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Feb 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Britons are braced for the Bank of England to increase interest rates on Thursday as the central bank seeks to tackle price pressures that have pushed annual inflation to a 30-year high of 5.4%.
theguardian.com/business/2022/…
The energy regulator Ofgem is expected to announce a new price cap on Thursday, a figure that is likely to push more than a quarter of British households into fuel poverty.
news.sky.com/story/new-ener…
Around 22 million households will see their energy bills rise to an average of £1,971 a year after regulator Ofgem increased its price cap by £693.
news.sky.com/story/cost-of-…
This is where we are. How lower can it get?

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Feb 4
Maybe resign and put an end to the misery?
Ok let's start counting the PM's multiple personalities here 🥸
It's all going very well and everyone loves the Emperor's new clothes
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🚨NEW: £20m in donations have been given to the Conservatives from opaque dining societies, business collectives and members clubs since 2010, 68% coming from just 29 groups, @BylineBITE and @allthecitizens can reveal. THREAD. Image
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Feb 2
🚨NEW: Femi Fact Checks #PMQs

"We have got the fastest growth in the G7", Johnson repeats this and many of his other standard lies to distract from #partygate and his failures.

Catch @Femi_Sorry actually take a count this time. How many times you ask? Too many to take.
@Femi_Sorry Still, Boris Johnson refuses to get the record straight.
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They were 3.31 million in Sep 2015 (already under a Tory government).
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Feb 2
During his Commons statement and responses following the release of the Sue Gray #Partygate update, the PM repeated a variation of the pledge to “stand up against Vladimir Putin” several times.

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Jan 28
🚨POLL ALERT!

🎤 Do you think the Sue Gray's report should be published in full?

1) NO. A non-redacted version could harm the ongoing Met investigation

2) YES. The public should know the details no matter what
We are now tempted to give up
Just in case you need evidence that the #partygate ever happened, before it gets buried in some dusty shelf at the #Met for the foreseeable future and disappears from memory, we have kept the receipts for you @receiptkeepers

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