Councillor Paul Peacock
@paulspeacock.bsky.social
Leader of Newark and Sherwood District Council (Labour, of course)
Board Member - East Midlands Combined County Authority
Board Member - East Midlands Combined County Authority
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So:
Interest rate cut to 3.75%
Growth forecast to be up to 1.5% 2026
Inflation down to 3.2%
UK PMI composite output index up to 52.1 in December
FTSE100 up
My goodness that Budget was dire
Interest rate cut to 3.75%
Growth forecast to be up to 1.5% 2026
Inflation down to 3.2%
UK PMI composite output index up to 52.1 in December
FTSE100 up
My goodness that Budget was dire
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So:
Interest rate cut to 3.75%
Growth forecast to be up to 1.5% 2026
Inflation down to 3.2%
UK PMI composite output index up to 52.1 in December
FTSE100 up
My goodness that Budget was dire
Interest rate cut to 3.75%
Growth forecast to be up to 1.5% 2026
Inflation down to 3.2%
UK PMI composite output index up to 52.1 in December
FTSE100 up
My goodness that Budget was dire
Excellent summary
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Excellent summary
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Foreign interference undermines our democracy, sovereignty and security.
Today we're launching an independent review into foreign financial interference to make sure we have the right tools to disrupt and deter threats and protect our national security.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Today we're launching an independent review into foreign financial interference to make sure we have the right tools to disrupt and deter threats and protect our national security.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Foreign interference undermines our democracy, sovereignty and security.
Today we're launching an independent review into foreign financial interference to make sure we have the right tools to disrupt and deter threats and protect our national security.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Today we're launching an independent review into foreign financial interference to make sure we have the right tools to disrupt and deter threats and protect our national security.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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I am in tears
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am in tears
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
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And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics
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The Employment Rights Bill has passed. This is about good work for the many not the few:
- Exploitative zero hours contracts banned
- Sick pay extended to low earners
- Notice of shifts
- Family leave strengthened
Change promised.
Change delivered.
- Exploitative zero hours contracts banned
- Sick pay extended to low earners
- Notice of shifts
- Family leave strengthened
Change promised.
Change delivered.
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Employment Rights Bill has passed. This is about good work for the many not the few:
- Exploitative zero hours contracts banned
- Sick pay extended to low earners
- Notice of shifts
- Family leave strengthened
Change promised.
Change delivered.
- Exploitative zero hours contracts banned
- Sick pay extended to low earners
- Notice of shifts
- Family leave strengthened
Change promised.
Change delivered.
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Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
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FT reports more economic disaster stories :🤔
“Bank of England set to cut rates to 3.75% as economic data eases inflation concerns”
Better with Labour 👍
“Bank of England set to cut rates to 3.75% as economic data eases inflation concerns”
Better with Labour 👍
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
FT reports more economic disaster stories :🤔
“Bank of England set to cut rates to 3.75% as economic data eases inflation concerns”
Better with Labour 👍
“Bank of England set to cut rates to 3.75% as economic data eases inflation concerns”
Better with Labour 👍
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Rishi Sunak at the Covid inquiry is a reminder of the unfairness of British politics.
Starmer is to blame for everything that's wrong from July 2024. Sunak and his gruesome predecessors bear no responsibility for the shitshow from May 2010 to July 2024.
Starmer is to blame for everything that's wrong from July 2024. Sunak and his gruesome predecessors bear no responsibility for the shitshow from May 2010 to July 2024.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Rishi Sunak at the Covid inquiry is a reminder of the unfairness of British politics.
Starmer is to blame for everything that's wrong from July 2024. Sunak and his gruesome predecessors bear no responsibility for the shitshow from May 2010 to July 2024.
Starmer is to blame for everything that's wrong from July 2024. Sunak and his gruesome predecessors bear no responsibility for the shitshow from May 2010 to July 2024.
This is all decent people need to know 👇
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is all decent people need to know 👇
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#FactCheck:
Catherine Howard was employed on a short-term contract to advise on Budget changes. She was always due to leave at the end of the year.
Nothing in the planning overhaul has "stalled" due to her leaving.
The 30 Labour MPs are all regular rebels
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Catherine Howard was employed on a short-term contract to advise on Budget changes. She was always due to leave at the end of the year.
Nothing in the planning overhaul has "stalled" due to her leaving.
The 30 Labour MPs are all regular rebels
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#FactCheck:
Catherine Howard was employed on a short-term contract to advise on Budget changes. She was always due to leave at the end of the year.
Nothing in the planning overhaul has "stalled" due to her leaving.
The 30 Labour MPs are all regular rebels
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Catherine Howard was employed on a short-term contract to advise on Budget changes. She was always due to leave at the end of the year.
Nothing in the planning overhaul has "stalled" due to her leaving.
The 30 Labour MPs are all regular rebels
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A hostile right-wing media, fake social media videos - Labour gets so little credit for what it has achieved.
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A hostile right-wing media, fake social media videos - Labour gets so little credit for what it has achieved.
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It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ...
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ...
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
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Every credible economist in the UK and elsewhere said before June 2016 that leaving the European Union would make the UK poorer, weaker, and less secure.
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Every credible economist in the UK and elsewhere said before June 2016 that leaving the European Union would make the UK poorer, weaker, and less secure.
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
It’s so refreshing that we have ministers of state that actually know their brief and understand the intricacies of difficult situations. We could always point at the sea of course.
A great response from the Health Secretary here.
Just one of many clips that have been posted online of him fully & openly answering questions about the potential doctors strikes.
And hopefully more resident doctors will be like Joss, who was calling in here, who will vote for this deal.
Just one of many clips that have been posted online of him fully & openly answering questions about the potential doctors strikes.
And hopefully more resident doctors will be like Joss, who was calling in here, who will vote for this deal.
December 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It’s so refreshing that we have ministers of state that actually know their brief and understand the intricacies of difficult situations. We could always point at the sea of course.
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I for one will definitely be ignoring pesky health professionals & turning instead to newspaper columnists who backed Brexit, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & Liz Truss for all my expert health advice during this very serious flu outbreak.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I for one will definitely be ignoring pesky health professionals & turning instead to newspaper columnists who backed Brexit, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & Liz Truss for all my expert health advice during this very serious flu outbreak.
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
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A Reform Christmas nativity crib....
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A Reform Christmas nativity crib....
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This investment will change lives.
It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep.
Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep.
Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councils given £3bn to create thousands more spaces for Send pupils
The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This investment will change lives.
It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep.
Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep.
Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How refreshing to hear the head of the Met on LBC dropping truth bombs galore on all the bots, Faragists & online racists dedicated to lying about London.
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
How refreshing to hear the head of the Met on LBC dropping truth bombs galore on all the bots, Faragists & online racists dedicated to lying about London.
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For the record:
📈 2,300 more secondary and special school teachers
📈 Trainee teachers up 11%
📈 Physics up 36%
📈 Computing up 44%
📈 Maths up 16%
📈 Attendance improving
📈 Behaviour improving
Labour is getting more children in class & more teachers in front of them.
#PMQs
📈 2,300 more secondary and special school teachers
📈 Trainee teachers up 11%
📈 Physics up 36%
📈 Computing up 44%
📈 Maths up 16%
📈 Attendance improving
📈 Behaviour improving
Labour is getting more children in class & more teachers in front of them.
#PMQs
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For the record:
📈 2,300 more secondary and special school teachers
📈 Trainee teachers up 11%
📈 Physics up 36%
📈 Computing up 44%
📈 Maths up 16%
📈 Attendance improving
📈 Behaviour improving
Labour is getting more children in class & more teachers in front of them.
#PMQs
📈 2,300 more secondary and special school teachers
📈 Trainee teachers up 11%
📈 Physics up 36%
📈 Computing up 44%
📈 Maths up 16%
📈 Attendance improving
📈 Behaviour improving
Labour is getting more children in class & more teachers in front of them.
#PMQs
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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
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Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
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Seaham is a wonderful seaside village not far from Durham. It’s great to see that, at last, its local councillor is putting it on the map. #Reform
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Seaham is a wonderful seaside village not far from Durham. It’s great to see that, at last, its local councillor is putting it on the map. #Reform
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...