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Mosaic42

@tessaron42.bsky.social
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Old git, far too idealistic for this planet, ex housing support worker, studied ancient history, progressive Christian. NO DMs.

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Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 15h
On #WorldOctopusDay, celebrate just how incredible octopuses are. 🐙 New York lawmakers passed a bill to ban octopus farming. Now it’s up to Governor Hochul to sign it into law. New Yorkers: Urge the Governor to sign S.7421B/A.8043C: bit.ly/nygovhochul
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 11h
Trump is trying to clean up his illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda ads mess with another illegal scheme to instead have his super PAC pay for them. Reimbursing the government via super PAC would also be illegal. The damage is done.
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 9h
AI now costs more than human workers. So don't tell us we can't afford UBI. If AI creates public-scale wealth, people deserve a share through Public Wealth Fund dividends.
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Laura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social · 13h
The ACLU's letter cites my recent reporting on Deportation Depot. People told me stories about delays in medical care, living in extreme heat, and small portions of food. "The facility is designed to torture people and push them to their breaking point." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst.
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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: We sent a letter to Florida officials demanding the closure of Baker Correctional Institution. About 1,200 people are currently detained in this torturous facility, subject to life-threatening conditions and human rights violations.
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goodevil 🍉 🪁 @goodevil0562.bsky.social · 9h
Gaza is under bombardment right now. We don’t understand what is happening here. The bombing is literally everywhere. The aircraft are flying extremely low, making terrifying sounds that are impossible to describe. Don’t stop talking about Gaza.
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goodevil 🍉 🪁 @goodevil0562.bsky.social · 9h
💥Heavy Israeli airstrikes across Gaza (Motasem A Dalloul)
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goodevil 🍉 🪁 @goodevil0562.bsky.social · 10h
Breaking: It feels like doomsday in Gaza right now. Israeli bombs are falling everywhere, and civilians have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no way to survive! The so-called ceasefire and @BoardOfPeace are the most grotesque lies in history. (Ramy Abdul) #GazaGenocide
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 9h
An incisive, deeply thoughtful breakdown by @schaller67.bsky.social on how Trump’s political capital finally dried up and why this bankruptcy is the one he can’t walk away from. Nobody tracks the madness and media spin like @atrupar.com Seriously worth subscribing to Public Notice.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This Should Never have been Allowed!
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15h
🔴 Labour: Candidate is calling for public ownership of Thames Water, but this is not official party policy. 🟢 Greens: Thames Water to be brought into public ownership before Christmas. No compensation for shareholders or creditors.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 15h
"...it’s the way paramilitaries are used in other places. The Israeli state does not need to coordinate the settlers too directly. It simply has to create the conditions that produce them" @danaelkurd.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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Settler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means
The UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h
In 2015 David Cameron privatised the National Fostering Agency, it's now being paid £160m a year straight to a New Jersey tax haven to manage the fostering of just 2,616 children A tax free profit of £61,000 per child, and they don't even provide any care, that's the fosters job
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix the Brazilian election. By hiding Lula's account and posts from him and all his supporters on all his platforms while boosting Bolsonaro. These criminals need to be in jail.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 15h
Sewage was discharged into Welsh waters more than 100,000 times last year, including over 7,000 releases without the appropriate environmental permits, according to a new report
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More than 100,000 sewage discharges recorded in Welsh waters
Mark Mansfield Sewage was discharged into Welsh waters more than 100,000 times last year, including over 7,000 releases without the appropriate environmental permits, according to a new report. Surfer...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18h
We’re challenging President Trump’s unlawful use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 100 Venezuelan men to a prison notorious for torture in El Salvador — and fighting to hold administration officials accountable for violating a court order. The Trump administration isn't above the law.
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Trump Administration Officials Face Possible Criminal Contempt Charges
ACLU argued today that the Trump administration must be held accountable for defying a judge’s orders not to send 100 Venezuelan men to CECOT.
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The Spectre Haunting Europe @frightfulhobgoblin.bsky.social · 16h
Sinking feeling that the last weeks' ceaseless establishment screaming fit about the Greens will have put off just enough voters to keep Holborn & St. Pancras Labour - to the loss of constituents, and the country more generally. If you want to prove this dour old Marxist wrong - go vote Green! Now!
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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌞🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🇳🇫🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is France signalling the end of neoliberalism? As a matter of fact, people will only stand for abuse from a financial system designed to oppress them for so long. France and maybe Spain seem to be indicating they've had enough. youtu.be/CpRl1ajsj-k?...
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Is France signalling the end of neoliberalism?
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 06/10/2026
🇮🇷Iranian Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian said Mon. that negotiations w/ the US had become “futile,” accusing Washington of repeatedly attacking Iran following talks & seeking to bring down the Islamic Republic. “Every time we come to the negotiating table, war is immediately imposed upon us,” Pezeshkian...

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🇮🇷 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that negotiations with the U.S. had become “futile,” accusing Washington of repeatedly attacking Iran following talks and seeking to bring down the Islamic Republic.

“Every time we come to the negotiating table, war is immediately imposed upon us,” Pezeshkian said, according to IRNA, adding that the U.S. had attacked Iran three times following negotiations. “This demonstrates that they do not seek dialogue. On the contrary, their goal is to bring down the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/10/2026
🇵🇸 At least 92 Palestinians have died in Israeli torture prisons & military detention camps over the 3 years since the genocide began, according to a new report from the Palestinian Prisoners' Society & the Commission of Detainees' Affairs. That count covers... www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
🇵🇸 At least 92 Palestinians have died in Israeli torture prisons and military detention camps over the three years since the genocide began, according to a new report from the Palestinian Prisoners' Society and the Commission of Detainees' Affairs. 

That count covers only those whose identities have been confirmed. The fate of dozens more detainees from Gaza remains unknown due to enforced disappearance.

The report documents an escalating system of arrest, torture, starvation and denial of medical care that has led to killings inside prisons and camps. It also found:

➤ More than 26,000 arrests in the West Bank, including Jerusalem
➤ More than 800 women and 2,000 children arrested
➤ More than 3,100 Palestinians held in administrative detention without charge or trial, and 1,419 held as "unlawful combatants"
➤ Israel is holding the bodies of 100 Palestinians who died in custody

The groups also pointed to Israel's approval of a law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners, and to the growing use of "incitement" charges to arrest Palestinians over their speech, which they say has created a climate of fear and self-censorship.

With no independent oversight and the Red Cross still barred from visiting prisoners, the report says what is happening inside Israel's prisons "cannot be separated from the genocide."

🔗 Palestinian journalist Mujahed Al-Saadi documented his harrowing experience in Israeli detention two years after being arrested from his home in Jenin for Drop Site. Read our latest: "Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison" below.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way. By looking at what Badenoch does not say in her new description of what it is to be a Conservative, I show that this is a charter for abuse that is riddled with arrogant inconsistencies. youtu.be/AB7Nid-tTFA?...
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Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes. "We got metastasising financial sector dedicated not to productive investment but to helping rich get richer by moving money in circles, extracting wealth from real economy and paying no taxes at all" US and UK among worst www.ft.com/content/716c...
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Do US lawmakers finally have capital in the crosshairs?
With a metastasising financial sector and declining business investment, action is essential
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform Councillor and group leader Ryan Coogan has been arrested for making false statements on nomination papers. It’s a mystery why a party whose leadership are under investigation by the police, NCA and Parliamentary Commissioner seems to attract so many dodgy characters...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
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Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Labour says it wants to reduce child poverty. So why is it pursuing immigration reforms projected to leave 90,000 more children in poverty? No concessions can save these reforms. Tell Burnham to bin them. act.praxis.org.uk/andy-burnham...
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To Andy Burnham: Scrap the earned settlement proposals
Sign the petition and call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to scrap the earned settlement plans. They are unpopular. They are divisive. And they will devastate our already struggling NHS and our social...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories to hand free childcare to those earning more than £100,000, would cost £700m to the public purse. Previously, they pledged cuts to universal credit, housing benefit, support for the long term unemployed. Continuation of the Tory war on less well-off.
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Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?
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Healey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next week
The chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨THE SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF THE CHINOOK DISASTER FAMILIES RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT FAIRNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE DUTY OWED TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY Let’s right this wrong Prime Minister @andyburnham.bsky.social youtu.be/BPx39gMG-A4?...
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CHINOOK DISASTER FAMILIES CALL ON PM ANDY BURNHAM FOR JUSTICE
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 28/09/2026
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 30/09/2026
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE POLICE GAVE UP At 5am this morning, after over 150 arrests on terrorism charges and a stand off that lasted over 16 hours, Mersey Police left a group of eight people outside the Labour Party Conference still displaying their “terrorist” signs. defendourjuries.net/press-releases (27/09/26)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have the chance to cut bills, end the sewage scandal and stop the rampant profiteering. But instead it's more half-measures, and kicking the issue into the long grass.
Prime Minister stops short of nationalising water companies
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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌞🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🇳🇫🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The UK doesn't need an IMF bailout youtu.be/ZDbZgBiMp_8?... The Financial Times and others are asking if the UK might need to turn to the IMF for a loan - which is absurd, because nothing could be further from the truth.
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The UK doesn't need an IMF bailout
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does Andy Burnham have no idea what to do? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... Why is Andy Burnham only offering action after the next election, which he knows he will lose? Is it because he does not actually know what to do?
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Has Andy Burnham no idea what to do?
Andy Burnham indisputably proved that he has mastered the art of making a party conference speech yesterday. It has taken him a very long time to do so, but he’s got there. That was the good news of t...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2021, UK income tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570, 26.6m paid income tax at the basic rate of 20%. 2026-27: 31.4m liable to pay income tax at 20%. In 2021, 6.47m pensioners paid income tax. 2026-27: 9.58m pensioners liable to income tax. Govt must relieve poverty. End stealth tax.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.
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