Hannah Fearn

The Lead's budget verdict: technocratic tweaks to a broken system Lifting the two-child benefit is welcome, but Rachel Reeves' tax and spend plans fall far short of the financial shake up this country needs

Great analysis from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for @theleaduk.bsky.social on today’s budget. Echoes my own thoughts about an overall sense of unambitious tinkering, despite some clear positives (2 child cap finally lifted)

national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...

You’re very welcome

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*Insert magic wand joke here*

You're welcome :)

Ha! Indeed.

My husband pointed out that Rachel Reeves has a similar voice to Miss Rabbit from Peppa Pig and it's ruining my concentration, so now it's my duty to pass that nugget on to you.

I should probably have chosen the word “institutions”

I know the OBR isn’t the gov

Please don’t all @ me all afternoon

Every bit of this country’s infrastructure is currently sub par

Yes but it’s an associated agency IMO

Reposted due to sudden legal anxiety, but surely this is its demise entirely

I cannot handle the incompetence at every level.

In newspapers, if you break an embargo (even a less serious one) you can end up in a disciplinary.

Why isn’t the government and its associated agencies taking the business of RUNNING THE COUNTRY more seriously than the work of bunch of hacks?

Umbrella companies are such a giant scam. I refuse to work through one and have lost small jobs as a result. Many lower paid workers don’t have the option to vote with their feet.

YouTube video by OH GOD, WHAT NOW? Ed Davey on How the Lib Dems Can Fight Reform UK | Oh God, What Now?

Not all the media. We gave him a full hour on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5vI...

@jessmccabe.bsky.social just thought I’d point this out in case you’re drawing up an Xmas list for yourself

Really? We literally call ourselves hacks.

What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*

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Sure. Statistically, though...

Hey journos, if you're also working late to clear some decks pre-budget, please enjoy this...

The 24 hours a day is a clue. I'm going for yes.

Continued freeze of LHA is a travesty - but, yes, agree with your view that this will be there

What might we see in the budget for housing? Here's my personal list of what seems likely, possibly and unlikely.

@Home and away the early years TikTok video by Home and away the early years

Please enjoy this flamin' round-up: www.tiktok.com/@homeandaway...

Alas this is great gift for a slightly different brand of Centrist Dad than the one I married, but thank you v much for the thought!

Hmm, but surely it's more understandable (relatively, I mean) to feel not-rich if you have a lot of asset wealth (high value property bought affordably 45 years ago) than accessible cash?

Ha! Didn't he use both interchangeably? I feel like galah is reserved for people who are daft rather than more dangerously stupid.

I have a lot of deadlines today and I'm now concerned I will spend precious minutes looking up gifs to prove my point...

Ed Davey is my exception to the 'we deserve better' rule

No.

What it takes to be well-off in Britain today — The Times and The Sunday Times What exactly does it take to be rich in Britain today? A six-figure salary, seven-figure cash savings and a mortgage-free home won’t do it. But a bit of luck and a healthy inheritance payout just migh...

What a stat: 83 per cent of those with £1m or more in CASH savings said they did not believe they were rich.

Well, I believe that I’ve still got time to be a tabloid famous indie pop star.

And both of those statements are false.

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You'd hope. The thing is, Keir is the anti-charisma currently and that's not working either. Not a lot of options out there.