Green💚🌻Molly @GreenPartyMolly@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Molly Scott Cato 👋 Green Party Speaker on Economy and Finance 💚 Former South West MEP 🇪🇺 Professor of Green Economics 👩🏻🎓 @Molly
Joined Apr 2022
@WDKimball Hi William. Life expectancy in those countries has increased markedly. The point is we are falling down the league table in terms of health improvements compared to other countries like ourselves
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‘In 1950s, UK had one of the longest life expectancies in the world, ranking seventh globally behind countries such as Denmark, Norway and Sweden, but in 2021 the UK was ranked 29th’
Growing inequality a major cause
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The morning after the #budget before
Conclusion: we are all a lot poorer because of . . .
Twelve years of self-defeating Tory cuts
And the disastrous decision to leave the EU
Our broken politics is undermining our economy and our society
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@jeremymarchant @TheGreenParty That's the whole point of the investment
We agree with CPRE that everybody should have a bus every hour from within walking distance of their home
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This comment is spot on
The chancellor has added an enormous tax loophole for the wealthy to solve a very specific problem for better paid NHS workers
Almost as if he’s using the NHS workforce problem as an excuse to help out his rich friends
RT @PJTheEconomist: "Listened to concerns of senior NHS clinicians" says Mr Hunt. Changing pension tax relief as a result. Should have changed NHS (and other public sector) pension schemes. Sledgehammer to crack a nut.
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It’s always the holes that leave you depressed after a Tory budget
🏭 No green industrial strategy
🏡 No home insulation programme
💷 No pay offer to end public-sector strikes
🚍 No increased investment in public transport
Another wasted opportunity
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Chancellor’s offer to fund childcare for younger children is welcome
But why is he waiting until April/September 2024/2025 to introduce it?
He probably won’t even be the Chancellor then, so this is no sort of offer at all
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More harsh measures for those on universal credit: a disgrace
@TheGreenParty would increase universal credit by 50%
And introduce a universal basic income to support people’s inclusion in society as well as in the economy
#Budget2023
RT @ashcowburn: Jeremy Hunt says benefit sanctions will be applied more "rigourously".
Probably a good idea for the Government to publish this first.
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‘If we had same economic inactivity rates as Sweden we would have a million additional people in workforce’
If we had health services as good as those in Sweden those million people would be fit and able to work
Invest in our public services, Chancellor!
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@fonant @CarolineLucas Great name. How are the legs?
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“Conservatives believe work is a virtue” says the Chancellor
The millions of people on NHS waiting lists are desperate to work but not able
I imagine this comment is rather hard for them to swallow
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Investing in nuclear guarantees that we will miss the window to keep our climate within a liveable limit
Failing to tackle issues of energy demand and installation of renewables right now is a tragedy for future generations
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Big bucks are going to carbon capture and storage
Unproven and largely an excuse for not reducing emissions
@TheGreenParty would invest in a massive insulation programme to reduce demand
And invest in tidal lagoons, hydrogen, and storage to balance grid
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Investment in the green economy is urgently needed
@TheGreenParty supports a tax deduction to encourage investment
But only for green businesses
It’s not just about size; we need positive green activity, not growth at any price or in damaging sectors
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£200m extra for potholes would have amused Keynes, going alongside tax break for drivers
This really is digging holes and filling them in
What we need is a vision for a green economy and investment in public transport
Especially £1 fare to get you there
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Suggestion that we can have 12 Canary Wharfs is absurd
The UK only has one financial centre and it’s in decline
Enterprise Zones will encourage tax avoidance and are more likely to cause economic displacement than growth
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Lower business investment and tight Labour-market are both direct consequences of leaving the EU
The Brexit vote led to a collapse in investment
And ending free movement meant the loss of millions of workers
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Brexit pubs guarantee?
An absurdly populist measure
I suppose at least it’s cheaper to drown your sorrows about the damage Brexit is wreaking on our economy
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Chancellor tries to take credit for halving inflation
But this is a purely technical matter since it is a year-on-year calculation
The massive prices increases are still baked in
And most of us haven’t had pay rises to match and so are poorer
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Molly Scott Cato 👋 Green Party Speaker on Economy and Finance 💚 Former South West MEP 🇪🇺 Professor of Green Economics 👩🏻🎓 @Molly
Joined Apr 2022
