Steve Barclay
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MP for NE Cambridgeshire Promoted by Steve Barclay of MJS House, Wisbech Road, PE15 0BA
North East Cambridgeshire
Joined March 2011
"Labour will get Britain building again"... LATEST S&P Global UK Construction PMI for November reports steepest downturn in construction activity for five-and-a-half years... ๐ Housing activity index just 35.4. (1/2) https://t.co/np7wwSq6j4
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๐ This has been recognised as a problem by NHS leaders. The latest NHS England Integrated performance report said patients waiting over 52-week waits for community services โcontinues to be challenged having increased by circa 37,000 since June 2024โ. https://t.co/WyuW2Zbv3a
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๐ฐ๏ธ And it is not just the number of people waiting for community health services that is going up under Labour. The number facing long waits are also increasing.
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โ The steepest rise among children and young people. The number of children on the waiting list increased from 283,369 in July 2024 to 304,716 in September 2025.
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๐ Since Labour came to power, the waiting list for these services has grown. The list now stands at 1,154,912 people. That means almost 90,000 more people were waiting in September 2025 than there were in July 2024. https://t.co/sOWdylCFU7
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure ๐พ๐.
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๐งโโ๏ธ Community services cover a range of things, including support for long term conditions like Diabetes and Heart Failure as well as physiotherapy and occupational therapy. They help people live independently and prevent unnecessary hospital visits. https://t.co/TKedQGPJSu
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๐ The Health Sec has said moving care from โhospital to communityโ is a priority, and this has been mentioned in budget commentary. Stats on community health services donโt often get the same scrutiny as hospital waiting lists. But they show things are going backwards. A ๐งต
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Today I asked the Chief Secretary to Treasury why didn't the Chancellor just be upfront with the public and admit that they were putting up taxes to pay for higher welfare.
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Last words from me for today on the gaslighting by the Treasury and No.10... The prolonged uncertainty ahead of the Budget had clearly harmed the economy. But confirmation that the markets and the public have been misled throughout the process will do more permanent damage to
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her scene setter speech on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
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Here is what the OBR actually said ๐๐ป - their review of the economy gave the Chancellor MORE money, not less. The impact of lower productivity was more than offset by other changes. Taxes are going up because Labour chose to spend more on welfare. Pure and simple.
The OBR say in black and white that the productivity downgrade knocked ยฃ16 billion off tax revenues and was nothing to do with this government's policies. Their forecasts aren't our destiny, but this government took the responsible decisions in light of them.
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On Monday the PM's spokesman said the government would "overturn all attempts to scupper these plans, including watering down day one protection from unfair dismissal". On the very same day, and into Tuesday, business groups and unions were haggling in the Business Department
EXCL: Sun understands Labour is poised to water down its flagship Employment Rights Bill following a backlash from businesses https://t.co/SZSXpXo4cq
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Labourโs budget is already unravelling and these are significantly worse cuts for schools. OBR is now forecasting 4.9% per pupil cut, rather than the 1.7% they said early today. The Rachel Reeves effect is engulfing DfE.
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๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ Read the full article in the comment below.
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๐ฅ Labour MPs cheered the budget today in the Chamber. So letโs be clear on what it does. โ ๏ธ It hikes tax a further ยฃ26 billion on top of the extra ยฃ40 billion of tax rises in the last budget. Read my response ๐ https://t.co/5AWiQiEPwx
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A ยฃ7.4 billion tax on graduates is hidden in the scorecard. They will pay more income tax AND have to repay more on their loans. The second biggest tax increase in the budget - snuck out in the fine print.
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Labour MPs cheered in the Chamber as tax was hiked, welfare expanded, and their number one policy objective of economic growth downgraded. As for any strategy, she highlighted the importance of not extending the freeze on tax thresholds last Budget only to do so this Budget.
โIt is a disaster. We are on the wrong side of every statistic, argument, policy and public opinion.โ Senior Labour figures fear Rachel Reeves's ยฃ26 billion tax gamble will backfire. The HuffPost UK Budget analysis ๐ https://t.co/s0E7jDcWOc
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In 2024 Labour said theyโd sorted a pay deal to end doctorโs strikes. This is the second time doctors have gone on strike since then. Labour lack the backbone to deal with strikes. The @Conservatives have a plan to ban strikes, to stop doctors holding the NHS to ransom.
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Who sold the unused telephone numbers providing caller ID city, state and number only to telemarketers and Medicare plans sales people and scammers? I'm averaging 25-50 such calls every day! Is this happening to you? If so, respond to this post? ๐
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โThat budgetโ - and the coming one: a magnificent growth-destruction machine
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Eight flaws in Reeves's speech today: 1. She said "inflation has been too slow to come down". Itโs almost doubled under her tenure. 2. She said she "made... decisions to get debt down". It's ยฃ2.71tn, up from ยฃ2.53tn last July. 3. She's adding to regulation, not cutting it
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Rachel Reeves was celebrating the renting law being expanded in her constituency, at the same time she was breaking that law with her own house๐ Claiming that she wasnโt aware of these laws is about as credible as her CV.
I welcome Leeds City Council's decision to expand their selective landlord licencing policy to include the Armley area. While many private landlords operate in the right way, we know that lots of private tenants in Armley face problems with poorly maintained housing. (1/3)
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