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Mayors are also being given the powers to raise council tax as much as they want and also spend it on non-mayoral responsibilities.
Labour’s version of devolution is little more than a tax-raising exercise while stripping powers away from local people.
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“Once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders.”
Government to announce a pause to plans to merge councils in Staffordshire including @NewsNBC with Stoke.
It’s time for Labour to finally scrap this unpopular policy.
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Another failure from this Labour government as energy bills are set to raise again this autumn ⚡️
Labour promised that they would cut £300 off your energy bill.
They have failed to deliver that promise and working people are paying the price.
The Conservatives’ Cheap Power Plan will bring down energy bills and save families £200 a year.
@MelStride explains 👇
Newcastle-under-Lyme’s regeneration is taking shape. 🏗️
From Ryecroft to Midway and Astley Place & Zanzibar, major investment is transforming the town centre with new homes, public spaces, leisure & commercial uses.
📸 take a look at the sites.
A global automotive business is to become the first tenant at Chatterley Valley West with a new 108,600 sq ft facility 🏗️
The last @Conservatives government’s Town Deal funding helped prepare the site and unlock this major private sector investment.
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Hundreds of people gathered at Keele University to enjoy tonight’s spectacular solar eclipse, with over 90% of the Sun covered by the Moon. 🌙☀️
Great to meet so many people and share my vintage BAA eclipse viewer - a veteran of five eclipses dating back to 1999! – at Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Spending and borrowing can’t continue to outpace economic growth, it simply isn’t sustainable.
The bill doesn’t disappear it gets passed on through higher taxes, higher inflation, and more debt. That means less money in family budgets today and less wealth for future generations.
UK national debt has now tipped over the £3 TRILLION mark.
Between 2024/25 and 2029/30 we will borrow circa £650 billion on current OBR actuals + projections. Probably more.
We will start the next decade with £3.5 TRILLION in debt.
We already pay the highest borrowing rates of any G7 economy.
Yet the Burnham government is talking about borrowing even more.
That way lies madness.
Let’s hope for clear sky next Wednesday evening. 🤞
On 12 August there will be a partial solar eclipse from the UK. ☀️ 🌑 🌍
Starting at 6.13pm, maximum eclipse will occur at 7.10pm with around 90-96% of the Sun being obscured, and ends at 8.03pm.
Read more via @skyatnightmag 👉 orlo.uk/5BnjJ
#SolarEclipse2026
ALT A glowing orange crescent of the sun during a partial solar eclipse against a black background. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Labour’s entire agenda for local government reorganisation and fake devolution is about centralisation - taking power away from local people while increasing local taxes in the process.
After I raised the poor condition of the Grosvenor Roundabout, repairs have now been carried out. The before & after photos show the difference. 👍
After 12 months of neglected Newcastle’s ring road needs regular maintenance and timely repairs to keep it safe for everyone. – at Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
This Government seems to think a Prime Ministerial PR centre in Manchester is a higher priority than funding cutting-edge science at Jodrell Bank. #WarpedPriorities
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