The Covid Inquiry dismissed our warnings and forecasting as “flawed” - but we were right. It’s already blown £192 million of taxpayers’ cash, making it the most expensive inquiry in UK history, and it’s still not over. @ElliotKeck explains👇

We have been warning about the escalating costs of the covid inquiry for years. They didn't listen. Instead the inquiry repeatedly dismissed our figures They called it "flawed analysis" and said "the UK Covid-19 inquiry does not recognise them." Short 🧵

Motability is one of the worst examples of mission creep ever seen in the British state A short tale of how we started giving tax-free luxury cars to those with ADHD in exchange for benefits And how it happened practically by accident 🧵

It’s not the state’s job to hand out cars for ADHD, obesity or anxiety. Savings are one thing, but Motability needs a total overhaul. It's time to end this insult to British taxpayers. My @CityAM piece 👇 https://t.co/U3JUJcOH00

Reform's vote in Caerphilly surged from 1.7% to 36%. Labour's plummeted from 46% to 11%. A Labour member of the Welsh parliament just told Radio 4 that Labour lost so heavily because it wasn't strong enough in its support for refugees and the 'Nation of Sanctuary' initiative.

Union horrors inbound. Businesses will become playgrounds for activists rather than engines for growth. ⬇️ Exclusive: Labour mulls hefty fine for employers who stop unions entering offices every week

The British people seem to think that new taxes on the 'wealthy' are the silver bullets to our current financial woes. But even if you add all the estimated revenue raised from these three taxes together, it would barely make a dent. Wealth Tax (£24bn) + Mansion Tax (£1.2bn) +

Sting in the tail... "Reeves is also expected to push ahead with a mansion tax, imposing capital gains on the sale of main residences for the most expensive properties"!!! First time I've seen this, but it would be madness surely??

🚨The latest public sector finance stats for September just dropped from @ONS and they’re another economic car crash. Borrowing up, debt interest up, deficit up, spending up, and taxes up. Here’s what you need to know about how the government’s finances are in freefall 🧵

RT @KallumPickering: UK public borrowing was £20.2bn in Sept, up from a revised £15.3bn in Aug (vs £17.7bn prior). The data leave governmen…

A few more charts on the UK economy's performance since Brexit, compared to the two largest economies in the EU... 🤓 (links to data sources in final post) 1⃣ total exports of goods and services... (choppy, but the UK is tracking between France and Germany)

Yesterday, a number of Peers including Toby Young, Lord Hogan Howe and others promised to put in a welcome amendment to the Policing and Crime bill to abolish “Non Crime Hate Incidents”. My speech went further: I want to see Hate Crime abolished in its entirety. It doesn’t work,

Great to be back in @GBNEWS’s opinion section, this time writing about why a so called one off wealth tax would be just as damaging as a permanent one. It’s nothing more than a distraction from the real problem: this government is addicted to spending money it does not have.

Me & @jjpoconnell with the latest @the_tpa podcast recording with Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride live from the Conservative Party Conference. 👇 We talk about £47bn savings, the pensions triple lock, raising income tax and his unpublished novel. https://t.co/9qwnmLQWbX

Clever tool (and a public service) from the taxpayers’ alliance: A-Level and GCSE results for every school in England. Far more revealing than a league table:

When Labour announced VAT on private school fees, they promised it would raise £1.7 billion for state schools. With 25,000 pupils already forced out, eight times more than predicted, the policy is on track to cost taxpayers money rather than raise it. A thread🧵

Full house in ThinkTent for @the_tpa panel on Britain’s spending addiction

Good to see the National Debt Clock make a return at @the_tpa fringe at #CPC25 - but quite depressing to see it has acquired a whole extra digit since I toured it round the U.K. in 2010 😱 @jjpoconnell

Good morning Britain. We are kicking off Tory Conference today with a ROBUST and POWERFUL event on how and why we MUST leave the ECHR with great patriots @dampierguy, @SuellaBraverman and @DavidGHFrost

RT @TheGrowthComm: AT CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE TODAY: At 5.45pm our Chairman @ShankerASingham will be on @the_tpa’s Question Time panel alon…