Andrew Fisher
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, trade unionist and socialist
https://inews.co.uk/author/andrew-fisher
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One thing I don't get with the cash ISA annual allowance (reducing from £20k to £12k - which won't affect vast majority of people who can't save anywhere near that a year)
What is the rationale for keeping £20k limit for over-65s? Why would you incentivise rich pensioners to save more?
#Budget2025
What is the rationale for keeping £20k limit for over-65s? Why would you incentivise rich pensioners to save more?
#Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
One thing I don't get with the cash ISA annual allowance (reducing from £20k to £12k - which won't affect vast majority of people who can't save anywhere near that a year)
What is the rationale for keeping £20k limit for over-65s? Why would you incentivise rich pensioners to save more?
#Budget2025
What is the rationale for keeping £20k limit for over-65s? Why would you incentivise rich pensioners to save more?
#Budget2025
Distributional analysis #Budget2025
But action needed on rents, mortgages and more on bills too to tackle cost-of-living crisis
But action needed on rents, mortgages and more on bills too to tackle cost-of-living crisis
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Distributional analysis #Budget2025
But action needed on rents, mortgages and more on bills too to tackle cost-of-living crisis
But action needed on rents, mortgages and more on bills too to tackle cost-of-living crisis
From OBR:
"Growth in real household disposable income per person is projected to fall from 3% in 2024-25 to around ¼ % a year over the forecast, slightly below our March forecast and well below the last decade’s average growth of 1% a year"
No end to cost-of-living crisis
"Growth in real household disposable income per person is projected to fall from 3% in 2024-25 to around ¼ % a year over the forecast, slightly below our March forecast and well below the last decade’s average growth of 1% a year"
No end to cost-of-living crisis
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
From OBR:
"Growth in real household disposable income per person is projected to fall from 3% in 2024-25 to around ¼ % a year over the forecast, slightly below our March forecast and well below the last decade’s average growth of 1% a year"
No end to cost-of-living crisis
"Growth in real household disposable income per person is projected to fall from 3% in 2024-25 to around ¼ % a year over the forecast, slightly below our March forecast and well below the last decade’s average growth of 1% a year"
No end to cost-of-living crisis
What's frustrating about #Budget2025 is the wasted year.
Labour could have scrapped the two-child limit, cut energy bills and done a freeze on rail fares in last year's Budget.
Instead they tried to target pensioners and disabled people, and were forced into embarassing u-turns and lost goodwill.
Labour could have scrapped the two-child limit, cut energy bills and done a freeze on rail fares in last year's Budget.
Instead they tried to target pensioners and disabled people, and were forced into embarassing u-turns and lost goodwill.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What's frustrating about #Budget2025 is the wasted year.
Labour could have scrapped the two-child limit, cut energy bills and done a freeze on rail fares in last year's Budget.
Instead they tried to target pensioners and disabled people, and were forced into embarassing u-turns and lost goodwill.
Labour could have scrapped the two-child limit, cut energy bills and done a freeze on rail fares in last year's Budget.
Instead they tried to target pensioners and disabled people, and were forced into embarassing u-turns and lost goodwill.
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I've said the test of the Budget is whether it lifts real spending power.
Parliament's hard-working security guards want their pay up and conditions improved.
I supported them and their union PCS in their demand this morning.
Parliament's hard-working security guards want their pay up and conditions improved.
I supported them and their union PCS in their demand this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I've said the test of the Budget is whether it lifts real spending power.
Parliament's hard-working security guards want their pay up and conditions improved.
I supported them and their union PCS in their demand this morning.
Parliament's hard-working security guards want their pay up and conditions improved.
I supported them and their union PCS in their demand this morning.
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Worth a listen.
Coming up for our paying subscribers - our latest @fisherandrew79.bsky.social interview, with Paul Holden, the author of the investigative book The Fraud. To sign up for subscribers access, click here: www.patreon.com/insidecroydon. To get a 20% discount: www.patreon.com/posts/subscr...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Worth a listen.
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Textbook example of how not to do this. Straight from the Laura Kuenssberg/Nick Robinson school of silly analogies.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Textbook example of how not to do this. Straight from the Laura Kuenssberg/Nick Robinson school of silly analogies.
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Can't wait til they find out that Jesus was a brown refugee ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Can't wait til they find out that Jesus was a brown refugee ...
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#bbclaurak: "Would you think Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves can stay in place if the budget goes the wrong way?"
@unitesharon.bsky.social : "No"
@unitesharon.bsky.social : "No"
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#bbclaurak: "Would you think Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves can stay in place if the budget goes the wrong way?"
@unitesharon.bsky.social : "No"
@unitesharon.bsky.social : "No"
Can't wait til they find out that Jesus was a brown refugee ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Can't wait til they find out that Jesus was a brown refugee ...
Very good policy from Labour
Early signal that taking the railways into public ownership means a better deal for passengers - ripped off for too long by privatisation.
inews.co.uk/news/rail-fa...
Early signal that taking the railways into public ownership means a better deal for passengers - ripped off for too long by privatisation.
inews.co.uk/news/rail-fa...
Rail fares to be frozen after 30 years of increases
A billion journeys will benefit from the freeze - saving passengers a total of £600m, Labour says
inews.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Very good policy from Labour
Early signal that taking the railways into public ownership means a better deal for passengers - ripped off for too long by privatisation.
inews.co.uk/news/rail-fa...
Early signal that taking the railways into public ownership means a better deal for passengers - ripped off for too long by privatisation.
inews.co.uk/news/rail-fa...
“I think there has to be a change in leadership, a change in personnel of the people in No.10, and a completely different direction for the party”
Interesting interview with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social on @alimilani.bsky.social's podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wa...
Interesting interview with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social on @alimilani.bsky.social's podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wa...
The Labour Party Needs A New Leader And Prime Minister | Nadia Whittome MP
YouTube video by Ali Milani
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“I think there has to be a change in leadership, a change in personnel of the people in No.10, and a completely different direction for the party”
Interesting interview with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social on @alimilani.bsky.social's podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wa...
Interesting interview with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social on @alimilani.bsky.social's podcast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wa...
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"At this rate of progress waiting lists would still be around 6.7million by the time of the next General Election 2029"
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
Streeting’s ‘manoeuvres’ do nothing to reduce NHS waiting lists
While the NHS in Croydon is slipping back on one of its key performance measures, the health secretary has been busy positioning himself for a possible new job. ANDREW FISHER on the conflicted prio…
insidecroydon.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"At this rate of progress waiting lists would still be around 6.7million by the time of the next General Election 2029"
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
"At this rate of progress waiting lists would still be around 6.7million by the time of the next General Election 2029"
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
Streeting’s ‘manoeuvres’ do nothing to reduce NHS waiting lists
While the NHS in Croydon is slipping back on one of its key performance measures, the health secretary has been busy positioning himself for a possible new job. ANDREW FISHER on the conflicted prio…
insidecroydon.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"At this rate of progress waiting lists would still be around 6.7million by the time of the next General Election 2029"
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
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⚡️ ENERGY PRICE CAP
There is no comfort in today’s announcement for the millions of people struggling to heat their homes this winter.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social has shown that £500 of every energy bill goes straight to energy company profits. #PublicOwnership 1/2 ⤵️
There is no comfort in today’s announcement for the millions of people struggling to heat their homes this winter.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social has shown that £500 of every energy bill goes straight to energy company profits. #PublicOwnership 1/2 ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
⚡️ ENERGY PRICE CAP
There is no comfort in today’s announcement for the millions of people struggling to heat their homes this winter.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social has shown that £500 of every energy bill goes straight to energy company profits. #PublicOwnership 1/2 ⤵️
There is no comfort in today’s announcement for the millions of people struggling to heat their homes this winter.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social has shown that £500 of every energy bill goes straight to energy company profits. #PublicOwnership 1/2 ⤵️
You better integrate, but don't get too comfortable... we might deport you any moment.
What a bunch of ****s we have in Government
What a bunch of ****s we have in Government
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You better integrate, but don't get too comfortable... we might deport you any moment.
What a bunch of ****s we have in Government
What a bunch of ****s we have in Government
24 Labour MPs so far have publicly expressed opposition to Shabana Mahmood's asylum proposals, according to @labourlist.bsky.social ...
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government's immigration proposals - LabourList
Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms to the UK asylum system today, which has quickly led to a visceral backlash from many Labour figures.
labourlist.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
24 Labour MPs so far have publicly expressed opposition to Shabana Mahmood's asylum proposals, according to @labourlist.bsky.social ...
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
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Opinion | "We stand on the precipice of very grim times. It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and just basic fairness – even if this Labour Government won’t," writes Andrew Fisher trib.al/g78nDFO
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Opinion | "We stand on the precipice of very grim times. It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and just basic fairness – even if this Labour Government won’t," writes Andrew Fisher trib.al/g78nDFO
When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour's asylum plan is straight from the Trump playbook – it'll backfire on them
It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and basic fairness
inews.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
"Like so many government policies in recent years, Mahmood’s proposals should be seen less as practical policy, more as positioning: the accelerating descent of our politics into a media spectacle rather than as a means of building a better society"
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour's asylum plan is straight from the Trump playbook – it'll backfire on them
It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and basic fairness
inews.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Like so many government policies in recent years, Mahmood’s proposals should be seen less as practical policy, more as positioning: the accelerating descent of our politics into a media spectacle rather than as a means of building a better society"
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
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You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections insidecroydon.com/2025/11/14/r... #Croydon #InfrastructureBill @rspbengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @elliechowns.bsky.social
Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections
Labour government is ignoring scientific advice on the risks posed by proposals in their new Bill, while senior ministers have been cosying up to lobbyists fo developers, reports PAUL LUSHION, our …
insidecroydon.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections insidecroydon.com/2025/11/14/r... #Croydon #InfrastructureBill @rspbengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @elliechowns.bsky.social
The proposal seemed to be raising income tax rates but offsetting with NI cut (as per @resolutionfoundation.org proposal) to protect low and middle incomes.
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget
U-turn on measures to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole sparks sell-off in gilt market
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The proposal seemed to be raising income tax rates but offsetting with NI cut (as per @resolutionfoundation.org proposal) to protect low and middle incomes.
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...