Judith Bunting @judithbuntingld@respublicae.eu
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TRUSS PLAN FOR ENERGY:
Government to guarantee loans to energy companies to lower bills this winter.
Loans to be repaid from bills over the next 10-20 years.
October rise of energy cap to £3,549 will go ahead.
RT @BBCBreakfast: 'What we're hearing from Downing Street isn't a freeze, it's a loan'
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey reacts on #BBCBreakfast to reports that energy bills will be frozen by allowing suppliers to tak…
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RT @AlPinkerton: “From Kyiv to Carlisle” - so just awkwardly short of the Scottish border?
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RT @susie_dent: Word of the day is Zugzwang [tzoog-tzwung]: a situation in chess (and life) in which a move must be made, but each possible one will make the situation worse.
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RT @judithbuntingld: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Lib Dem council poised to trial four-day week on full pay.
South Cambridgeshire District Council plans a three-month trial of the four-day week from January.
What do you think?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/09/02/lib-dem-council-poised-trial-four-day-week-full-pay/
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RT @GreenLibDems: Read, weep and insulate the UK NOW!
".. a 2020 report for the House of Lords observed, “the rate of loft and wall insulation measures going into houses under government schemes is 95% lower than in 2012"
2012? When @EdwardJDavey was the Minister. https://t.co/aJi4eYKsOE
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@ShutMinds @EdwardJDavey "Giveaways" in this case include people who need to cook and keep warm but will soon not be able to afford to do so. It's inhuman.
Tax cuts favour those who already earn. The increases will hurt them, sure, but they stand a better chance of paying their bills nonetheless.
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Lib Dems propose legislation to freeze energy bills
This week @LibDems present a bill to Parliament to stop Ofgem increasing the cap above its current level
@EdwardJDavey attacks Truss for refusing to give details of help for soaring energy bills
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/lib-dems-liz-truss-ed-davey-ofgem-government-b2159430.html
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@ShutMinds @EdwardJDavey Don't worry, it's a sight cheaper than Truss's proposed tax cuts.
SMEs provide 60% of UK employment.
They need to be protected.
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Ministers face call for £10bn energy bailout fund to save Britain’s small businesses
@EdwardJDavey calling for #SmallBusinesses and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to have grants of up to £50,000 to help pay for gas and electricity bills.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/energy-costs-bailout-davey-libdems-b2156850.html
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RT @Socket1Sophie: Vote for whoever has the best chance of removing the Tory in your constituency at the next GE. Share this, there WILL be better times ahead. #followbackfriday
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Four-Day Working Week - want to know more?
Similar pilot schemes are underway in Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
From @Autonomy_UK
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In June 2022, thousands of UK workers began world’s biggest trial of four-day week:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/06/thousands-workers-worlds-biggest-trial-four-day-week?CMP=share_btn_tw
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Lib Dem council poised to trial four-day week on full pay.
South Cambridgeshire District Council plans a three-month trial of the four-day week from January.
What do you think?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/09/02/lib-dem-council-poised-trial-four-day-week-full-pay/
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Sunday 18th at 18:15 - Brighton
The only @royalsociety debate of the Conference Season
@newscientist @nature @Scientists4EU @EP_ScienceTech @ScienceMagazine @absw @RogerHighfield @DavidShukman @BBCMorelle
RT @AldesLibDems: Exciting new Conference addition! 🥳 We're delighted to join the @royalsociety on Sunday 18 September to host a panel discussion on the role science might play in the UK come 2035 🧪 @ianstotesbury @YoungLi…
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Is @thetimes preparing the way to poach Michael Gove?
“[Truss’s] policies … favour the wealthy, do little to increase opportunities for school students … safeguard stock options for top businesses rather than help struggling entrepreneurs” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-michael-gove-a-forceful-minister-zgl822nbk
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RT @SurreyHeathLDs: Don’t worry @michaelgove we’ve got the constituency covered. #absenteeMP
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RT @TFletcher: Over several years in @10DowningStreet I collected advice for my son, Charlie: http://tomfletcher.global/blogs/details/70
I asked world leaders what they would say to themselves at 14 years old. Mikhail Gorbachev was quite emotional as he wrote his. His translator helped too. Here it is.
RIP
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RT @AlPinkerton: If you haven’t yet completed @MartinSLewis’s October Price Cap calculator, do it.
—If nothing else it clarifies the terrifying impact of the energy crisis and the catastrophic effect of government inaction. #Forewarned #EnergyPriceCap #AbsenteeGovernment
https://t.co/cf33RLoqLn
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Nearly half of Conservative voters support the renationalisation of Britain’s energy industry
#costofliving #energy #nationalisation https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/half-of-tory-voters-want-energy-to-be-nationalised-9mrtfp5fs
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Former MEP for SE England, writer, speaker, science TV.
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Joined Apr 2022
