Higher tax helped government finance reach record January surplus The government took in more from tax receipts than expected, official data suggests.

BBC News - Higher tax helped UK government reach record January surplus
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The UK is in a really good place.Contrary to the garbage from the Tories Reform who crashed & ruined the economy.Labour lower interest helps everyone not only tax exiles & billionaires

Genuine question. Under our constitution/law is there anyway to compel him to do so if he chooses not to?

The biggest every budget surplus was recorded in January.

£30.4bn, up from £14.5bn a year earlier & more than the forecast £24bn

This was mainly driven by extra tax receipts, up £10.5bn on a year earlier

Brilliant news for Labour and the country today as the biggest every budget surplus was recorded in January.

It was £30.4bn - up from £14.5bn a year earlier and more than the forecast £24bn.

January can often see a budget surpless compared to the rest of the year.

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January Update under Rachel Reeves:
Retail sales up 1.8% month-on-month; 4.5% year-on-year;
Initial OBR estimates record a £30.4bn public sector surplus;
Inflation falls to 3%;
I thought the ‘girl from accounts’ was meant to stay quiet - not deliver a £30bn surplus. #UKNews

Brit here. Couldn’t agree more.

Reform’s by-election candidate Matt Goodwin received a salary of up to €10,000 a month from a far-right pressure group based in Hungary 👀

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The Democracy Manifest guy being manhandled into a red car by the cops. He's now Andy Windsor and one of the arresting officers is Paddington Bear, who always puts in a shift regardless of his day job as a Peruvian psychopomp.

"Why did you do this to me? For what reason? What is the charge? Trading secrets? Trading succulent state secrets?"

“Suella Braverman asked for my help to get maternity leave when she was Attorney General. As first pregnant AG she needed new rights. (I helped ofc, she took mat leave and returned to govt office) Depressing she now plans roll-back of rights for aother women”.

Harriet Harman

Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

Reform UK suspends Matt Goodwin by-election campaign manager over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts

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Brit here. Feeling very proud of the fact that in this country it really is true that no one is beyond the law.

Hoping that the US can learn a trick or two from us.

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Farage accused of lying about offer of safe Tory seat

Farage caught in another lie. A big one, despite being years ago, because it demolishes his "Origin Story" as a plucky anti-establishment figure. He's none of those things truly or by choice. That's why he delights at the reversal of Tories being under his control now.

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We shouldn’t loose sight of the fact that Lowe stood and was elected as a Reform MP. This tells us a lot about them.

I agree. He would enjoy being leader of the opposition even less. I do wonder when the reality dawns as the next GE approaches if he might quit. Perhaps wishful thinking on my part, but still…

Robert Jenrick announces Reform UK will keep the OBR and Bank of England independence, with an emphasis on fiscal discipline, signified by restoring the two child benefit cap.

The speech is essentially the same as every Tory chancellor's conference speech in the last 10 years.

Maggie must be exhausted. Being angry all the time and shouting at the moon is so tiring.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

Trade Union Congress: "Young people: We can't afford our rent.

Multi-millionaire Reform MP Richard Tice: We're going to cut your pay."

They'd already changed it to pay for their cheaper pints policy. Apparently we can afford that.

Why didn't Farage just answer the question about Reform's education policy?

Why did he seek to mock and ridicule the journalist asking a perfectly legitimate question and try to deligitimise the FT?

Easy. That's who he is. An arrogant man who doesn't have any policies beyond pointing at the sea.

What should be done about youth unemployment?

She’s good.

We need more of this proper journalism.

Sounds like the sheep have gone rogue.

He does know that the Greeks and Romans were not Christian and that large parts of Europe were under Muslim rule for centuries; doesn’t he?

One of the more hopeful signs in UK politics is that Reform consistently struggles to poll above the mid-to-high 20s - despite a deteriorating economy, the simultaneous implosion of both the traditional parties and a pet TV station.

Reform is not some unstoppable force. It's eminently beatable.

The leaders of both Reform UK Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire led councils have said Nigel Farage’s call to scrap working from home is not going to happen.

It’s a huge slap down of another unworkable Farage nonsense policy by his own council leaders.