Chris Curtis MP

Should the government reform student loan repayments? 🎓

+ Are the Conservatives wrong to focus on voters lost to Reform? ➡️

Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & Former Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson will discuss on the show tonight

#Peston

Reform don't want to regulate your landlord.

They don't want to regulate your employer.

But they do want to regulate your sex life.

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Solving the student loan 'scam'

💰Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, economist Kate Ogden & head of education and social policy
@danihpayne.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the long-simmering row over student finance

🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4qof0H8

Good that my Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social marked 60 years from Labour's White Paper on The University of the Air by telling OU staff and students that the OU's open policy remains 'vital'. Contrast with Reform which wants to cut educational opportunities.

Yep, left months ago.

That's very kind, thanks

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

It was wonderful to spend time with Hospice UK, Willen Hospice and their Chief Executive Kate Broadhurst in Parliament this week alongside fellow Milton Keynes MPs @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and @callumandersonmp.bsky.social

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe

cst.org.uk/donate-now

Showing off MK’s robots to Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson with @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @callumandersonmp.bsky.social and Pete Marland at Great Linford Local Centre in MK while chatting pro-growth tax reform for small businesses

Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...

Great to see my analysis below featured in @chriscurtis94.bsky.social article for @newstatesman.com

Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Of course

YouTube video by DigitalDan EXCLUSIVE Universal Studios Great Britain News & Interview!!

Anyway, I was there to do an interview in a field about why theme parks are actually great.

A broken planning system and constantly giving in to NIMBYs is why we don't have better ones in the UK.

youtu.be/EEZFkDPQ5S4?...

Consultations aren't representative and we should always take them with a massive pinch of salt.

But usually those that oppose a project are far more likely to respond than those that support (like, 5 to 6 times more likely).

So getting a response like this really is quite something.

...after working their way around most of the room and everyone in support, they saw an elderly woman in the corner. They wandered over, assuming they must be on to a winner, only for her to reply "it's great, loads of jobs and my grandchildren will love it".

First glimpse of Universal Studios Bedford revealed New pictures have been revealed of work starting on the UK's first Universal Studios theme park. Universal Bedford is set to open in 2031.

When I read articles like this I remember when I popped into the local cafe in Stewartby the day after the announcement for a coffee.

The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...

www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

Massive congrats Joe!

I was more referring to Andrew Neil's (and I suppose also Ganesh's) take that the economy is fine actually.

Given the current debate, sharing my favourite cartoon from
@stephencollins.bsky.social

The Optimist Mouse

A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!

It's giving strong "my little brother stole my last KitKat" energy.

Looking for Edinburgh Fringe recommendations, if anyone has any thoughts for what I shouldn't miss.

Who is accountable in privatised Britain? From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.

Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.

Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

"I think a lot of things are shit. We need to un-shitafy it as quickly and as radically as possible."

Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social - Many thanks for helping my student Eleanor have an amazing day in Parliament!

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent.

It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.

Reform DOGE is a very good thing tbh. It should be encouraged. Let them see where the money is actually going and then still pretend there are billions to cut on woke.

Good

HOW THINGS WORK on X: "Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my" / X Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my

Perfect example of why monorails are just dumb.

You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.

x.com/HowThingsWor...

Dan is right (and it’s why Gary S frustrates me so much - it’s very much “try this simple trick to fix society that only impacts people you hate”). Ultimately we are probably not at the revenue maximising top rate of tax, but there v likely is a rate where the revenue sign is negative.