z 132.7K followers, 17.2K engagements "Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal. China & India lead the race for renewable energy. The US increased reliance on fossil fuels. With corporate donations Trump wants more fossil fuels. Farage promising the same. Banks pouring money. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975446801332510958) 2025-10-07T06:23Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "15 UK banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners and under DWP crackdown. No court order needed. No right of appeal. Banks will pass cost to other customers. Those accused of fraud won't get legal advice. The making of another Post Office type scandal. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/15-banks-ordered-snoop-state-32617582 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/15-banks-ordered-snoop-state-32617582" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975449798233977081) 2025-10-07T06:35Z 132.7K followers, 56.9K engagements "Richest 1% has more wealth than 70% of UK population combined. Top 20% own two-thirds of wealth receive 36% of income. Bottom 20% own 0.5% of wealth receive 9% of income. Can't grow economy or have social stability. Poverty is a political choice. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975483387868848370) 2025-10-07T08:48Z 132.7K followers, 13.7K engagements "Starmer faces cabinet revolt over tax rises that could drive wealthy away. Ridiculous. Capital gains & dividends taxed at lower rates than wages. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%. Tax the rich. Help the bottom 50%. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-budget-wealth-tax-b2837878.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-budget-wealth-tax-b2837878.html" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975566773937484222) 2025-10-07T14:19Z 132.7K followers, 15.3K engagements "There is a parade of dud audits as auditors let lying dogs sleep. Audit quality is low. UK accounting regulator is changing the rules. There will be fewer investigations. People will be deceived fees will keep rolling. Regulators work for the industry. https://archive.ph/YCz1V https://archive.ph/YCz1V" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975572494724833525) 2025-10-07T14:42Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "1611 homeless Britons died last year including [--] children & babies under the age of one. Contrary to Suella Braverman homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society. Yet govts cut wages/benefits public services; no curbs on profiteering. https://news.sky.com/story/abject-failure-as-uks-homeless-deaths-rise-including-children-13446761 https://news.sky.com/story/abject-failure-as-uks-homeless-deaths-rise-including-children-13446761" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975811450527752631) 2025-10-08T06:32Z 132.6K followers, 31.2K engagements "It would take the average UK earner [--] years worth of earnings to join the richest 10%. Up from [--] years in 2006-08. Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%. Inequalities obstruct economic growth. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/oct/08/lifetime-of-earnings-not-enough-for-uk-workers-to-join-wealthiest-10-report-says https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/oct/08/lifetime-of-earnings-not-enough-for-uk-workers-to-join-wealthiest-10-report-says" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975816963420229965) 2025-10-08T06:54Z 132.6K followers, 14.4K engagements "Treasury pushing for weakening of protections for Englands national parks & national landscapes to make it easier for developers. Once lost they are lost for ever Rehabilitate empty homes. Ever thought about building houses on the estates of the rich https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/green-groups-criticise-plans-weaken-protections-english-national-parks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/green-groups-criticise-plans-weaken-protections-english-national-parks" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975824744328151080) 2025-10-08T07:25Z 132.7K followers, 25.6K engagements "Austerity wage & public service cuts kill. Millions can't get good food housing education healthcare pension. Men in poorer UK areas live [---] yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women [--] years. Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1975842759761412305) 2025-10-08T08:36Z 132.6K followers, [----] engagements "Urgent winter clothing appeal for UK baby banks. In [----] charity distributed [----] coats [-----] pairs of shoes [----] blankets [----] items of bedding and [-----] pairs of socks to families in need. Low wages/benefits unchecked profiteering take toll. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kw20ppll7o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kw20ppll7o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1976179323129508090) 2025-10-09T06:54Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims get new appeals process and funded advice says govt. Now do the same for infected blood mortgage prisoners Orgreave Hillsborough nuclear tests Grenfell 1950s women bank frauds and other victims of injustice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dx7le0ddo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dx7le0ddo" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1976254672190259319) 2025-10-09T11:53Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "Labour deputy leader contest. I won't vote for Bridget Phillipson or Lucy Powell. Both are right-wing. Supported two-child benefit cap disability benefit cuts. Snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts. In the words of Billy Connolly Don't vote it only encourages them" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1976614177717604854) 2025-10-10T11:41Z 132.7K followers, 32.8K engagements "Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office. Lobbied the UAE for billion-$ private venture Used senior Saudi govt contacts to pitch for a consultancy firm. Political corruption is the main cause of UK decline. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/boris-johnson-breached-rules-designed-to-stop-abuse-of-contacts-made-in-public-office-watchdog-finds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/boris-johnson-breached-rules-designed-to-stop-abuse-of-contacts-made-in-public-office-watchdog-finds" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1976904480341082533) 2025-10-11T06:55Z 132.7K followers, 136.3K engagements "Farage importing Trumpism Mass sackings of civil servants Reduce workers's rights Spending cuts - hit the poor old sick disabled Now claims teachers are poisoning our kids - just as Nazis did to control education. Power grab by dividing society. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/nigel-farage-says-uk-teachers-are-poisoning-our-kids-and-predicts-strikes-as-pm https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/nigel-farage-says-uk-teachers-are-poisoning-our-kids-and-predicts-strikes-as-pm" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1976961811036684799) 2025-10-11T10:43Z 132.7K followers, 57.3K engagements "Govts of Australia Bermuda Canada Cayman China France Germany Italy Japan the Netherlands Norway Qatar Singapore Spain UAE US thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure. Vast profits exported Britons stare at sewage in rivers https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977045016875864256) 2025-10-11T16:13Z 132.7K followers, 15.3K engagements "High street slot machine shops owned by Merkur are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose. Companies chase profits by spreading misery exploiting vulnerable people Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/10/high-street-slot-machine-shops-pay-staff-bonuses-linked-to-how-much-gamblers-lose https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/10/high-street-slot-machine-shops-pay-staff-bonuses-linked-to-how-much-gamblers-lose" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977282186387894656) 2025-10-12T07:56Z 132.8K followers, 16.4K engagements "Greater Anglia rail passenger operator nationalised. Govt will rent carriages. Lucrative freight & rolling stock companies remain privatised. [--] Luxembourg companies control 87% of rolling stock paid 1.3bn dividend in last [--] yrs. Gravy train rolls on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36kg2lzjgno https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36kg2lzjgno" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977286663022997773) 2025-10-12T08:14Z 132.7K followers, 20.5K engagements "How austerity hit young people. In the decade after [----] councils funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%. By [----] [----] publicly run youth centres closed Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/12/britain-youth-clubs-social-division-polarisation-loneliness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/12/britain-youth-clubs-social-division-polarisation-loneliness" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977623298562576841) 2025-10-13T06:31Z 132.7K followers, 31.5K engagements "Gambling industry holding govt to ransom. William Hill joins Ladbrokes and Coral to warn Chancellor - increase tax and we will shut shops. Happy to dodge taxes; not bear cost of harms inflicted on gambling addicts. Who governs - govts or corporations https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/12/william-hill-owner-could-shut-shops-if-reeves-raises-gambling-taxes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/12/william-hill-owner-could-shut-shops-if-reeves-raises-gambling-taxes" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977626583868555618) 2025-10-13T06:44Z 132.7K followers, 29.1K engagements "@IFALeicester The poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. Dividends and capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977627891207897173) 2025-10-13T06:50Z 132.7K followers, [---] engagements "Censorship silencing and exile is never far away in so-called free world. Books that they banned or tried to ban Leaves of Grass Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories The Wizard of Oz The Great Gatsby The Sun also Rises Have we advanced https://www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com/blog/2023/10/02/5-historically-banned-classics-and-why/ https://www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com/blog/2023/10/02/5-historically-banned-classics-and-why/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977696155577340125) 2025-10-13T11:21Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it 2bn. No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bonuses but won't bear any of the cost. Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds promised a report by [----]. Still waiting. FCA does nothing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6zr733917o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6zr733917o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977979385534722076) 2025-10-14T06:06Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "Another corporate scandal. Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing. 98% of the the [-----] homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs. Companies have vanished people left with the problems. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/external-insulation-previous-government-scheme-repair-replacing-report-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/external-insulation-previous-government-scheme-repair-replacing-report-finds" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977984289347145761) 2025-10-14T06:26Z 132.7K followers, 25.3K engagements "Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding. Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance. Yet houses being built in flood prone areas planning deregulated Farage/Trump deny climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1977986424264634499) 2025-10-14T06:34Z 132.7K followers, 17K engagements "Vets should be made to publish prices watchdog says. Energy water internet phone train grocery companies publish prices doesn't prevent profiteering. Too many vets owned by corporations. How about stopping takeovers fines for profiteering. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201r14z6r3o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201r14z6r3o" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/1978444745669050573) 2025-10-15T12:55Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements "How a private equity takeover contributed to Maplins demise https://leftfootforward.org/2018/03/revealed-how-private-equity-contributed-to-maplins-demise/ https://leftfootforward.org/2018/03/revealed-how-private-equity-contributed-to-maplins-demise/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/969516328972406784) 2018-03-02T10:14Z 136.6K followers, [--] engagements "A glimpse of UK industrial policy: [--] Melrose directors will make 285m from hostile takeover of GKN advisers collected 223m speculators made gains of up to 40%. Pension scheme deficit not eliminated. Job cuts asset-stripping and tax games to follow. https://leftfootforward.org/2018/04/gkn-hostile-takeover-shows-that-the-tories-industrial-policy-is-in-disarray-melrose/ https://leftfootforward.org/2018/04/gkn-hostile-takeover-shows-that-the-tories-industrial-policy-is-in-disarray-melrose/" [X Link](https://x.com/premnsikka/status/981249324502970375) 2018-04-03T19:17Z 136K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"England water companies have [----] criminal convictions are leaders in predatory practices. OFWAT/Govt lets them negotiate fines. Some won't be paid until [----] others never. Why does the govt indulge them Watch the Minister's reply. For evidence see https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-07T12:45Z 132.5K followers, 24.2K engagements
"National Insurance (NI) dodges. Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage. Partners of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) get share of profit instead of wage No ENI paid. Big [--] law firms dodged 4bn. Billions more lost in other LLPs. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:12Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Contrived self-employment. Drivers at Amazon Evri eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class [--] NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage. Companies don't pay employers NIC. Must end this dodge. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:39Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from 3bn emergency loan. Bonus for dumping sewage not plugging leaks neglecting investment fleecing customers. They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govts do nothing. Let customers vote on exec pay. https://archive.ph/lcNyD https://archive.ph/lcNyD"
X Link 2025-05-13T14:40Z 132.5K followers, 72.5K engagements
"Thames Waters CEO defends [------] bonus just [--] months into the job. The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers. Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay. https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-apologises-to-customers-but-defends-bonuses-13367161 https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-apologises-to-customers-but-defends-bonuses-13367161"
X Link 2025-05-14T18:21Z 132.5K followers, 35.4K engagements
"Reeves given [-----] donation from lobbying firm linked to Thames Water bidder KKR. Companies don't donate they buy access to advance their interests. No matter what politicians say people see this as corruption. Must ban all political donations. https://archive.ph/BMaQ9 https://archive.ph/BMaQ9"
X Link 2025-06-05T13:48Z 132.5K followers, 45.5K engagements
"Thames Water is teetering on the edge of collapse and surviving by borrowing dumping sewage in rivers and exploiting customers. When will the Govt recognise that privatisation has failed and public ownership is the only effective way forward Watch the Minister's reply"
X Link 2025-06-09T16:58Z 132.5K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Workers generate wealth CEOs take unfair share. At Melrose CEO to average worker pay ratio is [----] Tesco [---] Marks & Spencer [---] Associated British Foods [---] Sainsbury's [---] How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers Watch the Minister's answer"
X Link 2025-10-24T10:04Z 132.5K followers, 43.8K engagements
"PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes 39m in unpaid taxes. It owes the govt 148m for supplying faulty gowns. Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company. Where has the money gone Will anything be recovered https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/05/company-linked-to-michelle-mone-owes-39m-in-unpaid-taxes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/05/company-linked-to-michelle-mone-owes-39m-in-unpaid-taxes"
X Link 2025-11-06T08:10Z 132.5K followers, 46.2K engagements
"BOE Cuts Banks Benchmark Capital Requirements. Just as the AI bubble readies to burst and shadow banking is running amok. Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks. Guess who will bail out banks We haven't recovered from the last crash. https://archive.ph/ivAJV https://archive.ph/ivAJV"
X Link 2025-12-02T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Private equity decimated US hospitals now targeting the NHS. Neglected investment Asset-stripping Staff/Wage cuts Tax dodges Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment disposables Lack of food for patients Building maintenance neglected. https://lowdownnhs.info/private-providers/private-equity-destroyer-of-us-healthcare-now-targeting-the-nhs/ https://lowdownnhs.info/private-providers/private-equity-destroyer-of-us-healthcare-now-targeting-the-nhs/"
X Link 2026-01-27T12:05Z 132.5K followers, 23.6K engagements
"EasyJet warned over 'misleading' [----] cabin bag fee. Which research showed that typical cabin bag prices for EasyJet were five times as high as the [----] claim. Despite glossy CSR claims companies are dishonest and find new ways of fleecing customers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddgp9jgjz1o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddgp9jgjz1o"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:17Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Curse of private equity. UK vets may have to publish prices of common pet treatments. That won't stop rip-off charges and unnecessary treatments. Must break-up local monopolies have not-for-profit vets control prices boycott greedy vets. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7zpgn5n47o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7zpgn5n47o"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:31Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Privatisation Royal Mail delivered Xmas letters/parcels late to 16m people. [----] figure is 50% higher than previous year. RM doesn't meet targets. Price Now: Ist class stamp 1.70; 2nd class 87p. When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/28/royal-mail-christmas-letters-parcels-late-citizens-advice https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/28/royal-mail-christmas-letters-parcels-late-citizens-advice"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:48Z 132.5K followers, 18.2K engagements
"UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s born women over the state pension age confusion. [----] ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised but no compensation. Now if only they been party donors private equity managers . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jeyn3yxn9o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jeyn3yxn9o"
X Link 2026-01-29T14:36Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements
"Shadow banks quizzed over meltdown threat hidden losses from false valuations. Shadow banks (includes private equity hedge funds and private credit) are unregulated. Enmeshed with pension funds insurance banks industry. Red lights flashing. https://archive.ph/3wZbj https://archive.ph/3wZbj"
X Link 2026-01-30T08:06Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"When is a fine on a company not a fine When it is levied on England's water companies with nearly [----] criminal convictions. Headline grabbing fines are announced but not collected for years not even paid. Water companies indulged by govt. Why https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-01-31T08:10Z 132.5K followers, 11.4K engagements
"Curse of Private Equity Asda has lost its mojo and has a big fight to get it back. Debt 3.8bn. Annual finance cost 611m. Staff/Wages cut. Low investment. Suppliers squeezed less customer choice assets sold-off piecemeal. Market share down. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0yrrr1ryvo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0yrrr1ryvo"
X Link 2026-02-01T08:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme. Scandalous. Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed. No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters. No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/post-office-workers-horizon-compensation-scheme-deadline https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/post-office-workers-horizon-compensation-scheme-deadline"
X Link 2026-02-01T09:14Z 132.5K followers, 28.1K engagements
"England's water companies don't pay fines. Thames Water fined 122.4m in Aug/Dec [----] for sewage dumping paying illegal dividends. Secretly agreed - Paid 24.5m (20%) in Sept [----]. Remaining 80% may be paid by [----] or never. Why are companies indulged https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-01T09:31Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@Patrick50645151 PE is unregulated. Not subject to capital adequacy leverage or stress tests. Govt is deregulating regulated banking. PE shifts profits to tax havens dodges taxes. Rewards to its execs are taxed as capital gains not income. They pay tax at lower rates than wage"
X Link 2026-02-01T09:58Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Private equity owns lions share of childrens foster services in England bleeding the sector of money. Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments intragroup charges. Children suffer. Ban profit-taking entities from foster services. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/private-equity-owns-lions-share-of-childrens-foster-services-and-is-bleeding-the-sector-of-money https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/private-equity-owns-lions-share-of-childrens-foster-services-and-is-bleeding-the-sector-of-money"
X Link 2026-02-02T08:04Z 132.5K followers, 40.6K engagements
"Peer demands independent investigation into DWP prosecution of subpostmasters. Over [---] were prosecuted by DWP for alleged frauds. What accounting system did it rely on Were they bullied into confessing Govt promised a review a year ago. Nothing done. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters"
X Link 2026-02-02T08:13Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"JPMorgan should threaten UK over banker tax Mandelson told Epstein. Mandelson was Business Secretary at that time. After leaving govt in [----] Mandelson set up an advisory firm called Global Counsel JPMorgan was a client. Must be investigated. https://archive.is/rzjnQ https://archive.is/rzjnQ"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:06Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements
"House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage says Starmer. That alone won't do. Mandelson leaked sensitive govt info. How many times did he do so For what personal benefit He advised Starmer. Starmer made him US ambassador. What did Starmer know https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/02/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/02/house-of-lords-should-strip-mandelson-of-peerage-says-starmer"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:33Z 132.5K followers, 34.5K engagements
"Dozens of workers at Royal Mail-owned eCourier claim they are classed wrongly as self-employed. Workers miss out on minimum wage holiday pay. Employers dodge national insurance contributions. Plans designed by highly paid execs living in leafy suburbs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/02/royal-mail-owned-ecourier-tribunal-drivers-rights https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/02/royal-mail-owned-ecourier-tribunal-drivers-rights"
X Link 2026-02-03T08:01Z 132.5K followers, 12.1K engagements
"Four More US States Weigh Bans on Private-Equity Interference in Medical Care. UK handing more of healthcare to PE parasites Hospitals GP surgeries Dentists Care homes Children's care PE has no long term interest in anything. It profiteers by devouring. https://archive.ph/xBUyI https://archive.ph/xBUyI"
X Link 2026-02-03T08:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"England water companies have [----] criminal convictions. A trillion litres of water lost to leaky pipes. Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected Rule of law https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:25Z 132.5K followers, 10.7K engagements
"After the Epstein disclosures Peter Mandelson has just resigned from the UK House of Lords. However he keeps the title. There is also the question of leaking sensitive information as a Minister his appointment as the UK ambassador to the US and those who lauded him"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"UK Police investigate Mandelson over claims he leaked information to Epstein. Who else knew What did recipients of information do Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power fame money arrogance. They still think they are special. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:13Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%. Higher taxes to maintain public services. UK has [--] working age people for every one pensioner could be 2:1 by [----]. Can't sustain economy without immigration. Xenophobia preventing honest debate. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/zero-net-migration-shrink-uk-economy-thinktank-niesr https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/zero-net-migration-shrink-uk-economy-thinktank-niesr"
X Link 2026-02-04T07:39Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Tory legacy. Court system in England & Wales on 'brink of collapse' former senior judge warns. Yrs of austerity. Backlog of [-----] Crown Court cases. Justice denied. Ending jury trials isn't the answer Need investment. Reforms - let courts sit 24/7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evxve8q7jo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evxve8q7jo"
X Link 2026-02-04T07:54Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"England's water companies paid 85bn in dividends. Borrowed 82.7bn. 35% of customer bill covers interest payments dividends. Sewage in rivers. Customer complaints up 50% last yr. No exec prosecuted. Govt response - abolished fines on water companies. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-04T09:31Z 132.5K followers, 12.1K engagements
"If I think about what this means I want to cry: what happens when a city like Southend loses its university Loss of education reskilling social mobility exports and contribution to local economy. 40-45% of unis in crisis caused by govt policies. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation"
X Link 2026-02-05T07:47Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour MPs say Starmers days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson. Starmer knew of Mandelson's links to Epstein still appointed him US ambassador. Mandelson was adviser to Starmer. Poor political judgement and too many poor policy choices. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/labour-mps-say-starmer-days-as-pm-are-numbered-amid-fury-over-mandelson https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/labour-mps-say-starmer-days-as-pm-are-numbered-amid-fury-over-mandelson"
X Link 2026-02-05T08:03Z 132.5K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Shell plans up to 4.6mn pay rise for chief executive. Most people will not earn that in a lifetime. Real wage cuts for workers but no curbs on exec pay dividends share buybacks profiteering. Workers have no say in how wealth is shared. https://archive.ph/d1CWZ https://archive.ph/d1CWZ"
X Link 2026-02-05T08:10Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Rising SEND costs will bankrupt [--] in [--] English local councils. [------] children need support up from from [------] in [----]. Some corporations charge 250k per pupil. No curbs on privatisation profiteering. Higher council tax service cuts inevitable. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/05/send-costs-bankrupt-english-local-authorities https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/05/send-costs-bankrupt-english-local-authorities"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:59Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Barclays cuts ties with Mandelson lobbying firm. Vodafone may too. This is public posturing isn't it. For yrs they used Mandelson to gain political advantage despite his history - forced to resign as minister ambassador knew of his links with Epstein. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/barclays-vodafone-lobbying-firm-global-counsel-peter-mandelson https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/barclays-vodafone-lobbying-firm-global-counsel-peter-mandelson"
X Link 2026-02-06T07:31Z 132.5K followers, 21.8K engagements
"UK Ministers to crack down on profiteering in care sector. Promise made over a year ago. No legislation. Corporations are profiteering everywhere - water energy mail healthcare dentists banking vets . Govts too close to corporations. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/private-child-social-care-providers-in-england-pushed-out-for-profiteering https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/private-child-social-care-providers-in-england-pushed-out-for-profiteering"
X Link 2026-02-06T07:56Z 132.5K followers, 13K engagements
"Public ownership of water in England would mean no dividends to pay - 85bn paid since privatization. Cost of borrowing would be around half - guaranteed by govt. Reduction in consultant fees - don't need so many. Result: more investment lower bills. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:58Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Reforms by-election candidate suggested people who dont have children should pay more tax. He wants the govt to remove personal income tax for women who have two or more children. Do they think women are baby producing machines Insane policies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-matt-goodwin-children-tax-gorton-denton-b2914817.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-matt-goodwin-children-tax-gorton-denton-b2914817.html"
X Link 2026-02-07T10:03Z 132.5K followers, 10.8K engagements
"Water bosses in England exploiting bonus loophole face crackdown. We have heard that before. Companies circumvent rules. Fines announced but not paid. Let customers elect directors vote on exec pay. Deny corporate tax relief on exec pay above x. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/water-bosses-england-bonus-loophole-crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/water-bosses-england-bonus-loophole-crackdown"
X Link 2026-02-08T09:06Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Mandelson scandal is 'serious' for Starmer but PM is 'man of integrity' Brown says. How many pledges Starmer reneged on Mandelson had history of lying was forced to resign as Minister relationship with Epstein was known still became ambassador. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo"
X Link 2026-02-08T09:27Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich. Big money buys access to policymakers ministers thwarts threatening laws. Political corruption is normalised. Must end political donations second jobs for MPs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/mandelson-revelations-show-need-for-tougher-uk-constraints-to-resist-rule-of-the-rich https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/mandelson-revelations-show-need-for-tougher-uk-constraints-to-resist-rule-of-the-rich"
X Link 2026-02-09T08:21Z 132.5K followers, 21.1K engagements
"@MarkCFDBailey Corporation tax is paid by companies as legal persons. Dividend tax is paid by natural persons"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:33Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Vectis64 Wages are eroded by inflation too"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:23Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"The end game Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down saying the 'distraction needs to end'. Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster. The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c74wd01egvyt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c74wd01egvyt"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:26Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"England's water companies promise 104bn investment by [----]. Customers will pay. Shareholders own assets income streams. Customers already paid companies handed 85bn dividend to shareholders. 35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-05T09:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance. Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied. Rich appeased. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry public purse robbed of billions. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:21Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Govt to spend 5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educational needs. The real problem is privatisation and profiteering by corporations. How long before the write-off needs to be repeated https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd95572xpeo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd95572xpeo"
X Link 2026-02-10T08:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over. Last night's PLP meeting was stage-managed loyalists packed the room new MPs worried about their jobs. Starmer purged dissent reneged on pledges chose wrong policies. What will change https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg9zxy1nko https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg9zxy1nko"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:17Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption. The Index is flawed but tells a story. Political parties legisl"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:13Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Billionaire wealth is highest ever at $18.3trn. Half the world lives in poverty. Billionaires are [----] times more likely to hold political office than normal people. Richest [--] Britons hold more wealth than 27m. Concentration of wealth is dangerous. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/19/brazen-political-influence-rich-laid-bare-wealth-billionaires-inequality-poverty-instability-oxfam"
X Link 2026-01-19T09:56Z 132.5K followers, 34K engagements
"UK child poverty up 34% in a decade. Families can't afford food rent heating essentials. 72% of poor children live in working families. Secure jobs universal basic income/services curbs on profiteering would help. Must eradicate parental poverty. https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/why-four-million-children-still-going-hungry-in-uk-2026/ https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/why-four-million-children-still-going-hungry-in-uk-2026/"
X Link 2026-01-31T07:59Z 132.5K followers, 11.1K engagements
"The UK has regressive taxes. National Insurance is no exception. Employees pay 8% on earnings between [-----] and [-----] and 2% on earnings above [-----]. Basic rate taxpayers pay higher proportion of their income in NIC than those on higher incomes. https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/national-insurance-is-a-regressive-tax-that-hits-the-less-well-off-hardest/"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:56Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity. NHS handed 128m to private ADHD companies last year. Just [--] private-equity providers of NHS ADHD services made profits 31.5m. Public money buys less. Must expand NHS capacity. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/how-adhd-became-a-multimillion-pound-industry-for-private-equity-2g6q3w5h2 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/how-adhd-became-a-multimillion-pound-industry-for-private-equity-2g6q3w5h2"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:15Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance. Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:09Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity. NHS handed 128m to private ADHD companies last year. J"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:46Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%. Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in th"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:46Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Lower-income UK families face 137-year wait for living standards to double. No govt curbs on profiteering. No plan for re"
X Link 2026-02-11T07:43Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Wes Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity allies say. He had majority of just over [---] votes i"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:35Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"National insurance hike and energy bills behind food price rise say UK retailers. No mention of the role of private equity ownership of supermarkets restaurants and pubs. No mention of profiteering exec pay dividends or profit shifting to dodge taxes. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/national-insurance-hike-and-energy-bills-behind-food-price-rise-say-uk-retailers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/national-insurance-hike-and-energy-bills-behind-food-price-rise-say-uk-retailers"
X Link 2026-01-27T11:21Z 132.5K followers, 61.7K engagements
"Union founder slams private equity milking UK foster care for profit. Privatised foster placements can cost double the local authority placing. Successive govts have pushed privatisation. Children in need treated as commodities for profits. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/03/foster-care-sector-private-equity/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/03/foster-care-sector-private-equity/"
X Link 2026-02-04T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Morgan McSweeney select Labours parliamentary candidates ahead of the [----] general election. This is despite his past misbehaviour. It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right. https://archive.ph/FXGiY https://archive.ph/FXGiY"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:25Z 132.5K followers, 28.6K engagements
"Shell increases debt pile to $45.7bn to continue bumper shareholder payouts. 4% increase in dividends $3.5bn share buybacks 17th consecutive quarter of at least $3bn of buybacks. Customers will pay. CEOs appease shareholders who always want more. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/shell-increases-multibillion-pound-debt-pile-record-shareholder-payouts-oil-prices https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/shell-increases-multibillion-pound-debt-pile-record-shareholder-payouts-oil-prices"
X Link 2026-02-05T08:32Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @jechristensen56: Oligarchs captured British democracy years ago. They own much of the media fund politicians and political parties an"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:30Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over. Last night's PLP meeting was stage-managed loyalists packed the"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:55Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: National Insurance (NI) dodges. Companies pay employers' NI (ENI) on director wage. Partners of Limited Liability Partner"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:19Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Govt to spend 5bn to pay off 90% of the English councils debts for supporting children & young people with special educati"
X Link 2026-02-11T07:43Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: PM says peer (his former communications chief) did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender. "He lied" excuse wa"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Contrived self-employment. Drivers at Amazon Evri eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay inc"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: UK real GDP increased by 0.1% in Quarter [--] [----]. Can't grow economy when 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population com"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:31Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: Peer disappointed that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away. Little people don't count do they"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:06Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Magic Money Tree Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine. Why can shareholders not fund it Govt won't give repayable loan won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams. Must check corporate welfare. https://archive.ph/ImPcN https://archive.ph/ImPcN"
X Link 2025-04-04T11:47Z 132.5K followers, 15.1K engagements
"HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore. Major corporations dodge taxes by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Wealthy use tax havens. Opacity means HMRC Govt tax abuse industry can't be held to account. Normal people pay more in tax. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/hmrc-wont-admit-how-much-tax-is-lost-offshore https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/hmrc-wont-admit-how-much-tax-is-lost-offshore"
X Link 2026-02-07T09:50Z 132.5K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%. Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars. Farage and Tories lied about Brexit. Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/brexit-farm-products-sales-eu https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/brexit-farm-products-sales-eu"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:48Z 132.5K followers, 10.3K engagements
"UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption. The Index is flawed but tells a story. Political parties legislators available for hire crony contracts VIP lanes. UK more corrupt than Estonia Hong Kong Uruguay Ireland. No relief in sight https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption"
X Link 2026-02-10T08:05Z 132.5K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Lower-income UK families face 137-year wait for living standards to double. No govt curbs on profiteering. No plan for redistribution. The poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20% Poor must unite vote en block for change. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/lower-income-families-living-standards https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/lower-income-families-living-standards"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:02Z 132.5K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Teachers and admin teams in England spend over [---] hours a week enforcing rules restricting use of smartphones in schools. That is equivalent to [--] staff huge annual cost of policing. Would it be cheaper to install Faraday's Cage in classrooms https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/10/school-phone-policies-drain-resources-england-study https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/10/school-phone-policies-drain-resources-england-study"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:05Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @premnsikka: AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on 200m UK investment. Last year govt appeased Trump agreed to"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:03Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Some achievement by the Tory Govt - @DavidInglesTV The Pound lost value against Afghanistan Afghani Guinea Franc Malawian Kwacha Ethiopian Birr Congolese Franc Lebanese Pound Mozambique Metical Dominian Republic Peso Russian Ruble Nicaraguan Crdoba. Of the [---] or so currencies Bloomberg tracks the British Pound is down against every single one from last week apart from the Chilean Peso Gibraltar Pound Falkland Islands Pound St. Helena Pound. https://t.co/Ervic7Fpz6 Of the [---] or so currencies Bloomberg tracks the British Pound is down against every single one from last week apart from the"
X Link 2022-09-27T09:33Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Thames Water crisis drags on. Hong Kong based billionaire owner of Northumbrian Water touted as TW bidder. He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment. Any private owner would want profit the main cause of the crisis. Need public ownership. https://archive.ph/NCYXf https://archive.ph/NCYXf"
X Link 2025-08-24T07:13Z 132.5K followers, 12.9K engagements
"Curse of Private Equity. PE firms cashing in on Britains special needs crisis. Councils paying [-----] - [------] a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending 2.2bn a year. No curbs on profiteering. https://archive.ph/LdXqs https://archive.ph/LdXqs"
X Link 2026-01-30T08:20Z 132.5K followers, 17.8K engagements
"Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water have nearly [---] criminal convictions between them. On [--] August [----] Ofwat fined them 47m and 17m for sewage dumping. Fines not paid will not be paid. Firms claim to have invested. No penalty for abusing laws https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/01/public-ownership-of-water-is-the-only-way-to-deliver-security-efficiency-investment-and-value-for-money/"
X Link 2026-02-02T08:26Z 132.5K followers, 765.2K engagements
"99987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans. Govt froze repayment threshold. By [----] likely to be at minimum wage. At the margin graduates pay 20% income tax + 8%NIC +9% repayment. Insane. Loan keeps increasing if not repaid. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/06/graduates-student-loans-finances https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/06/graduates-student-loans-finances"
X Link 2026-02-07T09:33Z 132.5K followers, 117.5K engagements
"Wes Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity allies say. He had majority of just over [---] votes in the last election. He would take Labour further to the right. Funded by healthcare companies handing the NHS to corporations. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/10/streeting-still-ready-to-challenge-starmer-despite-show-of-unity-allies-say https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/10/streeting-still-ready-to-challenge-starmer-despite-show-of-unity-allies-say"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:14Z 132.5K followers, 16.8K engagements
"AstraZeneca CEO hails NHS drug price deal but keeps pause on 200m UK investment. Last year govt appeased Trump agreed to pay 25% more for US drugs up to 6bn a year. The carrot was more investment in the UK. Would UK govt now cancel the deal https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/astrazeneca-ceo-pascal-soriot-nhs-drug-price-deal-uk-investment-cambridge https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/astrazeneca-ceo-pascal-soriot-nhs-drug-price-deal-uk-investment-cambridge"
X Link 2026-02-11T08:27Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"PM says peer (his former communications chief) did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender. "He lied" excuse was used for Mandelson and is wheeled out again. Does no one google read press double check anything Who is responsible https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gne0rn4qo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gne0rn4qo"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"UK real GDP increased by 0.1% in Quarter [--] [----]. Can't grow economy when 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 7.3m await NHS hospital appointments in England. 24m live below minimum living standards. Redistribution and investment in public services needed"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:45Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Peer disappointed that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away. Little people don't count do they. What if they were wealthy donors Justice delayed is justice denied. Please read the linked article and write to the Minister. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:26Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @Feargal_Sharkey: HOLY SHIT and I don't say that very often. At the behest of the water industry the Department for Works and Pension"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:00Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health. Pay-off to fossil fuel bosses for funding Trump's election Trump guided by money not science or common sense. US auto makers will produce cars that other countries won't buy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:36Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid 6bn-a-year Send costs. Crisis caused by privatisation & profiteering from special education needs of children. Invest to rebuild public sector. Privatisation has been disastrous in so many sectors. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/rachel-reeves-mps-public-finances-send-costs-markets https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/13/rachel-reeves-mps-public-finances-send-costs-markets"
X Link 2026-02-13T07:20Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"UK Dept of Work and Pensions deducted 32.4m from Universal Credit to pay poor people's water bills. People in the North hit the hardest. Water companies pay dividends exorbitant exec pay fleece customers don't pay fines. Now allowed to rob the poor. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/12/dwp-northern/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/12/dwp-northern/"
X Link 2026-02-13T07:57Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials concerns revealed. Govt officials warned that the contract would not offer value for money but Ministers still went ahead. Mandelson took Starmer to meet Palantirs chief executive. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/12/nhs-deal-with-ai-firm-palantir-called-into-question-after-officials-concerns-revealed https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/12/nhs-deal-with-ai-firm-palantir-called-into-question-after-officials-concerns-revealed"
X Link 2026-02-13T08:13Z 132.5K followers, 39.6K engagements
"RT @johnmcdonnellMP: So we have a Home Secretary that is going to fight the judiciary now. This is hardly the language of someone holding"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:24Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded [------] Clacton home. No mortgage. Questions about [-----] stamp duty. Other properties owned through a company which lacks sufficient finance. Unlike Starmer won't publish tax return. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce845w70g0yo"
X Link 2025-09-11T17:31Z 132.2K followers, 32.9K engagements
"Holding govts to ransom. US drugmaker Merck scraps 1bn UK research centre cuts [---] jobs. Big pharma it wants higher drugs prices for the NHS and profits. Consequence of oligopolies and corporate power. Govt should start manufacture of generic drugs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzyxjr0lzo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzyxjr0lzo"
X Link 2025-09-12T06:25Z 132.3K followers, 25.9K engagements
"Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms. Chemicals going into food chain water waterways with deadly outcomes. Corporations boost profits. Regulators failing to protect health and the environment. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/toxic-landfill-liquid-sewage-spread-farms-england"
X Link 2025-09-12T06:51Z 132.2K followers, 25K engagements
"UK economy flat lines in July. Can't grow without redistribution. 16m live in poverty. Profiteering eroding purchasing power Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203edl1zq3o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203edl1zq3o"
X Link 2025-09-12T07:04Z 132.2K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Lives of the super rich Tankers used to transport water to fill private lakes. Normal people face shortages due to droughts. The same people oppose wealth taxes and higher wages for workers. They have friends in high places. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o"
X Link 2025-09-12T08:16Z 132.2K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Barclays CEO tells govt to cut public sector wages instead of taxing banks. Wants to cut wages of doctors nurses teachers cleaners cooks security guards to give more to bankers. Wage rises are inflationary apparently but CEO pay dividends aren't. https://archive.ph/yTGN7 https://archive.ph/yTGN7"
X Link 2025-09-12T15:30Z 132.2K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Why the reshuffle alone wont change the UK govts fortunes. Must junk neoliberal policies never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth. Must improve purchasing power of the bottom 50% to energize economy. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/"
X Link 2025-09-13T06:50Z 132.2K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Indictment of England's children in residential care mostly corporate controlled. Annual spend 3.1bn paid by local councils spend per child [------] 22% profit. Poor value for money. Children not properly cared. But govts insist on privatisation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93d57pjo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93d57pjo"
X Link 2025-09-13T19:08Z 132.3K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Big pharma threatens the UK govt. Want higher drugs prices/profits squeezing the NHS budget forcing higher taxes. Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt. Govt must produce generic drugs. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/12/britain-terrible-place-sell-medicines-drug-firm-executive-sanofi https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/12/britain-terrible-place-sell-medicines-drug-firm-executive-sanofi"
X Link 2025-09-14T07:05Z 132.4K followers, 20.5K engagements
"Revolving doors. Thames Water paid 1m+ to lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser. Aim is to reach policymakers keep TW private. TW pays 200m a year to various advisers. Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends lobbyists. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/13/thames-water-paid-1m-plus-to-corporate-spooks-firm-part-owned-by-starmer-adviser https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/13/thames-water-paid-1m-plus-to-corporate-spooks-firm-part-owned-by-starmer-adviser"
X Link 2025-09-14T07:40Z 132.2K followers, 22.2K engagements
"Labour must reset policies boost spending power of the bottom 50%. Median wage [------] bosses collect [----] times worker pay. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. Poorest in Slovenia/Malta better off than the poorest in UK. Must Redistribute. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/"
X Link 2025-09-14T10:36Z 132.2K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt. Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else. Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them cut worker wages they say. People bear cost of corporate pollution abuses. Curb corporate power or become slaves"
X Link 2025-09-15T05:42Z 132.6K followers, 170.7K engagements
"In 2024-25 HMRC wrote-off 7.2bn of tax Main reason is UK insolvency law. Since [----] HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies. Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies employment & other benefits. Reinstate Crown preference. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e5d318adf4250705c96d8/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2024_to_2025.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e5d318adf4250705c96d8/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2024_to_2025.pdf"
X Link 2025-09-15T07:31Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Car seats being sold online in UK that risk lives of children Which finds. In pursuit of profits businesses ignore laws/safety. They object to consumer rights. The so-called 'red tape' is someone's life. Say NO to profits before people. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/15/car-seats-being-sold-online-in-uk-that-risk-lives-of-children-which-finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/15/car-seats-being-sold-online-in-uk-that-risk-lives-of-children-which-finds"
X Link 2025-09-15T07:57Z 132.3K followers, 11.6K engagements
"UK Govt must change course. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. WRONG At the very least abolish VAT on domestic fuel reduce std rate of VAT lift personal allowance by [----]. Shift the cost to the rich. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/"
X Link 2025-09-15T08:36Z 132.2K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event blames his office for error. Collects full 93904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough. Previouslyclaimed to have bought ahousein his constituency now tells a different story https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-trump-visit-parliamentary-rules-b2826380.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-trump-visit-parliamentary-rules-b2826380.html"
X Link 2025-09-15T16:15Z 132.2K followers, 47.6K engagements
"Sewage pours into rivers of English & Welsh national parks at twice rate elsewhere. [------] hours of sewage dumped underinvestment & mismanagement. More than half of the rivers in national parks failed to meet the good ecological status required by law https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/16/sewage-overflow-national-parks-england-wales-rivers-lakes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/16/sewage-overflow-national-parks-england-wales-rivers-lakes"
X Link 2025-09-16T07:07Z 132.2K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Barbarians at the Gate Pope Leo criticises pay packages of Elon Musk & other CEOs. Millions/Billions toil in poverty Super rich fund far-right groups; buy political parties legislators media ferment social unrest manipulate democracies. Tax wealth. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/pope-leo-concerned-elon-musk-pay https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/pope-leo-concerned-elon-musk-pay"
X Link 2025-09-16T07:37Z 132.3K followers, 21K engagements
"UK employee median wage [-----] (net 25707). Millions barely survive bosses collect up to [----] times average wage. 37% on Universal Credit claimants are at work. People surviving on food banks charity Can't revive economy without redistribution. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/september2025 https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/september2025"
X Link 2025-09-16T08:13Z 132.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"UK govts appease corporations and the super-rich people struggle Hard to see GP/Dentist Shortage of social housing. Sewage in rivers. High energy prices 7.4m hospital appointments awaited in England Unchecked profiteering. Must abandon neoliberalism. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/why-the-reshuffle-alone-wont-change-the-governments-fortunes/"
X Link 2025-09-16T11:01Z 132.3K followers, 10.5K engagements
"UK public has paid 200bn to shareholders of privatised water rail bus energy and mail services mostly foreign owned. Investment neglected. Regulators useless. Often little/no competition captive customers fleeced more pushed into poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/16/uk-public-paid-200bn-to-shareholders-of-key-industries-since-privatisation-study"
X Link 2025-09-16T14:05Z 132.3K followers, 24.1K engagements
"Post Office paid law firm 86m for dealing with the public inquiry into the scandal. [--] years later victims await compensation for false prosecutions. No exec charged. Fujitsu lawyers advisers complicit. Made millions. No contribution to compensation. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631312/Utter-madness-as-Post-Office-paid-law-firm-double-the-cost-of-scandal-public-inquiry https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631312/Utter-madness-as-Post-Office-paid-law-firm-double-the-cost-of-scandal-public-inquiry"
X Link 2025-09-16T15:58Z 132.5K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment but it is funded by the super rich. Reform has an unusually high number of overseas backers with links to tax havens. Fossil fuel interests fund Reform party will expand their trade https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/reform-uk-funders-nigel-farage-5-million-donations-fossil-fuels-tax-havens/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/reform-uk-funders-nigel-farage-5-million-donations-fossil-fuels-tax-havens/"
X Link 2025-09-17T06:44Z 132.2K followers, 38K engagements
"Rip-off Quarter of the average UK energy bill funds profits. Privatised energy companies paid 70.7bn in dividend between [----] and [----]. In high winds turbines turned off as system can't transmit/store electricity. [------] a year die in fuel poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/privatisation-premium-billions-from-uk-energy-bills-paid-to-shareholders https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/17/privatisation-premium-billions-from-uk-energy-bills-paid-to-shareholders"
X Link 2025-09-18T07:23Z 132.4K followers, 32.5K engagements
"UK banks building societies required to get savers NI number make it easier for HMRC to tax. Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends share buybacks bonds stock market gambles assets stashed offshore. It is class war. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel-reeves-tax-savings-hmrc-salaries-b2804241.html https://www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel-reeves-tax-savings-hmrc-salaries-b2804241.html"
X Link 2025-09-18T09:04Z 132.4K followers, 77.9K engagements
"President Trump says US negotiating with Taliban to take control of Bagram airbase in Afghanistan i.e. fund Taliban. If they don't agree . will he invade Just like the threat to takeover Gaza Greenland Panama Canada. China will see this as a threat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/us-seeking-to-regain-control-of-afghanistans-bagram-airbase-says-trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/us-seeking-to-regain-control-of-afghanistans-bagram-airbase-says-trump"
X Link 2025-09-18T20:53Z 132.4K followers, 10.3K engagements
"England councils paid 2.8bn for temporary accommodation for homeless people. [------] households in temporary accommodation including [------] children. Result of low income profiteering high housing costs. What if 2.8bn used to build social housing https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/temporary-accommodation-cost-councils-england/ https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/temporary-accommodation-cost-councils-england/"
X Link 2025-09-19T07:35Z 132.4K followers, 17K engagements
"Englands social care at breaking point. Relies on 1.9m unpaid carers shabbily treated. New requests for support up from 1.8m in 2015/16 to 2.1m in 2023/24 mainly from working age adults. Profiteering at care homes. Need integrated healthcare system https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/social-care-unpaid-breaking-point-england-b2829489.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/social-care-unpaid-breaking-point-england-b2829489.html"
X Link 2025-09-19T07:50Z 132.2K followers, [----] engagements
"London housing is classed as unaffordable for every income decile. Average English home costs [---] times the average salary; [----] times in London. Bad news for every region. Result of years of real wage cuts profiteering rentier economy shortages. https://www.cityam.com/housing-in-london-now-classed-as-unaffordable-at-every-income-level/ https://www.cityam.com/housing-in-london-now-classed-as-unaffordable-at-every-income-level/"
X Link 2025-09-20T09:25Z 132.3K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell says govt should axe two-child benefit cap. Why did she support it Supported WFP cut by saying without it there would be a "run on the pound". Silence on corporate welfare grip of neoliberalism. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/20/lucy-powell-urges-labour-to-consider-raising-gambling-taxes-so-it-can-axe-two-child-benefit-cap https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/20/lucy-powell-urges-labour-to-consider-raising-gambling-taxes-so-it-can-axe-two-child-benefit-cap"
X Link 2025-09-21T07:11Z 132.5K followers, 20.8K engagements
"16% of Britons have no savings. 39% have less than 1000; struggle to survive without income. Profiteering low wages high living costs condemn millions to insecurity. 1% have more wealth than 70% of population. Can't rebuild without redistribution. https://blog.moneyfarm.com/en/personal-finance/average-savings-by-age-in-the-uk-how-much-should-you-be-saving/ https://blog.moneyfarm.com/en/personal-finance/average-savings-by-age-in-the-uk-how-much-should-you-be-saving/"
X Link 2025-09-21T07:24Z 132.4K followers, 33.6K engagements
"Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights human rights hand the NHS to private sector divide society deepen inequalities and environmental crisis. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-us-abyss-nigel-farage-britain"
X Link 2025-09-21T07:54Z 132.4K followers, 69.9K engagements
"Reform UK receives [------] donation from firm that faced winding-up petition; cost borne by workers/creditors. Party funded by the super rich tax exiles offshore entities hedge funds foxhunting enthusiasts. Reward: policies that will enrich a few. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/19/reform-uk-receives-100000-donation-from-design-firm-that-faced-winding-up-petition https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/19/reform-uk-receives-100000-donation-from-design-firm-that-faced-winding-up-petition"
X Link 2025-09-21T08:09Z 132.4K followers, 63.9K engagements
"UK govt to water down North Sea oil/gas drilling ban. Following Trump/Farage agenda. Energy won't necessarily be used in UK boost corporate profits. One-dimensional thinking ignores impact on the environment health flooding value of homes life. https://archive.ph/TCz6V https://archive.ph/TCz6V"
X Link 2025-09-21T10:16Z 132.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Welfare reform 'must happen' UK minister says. Silence on corporate welfare. For example Drax makes profits but gets subsidies. Why Silence on tax perks of the rich. For example capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg3jl0ylkyo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg3jl0ylkyo"
X Link 2025-09-22T06:10Z 132.4K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Ministers could give mayors control of England's schools and hospitals in devolution shake-up. Won't end the curse of PFI privatization of the NHS; reduce NHS queue or provide funding for schools/NHS. But it will enable Ministers to pass the blame. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/ministers-could-give-mayors-control-of-schools-and-hospitals-in-devolution-shake-up https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/ministers-could-give-mayors-control-of-schools-and-hospitals-in-devolution-shake-up"
X Link 2025-09-22T15:01Z 132.4K followers, 11.2K engagements
"Trump to say that taking paracetamol during pregnancy can cause autism. Previously he suggested that people should inject themselves with disinfectants to beat COVID. Science does not support his claims. Trump is an embarrassment to the whole world. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trump-autism-paracetamol-pregnancy-scientists-b2831358.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trump-autism-paracetamol-pregnancy-scientists-b2831358.html"
X Link 2025-09-22T19:13Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In a corporate owned care home charging [----] a week. Residents face neglect/cruelty. Left in urine-soaked clothes wet bedsheets calls for help ignored not showered for weeks excrement in corridors staff shortages. When profits come B4 people. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylxpjdx8wo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylxpjdx8wo"
X Link 2025-09-23T06:16Z 132.4K followers, 147.4K engagements
"Nigel Farage announces plan to deport legal immigrants. Will split families. Will resisters end-up in concentration camps Will deny welfare benefits to those who worked paid taxes. Produces false financial savings numbers. The next road to Auschwitz. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-hate-foreigners-indefinite-leave-to-remain https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/nigel-farage-hate-foreigners-indefinite-leave-to-remain"
X Link 2025-09-23T06:37Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"UK set for highest inflation in G7 OECD says. Real average wage hardly moved since [----]. Profiteering is the main cause. Start with controlling price of energy water rents. Even better nationalize energy and water build social housing. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-oecd-economy-inflation-growth-b2831788.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-oecd-economy-inflation-growth-b2831788.html"
X Link 2025-09-23T09:47Z 132.5K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out. Low wages insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings. No govt curbs profiteering. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65m95gqdjo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65m95gqdjo"
X Link 2025-09-24T06:41Z 132.4K followers, 11.2K engagements
"The PFI disaster Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands 6m to advisers. NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed. Money will buy less. Higher taxes lower value. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/24/fears-of-new-pfi-style-disaster-as-firms-handed-6m-to-advise-on-using-private-funds-for-nhs-clinics"
X Link 2025-09-24T07:14Z 132.4K followers, 42.5K engagements
"Resolution Foundation tells UK govt to cut national insurance increase income tax. This will hike taxes on pensioners. 2m live in poverty. [------] a year die in fuel poverty. Why not tax dividends and capital gains at the same rates as wages https://news.sky.com/story/rachel-reeves-urged-to-cut-national-insurance-and-hike-income-tax-in-upcoming-budget-13436491 https://news.sky.com/story/rachel-reeves-urged-to-cut-national-insurance-and-hike-income-tax-in-upcoming-budget-13436491"
X Link 2025-09-24T08:27Z 132.5K followers, 17K engagements
"London mayor Sadiq Khan hits back at racist sexist misogynistic and Islamophobic Trump. About time. Trump spreads lies about every country. Trump is doing much harm at home and abroad undermining the UN. NATO US economy human rights free speech. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/24/sadiq-khan-hits-back-at-racist-sexist-misogynistic-and-islamophobic-trump https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/24/sadiq-khan-hits-back-at-racist-sexist-misogynistic-and-islamophobic-trump"
X Link 2025-09-24T18:30Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Rip-off Britain. Mobile and broadband companies are engaging in murky practices to make it hard for consumers to find good deals Companies raise capital from customers who own nothing. Annual prices hiked by inflation+3.9%. Regulators do nothing. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/25/mobile-broadband-customers-losing-out-murky-contract-practices https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/25/mobile-broadband-customers-losing-out-murky-contract-practices"
X Link 2025-09-25T06:15Z 132.4K followers, 17K engagements
"Curse of private equity. PE acquired US hospitals had 13% higher patient death rates in the emergency depts compared with similar hospitals. PE cut staffing wages investment; hiked profits. People killed for profit. Yet UK handing healthcare to PE. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211"
X Link 2025-09-25T07:12Z 132.6K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Amazon agrees to pay $2.5bn over claims it tricked Prime customers. Similar practices in the UK but no regulator gets off its bended-knees. Is there a pristine large corporation https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dy9018jxo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dy9018jxo"
X Link 2025-09-26T06:25Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Millennials face post-work poverty if they remain renters. On retirement income shrinks. State pension is inadequate. Low wages - can't save for private pension or buy a home. Need social housing rent controls state pension aligned with living wage. https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/renting/comment-renting-pete-apps-london-millennials-gen-z-retirement-poverty-b1248499.html https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/renting/comment-renting-pete-apps-london-millennials-gen-z-retirement-poverty-b1248499.html"
X Link 2025-09-26T06:54Z 132.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Predatory capitalism UK retailers ripping off motorists as fuel margins remain far above historic levels. Supermarket retailers margins increased to between 8% and 9.1%. Inevitable as exec pay is linked to profits. No regulator/govt protects people. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/26/uk-retailers-accused-of-ripping-off-motorists-fuel-margins-petrol-diesel-prices https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/26/uk-retailers-accused-of-ripping-off-motorists-fuel-margins-petrol-diesel-prices"
X Link 2025-09-26T11:58Z 132.4K followers, [----] engagements
"If the UK govt wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership. High price of energy and water which fuels inflation poverty business costs. Industries like water energy have extracted dividends neglected investment. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/"
X Link 2025-09-26T17:14Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Upside Down World. Hedge fund trader gets $100m. Most people struggle to make ends meet. Speculators who gamble with other people's money produce nothing get mega rewards. Profits are privatized. Failing banks are bailed out. https://archive.ph/vNVDB https://archive.ph/vNVDB"
X Link 2025-09-28T11:08Z 132.6K followers, [----] engagements
"UK inflation is caused by profiteering Since the pandemic electricity generation companies hiked profit margins by 198%. Electricity/Gas supply margins up 363%. Shipping up by [---] times Health and social work up by 118%. People impoverished. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/"
X Link 2025-09-28T11:16Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"UK Govt to guarantee 1.5bn JLR loan after cyber shutdown. Would companies spend less on insurance cyber security as the state becomes guarantor Govt could take equity stake which means money won't be repayable. Taxpayers can get a return in future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl15ykerlro https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl15ykerlro"
X Link 2025-09-29T06:38Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"EU industry fears ever-expanding list of derivative goods subject to US steel tariffs. Trump governed by whims. China stood up to him & he backed-off. The EU UK need to do the same. The emerging multipolar must be based on respect not bullying. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/eu-industry-fears-ever-expanding-list-of-derivative-goods-subject-to-steel-tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/eu-industry-fears-ever-expanding-list-of-derivative-goods-subject-to-steel-tariffs"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:58Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"UK Govt plan to revitalise high streets. To make it happen Govt needs to: Reduce shop rents Cut energy bills Increase spending power of the bottom 50%. Improve real wages. Tackle the challenge of online shopping. Improve public transport and car parking. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/labour-pride-in-place-revitalise-high-streets-levelling-up https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/labour-pride-in-place-revitalise-high-streets-levelling-up"
X Link 2025-09-30T06:41Z 132.5K followers, 11.5K engagements
"Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader Starmer made poor policy choices Two child benefit cap Winter fuel payment fiasco Disability benefit cuts Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds No curbs on energy/water profiteering. https://news.sky.com/story/almost-two-in-three-labour-members-back-burnham-over-starmer-for-leader-poll-show-13441078 https://news.sky.com/story/almost-two-in-three-labour-members-back-burnham-over-starmer-for-leader-poll-show-13441078"
X Link 2025-09-30T07:02Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Deloitte UKs chief executive receives [------] pay rise to 4.9m. Firm has a history of delivering dud audits. Rewards for failure. In common with other LLPs the firm avoids paying employer national insurance on partners' profit share. https://archive.ph/jAETA https://archive.ph/jAETA"
X Link 2025-09-30T07:18Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare. Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare Billions can be raised. Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0knr2dmn4mo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0knr2dmn4mo"
X Link 2025-09-30T15:58Z 132.4K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Rachel Reeves may lift two-child benefit cap in November budget. The cap affects 1.7m children. This Tory policy should have been abandoned last yr. Must redistribute wealth. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 16m live in poverty. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/30/rachel-reeves-lift-two-child-benefit-cap-november-budget https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/30/rachel-reeves-lift-two-child-benefit-cap-november-budget"
X Link 2025-10-01T06:53Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Britons ripped off by the energy industry. No govt curbs profiteering. Nationalise energy reduce inflation poverty business costs"
X Link 2025-10-01T07:09Z 132.5K followers, 66.2K engagements
"High Court orders firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone to pay 122m to UK public purse. It provided 25m unusable surgical gowns to NHS which could seriously harm or kill patients When will the money be paid Court judgement: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/uk-government-wins-122m-pandemic-case-against-michelle-mone-linked-firm-over-faulty-ppe https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Secretary-of-State-for-Health-and-Social-Care-v-PPE-Medpro.pdf"
X Link 2025-10-01T12:16Z 132.6K followers, 15K engagements
"Questions about Michelle Mone peerage. PM David Cameron didn't follow proper protocols made her a govt adviser. The same David Cameron appointed Philip Green (BHS fame) as the Govt's efficiency Tsar bugled the Brexit referendum. Mone benefitted from Tory VIP lane"
X Link 2025-10-01T12:39Z 132.5K followers, 15.2K engagements
"UK Labour Govt considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims. Hope not. People voted for change not for Starmer to impose Tory policies. Govt can't claim to be enhancing worker rights and then make it difficult to deal with bad bosses. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/01/labour-considering-charging-workers-for-employment-tribunal-claims-sources-say https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/01/labour-considering-charging-workers-for-employment-tribunal-claims-sources-say"
X Link 2025-10-02T06:56Z 132.5K followers, 43.9K engagements
"Thames Water's bidders ask to be excused from fully complying with rules on pollution until 2035-40. Rule of law Anything given to TW can't be denied to others. Sewage will be dumped. Customers will be fleeced. Returns will be extracted. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/02/thames-water-lenders-submit-new-rescue-plan-to-stave-off-collapse https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/02/thames-water-lenders-submit-new-rescue-plan-to-stave-off-collapse"
X Link 2025-10-02T13:42Z 132.5K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Green party leader urges the Bank of England to stop paying interest on commercial banks' reserves. ECB stopped paying interest on a portion of banks reserves The left has long urged Govt to stop this 20bn subsidy to banks a consequence of QE. https://archive.ph/LyP2e https://archive.ph/LyP2e"
X Link 2025-10-03T07:42Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Heathrow airport owned by private/state investors from Australia China France Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain. Similar to steel auto ports shipbuilding care homes hospitals GP surgeries veterinary services. Dividends not taxed in the UK. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/"
X Link 2025-10-03T08:11Z 132.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Motherhood penalty costs women an average [-----] in pay by time first child turns five. This is followed by gender pay gap pension gap slow career progression harassment unpaid carer work retirement insecurity. All women deserve justice. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/03/mothers-lose-an-average-65618-in-pay-by-the-time-their-first-child-turns-five https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/03/mothers-lose-an-average-65618-in-pay-by-the-time-their-first-child-turns-five"
X Link 2025-10-03T17:07Z 132.7K followers, 17.6K engagements
"England nationalized rail passenger services lease carriages from rolling stock companies (ROSCOs). 87% of rolling stock controlled by [--] Luxembourg companies. Paid 1.282bn dividends in last [--] yrs. Not taxed in UK. Privatization has hollowed out the UK. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/"
X Link 2025-10-03T17:24Z 132.6K followers, 27.1K engagements
"Average real wage of UK workers is stuck the [----] level. Some bosses are collecting [----] times more than the average employee wage. Millions forced to rely on food banks. Workers have no say in income distribution. Can't build economy on inequalities. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/"
X Link 2025-10-04T06:51Z 132.6K followers, 16.6K engagements
"NHS increased use of the private sector under Labour govt. Private sector delivered 22.1% of ophthalmic 20.5% of orthopaedic procedures. Numbers of NHS patients treated by private sector up by 10%. With profit margins of up to 40% money buys less. https://lowdownnhs.info/analysis/new-icb-figures-show-uneven-trends-on-use-of-private-sector/ https://lowdownnhs.info/analysis/new-icb-figures-show-uneven-trends-on-use-of-private-sector/"
X Link 2025-10-05T07:59Z 132.6K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Labour MPs concerned over the govt plans to change the assessment for universal credit disability benefits. Could trigger another mass rebellion. Why no focus on corporate welfare - bailouts 895bn QE subsidies tax abuses no end to profiteering. https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/labour-universal-credit-reforms-dwp-rebellion/ https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/labour-universal-credit-reforms-dwp-rebellion/"
X Link 2025-10-05T10:15Z 132.6K followers, 19.6K engagements
"Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Since [----] ECHR court has heard [--] cases of immigrant deportation. UK won [--]. No defeats in the last [--] yrs. Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration will destroy our rights. https://archive.ph/eMg3O https://archive.ph/eMg3O"
X Link 2025-10-06T06:36Z 132.6K followers, 18.3K engagements
"The state we're in UK full-time employee median wage [-----]. 4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage. 1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts. 34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty. Can't build economy on that. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/"
X Link 2025-10-06T15:37Z 132.7K followers, 17.2K engagements
"Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal. China & India lead the race for renewable energy. The US increased reliance on fossil fuels. With corporate donations Trump wants more fossil fuels. Farage promising the same. Banks pouring money. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time"
X Link 2025-10-07T06:23Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"15 UK banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners and under DWP crackdown. No court order needed. No right of appeal. Banks will pass cost to other customers. Those accused of fraud won't get legal advice. The making of another Post Office type scandal. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/15-banks-ordered-snoop-state-32617582 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/15-banks-ordered-snoop-state-32617582"
X Link 2025-10-07T06:35Z 132.7K followers, 56.9K engagements
"Richest 1% has more wealth than 70% of UK population combined. Top 20% own two-thirds of wealth receive 36% of income. Bottom 20% own 0.5% of wealth receive 9% of income. Can't grow economy or have social stability. Poverty is a political choice. https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/"
X Link 2025-10-07T08:48Z 132.7K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Starmer faces cabinet revolt over tax rises that could drive wealthy away. Ridiculous. Capital gains & dividends taxed at lower rates than wages. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%. Tax the rich. Help the bottom 50%. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-budget-wealth-tax-b2837878.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-budget-wealth-tax-b2837878.html"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:19Z 132.7K followers, 15.3K engagements
"There is a parade of dud audits as auditors let lying dogs sleep. Audit quality is low. UK accounting regulator is changing the rules. There will be fewer investigations. People will be deceived fees will keep rolling. Regulators work for the industry. https://archive.ph/YCz1V https://archive.ph/YCz1V"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:42Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"1611 homeless Britons died last year including [--] children & babies under the age of one. Contrary to Suella Braverman homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society. Yet govts cut wages/benefits public services; no curbs on profiteering. https://news.sky.com/story/abject-failure-as-uks-homeless-deaths-rise-including-children-13446761 https://news.sky.com/story/abject-failure-as-uks-homeless-deaths-rise-including-children-13446761"
X Link 2025-10-08T06:32Z 132.6K followers, 31.2K engagements
"It would take the average UK earner [--] years worth of earnings to join the richest 10%. Up from [--] years in 2006-08. Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%. Inequalities obstruct economic growth. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/oct/08/lifetime-of-earnings-not-enough-for-uk-workers-to-join-wealthiest-10-report-says https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/oct/08/lifetime-of-earnings-not-enough-for-uk-workers-to-join-wealthiest-10-report-says"
X Link 2025-10-08T06:54Z 132.6K followers, 14.4K engagements
"Treasury pushing for weakening of protections for Englands national parks & national landscapes to make it easier for developers. Once lost they are lost for ever Rehabilitate empty homes. Ever thought about building houses on the estates of the rich https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/green-groups-criticise-plans-weaken-protections-english-national-parks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/green-groups-criticise-plans-weaken-protections-english-national-parks"
X Link 2025-10-08T07:25Z 132.7K followers, 25.6K engagements
"Austerity wage & public service cuts kill. Millions can't get good food housing education healthcare pension. Men in poorer UK areas live [---] yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women [--] years. Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-government-must-ensure-fair-distribution-of-income/"
X Link 2025-10-08T08:36Z 132.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Urgent winter clothing appeal for UK baby banks. In [----] charity distributed [----] coats [-----] pairs of shoes [----] blankets [----] items of bedding and [-----] pairs of socks to families in need. Low wages/benefits unchecked profiteering take toll. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kw20ppll7o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kw20ppll7o"
X Link 2025-10-09T06:54Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims get new appeals process and funded advice says govt. Now do the same for infected blood mortgage prisoners Orgreave Hillsborough nuclear tests Grenfell 1950s women bank frauds and other victims of injustice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dx7le0ddo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dx7le0ddo"
X Link 2025-10-09T11:53Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Labour deputy leader contest. I won't vote for Bridget Phillipson or Lucy Powell. Both are right-wing. Supported two-child benefit cap disability benefit cuts. Snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts. In the words of Billy Connolly Don't vote it only encourages them"
X Link 2025-10-10T11:41Z 132.7K followers, 32.8K engagements
"Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office. Lobbied the UAE for billion-$ private venture Used senior Saudi govt contacts to pitch for a consultancy firm. Political corruption is the main cause of UK decline. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/boris-johnson-breached-rules-designed-to-stop-abuse-of-contacts-made-in-public-office-watchdog-finds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/boris-johnson-breached-rules-designed-to-stop-abuse-of-contacts-made-in-public-office-watchdog-finds"
X Link 2025-10-11T06:55Z 132.7K followers, 136.3K engagements
"Farage importing Trumpism Mass sackings of civil servants Reduce workers's rights Spending cuts - hit the poor old sick disabled Now claims teachers are poisoning our kids - just as Nazis did to control education. Power grab by dividing society. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/nigel-farage-says-uk-teachers-are-poisoning-our-kids-and-predicts-strikes-as-pm https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/nigel-farage-says-uk-teachers-are-poisoning-our-kids-and-predicts-strikes-as-pm"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:43Z 132.7K followers, 57.3K engagements
"Govts of Australia Bermuda Canada Cayman China France Germany Italy Japan the Netherlands Norway Qatar Singapore Spain UAE US thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure. Vast profits exported Britons stare at sewage in rivers https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/ https://leftfootforward.org/2025/09/if-the-government-wants-economic-growth-it-must-bring-essential-industries-into-public-ownership/"
X Link 2025-10-11T16:13Z 132.7K followers, 15.3K engagements
"High street slot machine shops owned by Merkur are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose. Companies chase profits by spreading misery exploiting vulnerable people Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/10/high-street-slot-machine-shops-pay-staff-bonuses-linked-to-how-much-gamblers-lose https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/10/high-street-slot-machine-shops-pay-staff-bonuses-linked-to-how-much-gamblers-lose"
X Link 2025-10-12T07:56Z 132.8K followers, 16.4K engagements
"Greater Anglia rail passenger operator nationalised. Govt will rent carriages. Lucrative freight & rolling stock companies remain privatised. [--] Luxembourg companies control 87% of rolling stock paid 1.3bn dividend in last [--] yrs. Gravy train rolls on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36kg2lzjgno https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36kg2lzjgno"
X Link 2025-10-12T08:14Z 132.7K followers, 20.5K engagements
"How austerity hit young people. In the decade after [----] councils funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%. By [----] [----] publicly run youth centres closed Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/12/britain-youth-clubs-social-division-polarisation-loneliness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/12/britain-youth-clubs-social-division-polarisation-loneliness"
X Link 2025-10-13T06:31Z 132.7K followers, 31.5K engagements
"Gambling industry holding govt to ransom. William Hill joins Ladbrokes and Coral to warn Chancellor - increase tax and we will shut shops. Happy to dodge taxes; not bear cost of harms inflicted on gambling addicts. Who governs - govts or corporations https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/12/william-hill-owner-could-shut-shops-if-reeves-raises-gambling-taxes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/12/william-hill-owner-could-shut-shops-if-reeves-raises-gambling-taxes"
X Link 2025-10-13T06:44Z 132.7K followers, 29.1K engagements
"@IFALeicester The poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. Dividends and capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages"
X Link 2025-10-13T06:50Z 132.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Censorship silencing and exile is never far away in so-called free world. Books that they banned or tried to ban Leaves of Grass Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories The Wizard of Oz The Great Gatsby The Sun also Rises Have we advanced https://www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com/blog/2023/10/02/5-historically-banned-classics-and-why/ https://www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com/blog/2023/10/02/5-historically-banned-classics-and-why/"
X Link 2025-10-13T11:21Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it 2bn. No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bonuses but won't bear any of the cost. Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds promised a report by [----]. Still waiting. FCA does nothing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6zr733917o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6zr733917o"
X Link 2025-10-14T06:06Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Another corporate scandal. Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing. 98% of the the [-----] homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs. Companies have vanished people left with the problems. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/external-insulation-previous-government-scheme-repair-replacing-report-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/external-insulation-previous-government-scheme-repair-replacing-report-finds"
X Link 2025-10-14T06:26Z 132.7K followers, 25.3K engagements
"Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding. Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance. Yet houses being built in flood prone areas planning deregulated Farage/Trump deny climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds"
X Link 2025-10-14T06:34Z 132.7K followers, 17K engagements
"Vets should be made to publish prices watchdog says. Energy water internet phone train grocery companies publish prices doesn't prevent profiteering. Too many vets owned by corporations. How about stopping takeovers fines for profiteering. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201r14z6r3o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201r14z6r3o"
X Link 2025-10-15T12:55Z 132.7K followers, [----] engagements
"How a private equity takeover contributed to Maplins demise https://leftfootforward.org/2018/03/revealed-how-private-equity-contributed-to-maplins-demise/ https://leftfootforward.org/2018/03/revealed-how-private-equity-contributed-to-maplins-demise/"
X Link 2018-03-02T10:14Z 136.6K followers, [--] engagements
"A glimpse of UK industrial policy: [--] Melrose directors will make 285m from hostile takeover of GKN advisers collected 223m speculators made gains of up to 40%. Pension scheme deficit not eliminated. Job cuts asset-stripping and tax games to follow. https://leftfootforward.org/2018/04/gkn-hostile-takeover-shows-that-the-tories-industrial-policy-is-in-disarray-melrose/ https://leftfootforward.org/2018/04/gkn-hostile-takeover-shows-that-the-tories-industrial-policy-is-in-disarray-melrose/"
X Link 2018-04-03T19:17Z 136K followers, [---] engagements
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