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John Fox retweeted
Bridget Phillipson is calling for restrictions on NDAs being used to silence people over misconduct allegations. Well, Bridget, put your money where your mouth is. What happened with former Labour Chief Whip Nick Brown? Why was he suspended, and why has the public never been told the nature of the complaint? Will Labour commit to transparency over its own disciplinary processes, or is this another case of one rule for the Labour Party and another for everyone else?
@bphillipsonMP
John Fox retweeted
2 million graduates are paying back their student loans every month and still watching their debt grow.
That's not a loan system. It's a trap.
Here's why it needs fixing👇
“The prime minister has spoken about bringing back hope. For millions of graduates, a fair deal on student loans would be a good place to start”, writes @LibDems MP @tomgordonLD
🗣️ No breathing space for graduates: it’s time to fix student loans
politics.co.uk/2026/11/no-br…
John Fox retweeted
Many of us would like to know about Nick Brown, why he was suspended, why he then resigned and mostly why there was silence surrounding what he did? @bphillipsonMP
You ALL know the truth and we, the public, would like to know too.
Bridget Phillipson is calling for restrictions on NDAs being used to silence people over misconduct allegations. Well, Bridget, put your money where your mouth is. What happened with former Labour Chief Whip Nick Brown? Why was he suspended, and why has the public never been told the nature of the complaint? Will Labour commit to transparency over its own disciplinary processes, or is this another case of one rule for the Labour Party and another for everyone else?
@bphillipsonMP
John Fox retweeted
Helen claims £39,000 a year for her second home in London to put it into perspective that's about double the amount I receive for my disability that's left me paraplegic and in need of 24h care which I pay for so please continue
John Fox retweeted
MP's don't have to claim expenses, it is not compulsory. Some MP's don't claim any at all or the bare minimum. Badenoch & Whately obviously using theirs as a 2nd income, which is weird as they are both millionaires. Badenoch won't even publish her tax returns. I wonder why? 🤔
John Fox retweeted
Angela Rayner has had two dossiers on her desk for months, asking her to investigate Manchester City Council.
Her response:- silence.
£868m of public loans to one developer. £55.7m to Man City's owners' companies. Our emails blocked from councillors.
The dossiers also set out:-
• Viability files on four Renaker schemes "lost"
• Over a third of Manchester Council's FEC deal kept hidden
Her department last replied in June.
DM me if you'd like a copy of the dossiers and a short summary.
#ProjectCleanCity
@SianReform @NathanEvansTeam @JoshHalliday @rbrooks45 @DeclanGCarey @jackdulhanty
John Fox retweeted
“A very popular measure in a very popular Budget.” - that’s how the Government described its £100 energy payment when I raised it in Parliament today.
Here’s what’s less popular: terminally ill people potentially missing out because of where they live.
The payment goes through council tax. Some councils give terminally ill people relief on their council tax and some don’t.
That creates a postcode lottery for help heating your home this winter, at the time people need it most.
The Leader of the House said he’d take it away. I’ll be holding him to that.
Nobody, particularly those facing a terminal illness, should be left wondering if they’ll get the energy rebate to keep warm this winter.
John Fox retweeted
Dear @KemiBadenoch I see you're getting down in the gutter at #PMQs dragging Ed Miliband re his meeting with Russell Brand.
Fair enough
Your hero Maggie Thatcher with Jimmy Savile.
Here endeth the lesson.
John Fox retweeted
Ask yourself why Helen Whately does this, literally daily.
She & her husband are both millionaires hoping to avoid a wealth tax at all costs. To them, disabled people’s lives aren’t worth a damn &they’d rather see us starve than pay a measly 2% wealth tax on their assets over 10m
The Conservatives have published plans to cut £36-billion from the welfare bill including claims for what the party call 'low-level issues such as mild mental health problems and bad backs'.
On #BBCBreakfast shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately was asked about plans to save £2.8 billion from changes to child disability living allowance
bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c207p5…
John Fox retweeted
I wonder how long it will be till we find out about Nick Brown
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John Fox retweeted
The cruelty Badenoch and Whately want to inflict on our vulnerable children must be stopped they haven't learned anything from the suffering the Tories put this country through for the 14 years they were in power, we must never allow it to happen again!
John Fox retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Inquiry into education of white working class children finds system is "not set up to serve them"
So who IS it set up to serve Education Secretary Lucy Powell?
One critic said: It's incredible that white kids have to now be treated like a minority
@LucyMPowell?
John Fox retweeted
This is the final salary pension ruse that all chiefs of public sector pull. They co-ordinate a final year or two with maximum salary. It’s a massive scam.
John Fox retweeted
🚨Labour MPs Caught Hiding Staff Pay While Forcing Businesses to Reveal Salaries
Andy Burnham is out telling every business in Britain to put the salary on the job ad so applicants aren’t left guessing. Meanwhile, more than a dozen of his own Labour MPs – including former minister Liz Kendall – are quietly advertising taxpayer-funded roles with nothing more than a vague “in line with IPSA scales.”
No figure. No range. Just the exact opacity he branded “soul-destroying.” He says MPs should lead by example. They’re still refusing. Critics are calling it pure hypocrisy.
John Fox retweeted
Lovely morning at Fountains Abbey for @parkrunUK - clocked in just under 26 mins🏃♂️
John Fox retweeted
This morning in the Immigration and Asylum Bill committee, I backed Lib Dem amendments to make the Home Office do two simple things before using large asylum sites like Linton-on-Ouse and MOD Bicester:
1. Publish the evidence that a site is suitable
2. Publish the full costs and compare them with the alternatives
They had cross-party support, including from the Conservatives. Labour voted them down 8–6.
The Government has a duty to house people seeking asylum, and moving away from hotels is right. But Linton-on-Ouse would put 1,250 people beside a village of 600. It has flood-prone rural roads, limited transport, and serious doubts over water, sewerage and power. Public money was already spent there in 2022 before the plan was dropped.
An isolated site with failing infrastructure doesn’t work for the local community, for the people sent there, or for the taxpayer.
And that money would be far better spent fixing the system itself: clearing the backlog, processing claims quickly and fairly, and restoring safe and legal routes, including processing claims in third countries.
A Conservative-led council and a Labour mayor have both said no to Linton. I asked the Minister why she thinks they’ve all got it wrong. Ministers talk about devolution, yet the decision is still being made in Whitehall.
If a site is suitable, publish the evidence. If it’s value for money, publish the costs.