I can't support Jeremy Hunt's budget rises, says Esther McVey

[@RupertHurley]

She should join the Reform Party! Get the ball rolling for 2024/5

[@williamkennedy5492]

With all those hotels occupied and the original staff laid off, will those unemployment costs be added to the ever increasing £7,000,000 a day cost of the illegals I feel so betrayed by the tories, and will never vote tory again.

[@rtk3543]

Sadly Labour believe in higher migration and higher taxes, they also want to give £1bn of your taxes as 'climate change reparations'

[@vullings1968]

@@rtk3543 Brexit costs UK around 100 billion a year, every year. Funnily enough, fuelled by a lack of migrants. If you mean refugees/asylum seekers, that costs 3 billion a year, which is taken out of the foreign aid budget.

[@philipwood9526]

If you vote sTory you will get the WEF, if you vote Liebour you will get the WEF, they are now insidious in every corner of UK politics. WAKE UP UK !!!

[@luisbustamante9869]

This obsession with immigration is costing us the earth. The Tories use it as a diversion to keep the headbangers entertained while they mismanage and filch huge amounts of public money. We need to start doing politics for grownups.

[@ChrisAndCats]

Labour are just as bad, Tony Blair started all this. Neither are any use currently.

[@outpost31737]

Resign the whip and join Reform. Your party will NEVER recover it's finished.

[@El.Cid17]

I'm hoping she does, just that.

[@james970027]

No chance they are getting in 2024, there are numerous places around the world with extremely low (even 0) income tax and they manage that through various other taxes including sales tax. This country is literally tax after tax after tax after tax and then the government wonder why we have record mental health issues recorded which impacts the number of people off work (and hence the countries productivity and growth), we take practically nothing home from our wages as the tax system favours higher earners using schemes such as dividends which are taxed at a different rate and other loopholes where people can afford financial advisors (such as avoiding IR35 in contract work), and everyone bar from those on practically minimum wage or below receives no assistance while tax increases along with council tax (Which we also know is the governments fault as they raised the limit from 3-5% to effectively try throw the blame off themselves and onto the local council's). The cost of living effectively doubled from 1970 - 2020 where on an average wage In 1970 you could own the "average priced home) in around 4-5 years while in 2020 it was 8-9 years. I hate to think of how long it takes now for the average worker to own their own home if at all even possible on a sole wage anymore - their policies haven't worked financially over long periods of time for regular people and they won't ever be getting a vote from anyone I know again. Young people are better off working the minimum hours they can and claiming benefits than they are actually trying as there's no incentive for the people who don't have family and friends to financially support them in the early stages of work as the wages are just not enough Vs the cost of living.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Bear in mind this is before the 5% Council Tax rise (and every council *will* increase it by that much). Again how will people manage that with less, and how will they react to seeing our new Albanian overlords being fed and housed at their expense? This could turn very nasty.

[@BrianFairlamb]

The quicker it happens the better ,if the whole country took to the streets and said no it would be reversed in a flash..

[@harryacam]

🙏🤞

[@El.Cid17]

Some might even have to cancel one of their foreign holidays 🤣

[@bushmonster1702]

@@El.Cid17 how dare people take a holiday. I'm watching you and so is my bush.

[@El.Cid17]

@@bushmonster1702 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelicornelius]

Ten all these conservative MPs need to cross the floor and sit as Reform MPs. Esther put you actions where your mouth is please.

[@pemj7360]

She won't give up her 84 thousand. Plus expenses

[@michaelicornelius]

@@mrsmith4489 Dont think so - there was that MP Douglass Carswell who left the conservatives and became a UKIP MP.

[@hman7008]

Give the public a general election and we'll show Messrs Hunt and Sunake what we think of their budget and their governance.

[@francescostello1377]

Indeed, we are being gaslighted, shafted, by an unelected Government, unfortunately we have a one party political system with two names, both two cheeks of the same backside, both Neo Liberal WEF Davos globalist puppets.

[@peterlewis3540]

Ah welcome spend spend spend Labour, adding yet more to the misery of our increasing National Dept.

[@vullings1968]

What policies do you propose? And are they feasable? Reform UK has a policy of tax cuts, basically a Lizz Truss budget on steroids. That all sounds very nice, untill you take into account that govt then also can spend significantly less. And before you say refugees or asylumseekers... That will save only 3 billion. So less taxes will mean less for NHS, universal credit, social housing and such. So the message that Reform isn't saying (but is inevitable) that all those things will be privatised. So you pay less tax, but more for rent and private health insurance. And be aware that is a one way road. NHS and housing can't be bought back...

[@timhull8664]

We pay for banking incompetence, we pay for political incompetence, no one goes to prison for basically stealing from us to cover their terrible uselessness.

[@chrispennington9652]

Well done Esther for refusing to be part of this. Such a pity there arent any more MPs who will support you. Names are being written down

[@makalu69]

Why is HS2 more important than paying off the countries debt? Is it really worth the £100Bn its costing us??

[@paulwainwright6903]

100 I bet it ends up costing 300 . Near to where I work you wouldn't think there was any problem what ever they need or want it's there . Unbelievable it is really sickens me to death.

[@pemj7360]

Considering it starred off at 35 billion. .

[@yy-oo4xl]

because its a EU project

[@clivewalford3148]

Tories are Not Conservitive This is a labour budget

[@francescostello1377]

@@dogbreaththe3rd851 indeed, all living in box this lot.

[@cehaem2]

This is a WTF budget. But at least that will literally annihilate them at the next general elections.

[@Itsnotsafeandeffective]

A well needed one. You can't afford to keep loosing 512 nurses a week. Home care are none Existant.

[@cehaem2]

@@Itsnotsafeandeffective then go and take the money from the people that have it but don't pay a single penny. We all know what austerity budgets did to Greece.

[@Itsnotsafeandeffective]

@@cehaem2 They have took too much fom the bottom. The forest was thinning but still the forest voted for the axe. The axe was cunning it managed to convince them as its handle was made of wood it was one of them.

[@darreng4248]

the WEF wrote that budget then just handed it to Hunt to read out

[@vullings1968]

Not WEF, but BEF. And I doubt that the your WEF would increase corporation tax, and certainly would not raise tax on dividend.

[@barbaraaimson2100]

Cut spending on hotels and accomodation. If they have to live here as they do in france they wont come. Look at the savings there

[@nolickspittle4753]

£2.5B p/a!

[@luisbustamante9869]

That's peanuts compared with the amount corporations and oligarchs walk away everyday. We must stop doing reception class politics and grow up.

[@vullings1968]

The biggest hindrance to UK economy atm is too small a labourforce. Who is going to invest into UK when you can't get the people to work in your company and you don't have access to the single market? Untill UK deals with those issues, taxes will continue to rise.

[@pabo-qv3nx]

@Barbara simson How about CUTTING the CORRUPT PLOT TICIANS salaries and CUTTING the royals Handouts?

[@pabo-qv3nx]

@@luisbustamante9869 Well said

[@oldshiny3012]

maybe some of these tory MP will see the light and jump off the quickly sinking ship of HMS tory madness

[@paulwainwright6903]

But why haven't they all spoke out like Ester and Lee Anderson for the past few years .

[@giantputt7066]

Well said Esther

[@kwc1138]

No foreign aid and no Ukraine support. Full EU split and no illegal immigrants. No HS2 etc etc

[@knockschool]

Perfecr word to describe Hunt and Sunak. SLY

[@michaelwilkinson5652]

She should join reform party as so called conservative and Liebour are a lost cause

[@stequality]

People will vote for them still as they are clueless

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Turn on spell check

[@alisteredmond2329]

Fuel duty going up by 23% in March 2023

[@stephenhaywood5672]

Breathtakingly stupid idea isn’t it

[@garyroey4445]

Nigel farage get the reform party going The time is now . YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU

[@royrj5517]

It's not Hunts budget, its uncle Klaus' destroy the UK economy budget

[@Andy13april64]

wait till they give themselves a nice big pay rise.👎

[@alanwilliams9310]

Ms McVey was talking a lot of sense. I think that she realises the anger in this country.

[@gavinbissell8847]

Amazing that we have the people in charge and policies that were absolutely rejected...almost as if some other agency is pulling the strings

[@peterbayliss1239]

Come on Esther, break ranks and join Reform, I'm sure lots of other tories will follow. We need a centre right alternative

[@darrenhems2291]

Realising is she?

[@ranjitsingh-xg2yh]

Vote Reform.

[@davidpalin1790]

The Conservative Party hasn't been Conservative for years 🙄

[@luisbustamante9869]

Well, they moved to the right to stop Farage, didn't they. Some people are stupid enough to believe they are lefties ffs.

[@pabo-qv3nx]

The CON servative party is made up of CON men and women . But then again to me all PLOT TICIANS are CUT from the same cloth.

[@IanSmith465]

Should have kept Liz Truss

[@edenbreckhouse]

The Tories wasted billions over lockdown and most people went along with it. The electorate deserve the pain they're going to experience. Sometimes if something is painful you learn a lesson - I do hope so.

[@roblloyd1879]

I wish, but history and experience says not.

[@nightwingtrp7399]

Painful lessons only work if you're able to connect the pain to the reason for the pain. The sort of pro-lockdown clown doesn't understand that shutting down the economy would lead to this sort of disaster. They will likely blame brexit.

[@francescostello1377]

Indeed, that's the power of government and media propoganda. All be design. Time people woke up, stopped watching MSM, and watch alternative media, with real independent journalism and journalists.

[@eleanorflynn370]

I hope you realise it wasn't just " the tories " who wanted us locked down it was liebour as well and we are paying for Ukraine as well oh and not to mention so called " climate change " so we have to pay the price and liebour would have done worse just look at Wales. Ask yourself this why ? Also it's happening in every country not a conspiracy fact

[@francescostello1377]

@@mrsmith4489indeed, are we ever in more ways than one, by bring lapdogs to the US NATO cabal, a war that should never have happened, that's why I said watch alternative media, for the real info on Ukraine and Russia.

[@ScragNath]

Truss was right, she didn't sell it well.

[@atommachine]

23% fuel duty, Stay in your 15-minute radius Klaus will drop bugs by drone every 2 weeks.

[@Endofdays73]

it don't matter if anyone support's hunt's budget as long as his handler at the high table are happy that's all that matters

[@hooman9e]

Never has there been a time in my lifetime have we had so few competent leaders in this country

[@mnro123]

I'm Getting The Information About My Conditions

[@sallyrobbertse5418]

My name is Keir Starmer and I thought the 'budget' was fan-facking-tasting.

[@brianmays4366]

A quick question for Esther Mcvey, where does she stand on Net Zero?

[@rontaylor995]

Avery body stop paying your council tax. That will bring this WEF government down.

[@yellovanneil]

Hunt is certainly something that rhymes with hunt. And a proper one at that!.

[@michaelcarr2874]

We are on the front line in Kent, hotels full of illegal's in their new Nike tracksuits and trainers on their new iPhones smoking and laughing at us as we walk past, I honestly think that civil unrest will soon occur.

[@yy-oo4xl]

hope so

[@darrenhems2291]

When there's nothing left to lose

[@BRAINOUTSIDEROOM]

If you have 2 kids and go over £50k your tax is 60% as you also loose child benefit, makes me so mad as it's not like I live a wealthy lifestyle

[@scottyjoe21]

Over 2 billion a year to house cross chanel illegals and rising. Hotel staff jobs lost at additional cost. 80 million to keep the french cross channel taxi business going, huge payments for lawyers and civil service admin, potential security vetting costs etc etc. Why are we puting up with all this ?

[@BedboundME]

When Labour has suggested windfall taxes to bring in £8b they have been scorned because that would not cover the hole in housework the Tory government wish to run their books. So clearly dealing with the migrant issue will help even less when billions are being lost left right and centre, to Tory incompetence and outside forces.

[@MELLYBOY58]

Why dont you tell us exactly WHO is pulling the strings ...dont say you dont know, when will someone call them out ... if Boris's dad knows so do most all the others ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@09gearchange]

How about those in power who made all the horrendous decisions that took us to this point be made to foot the bill. God knows they are rich enough.

[@peterkabrna]

Get out of the government then Mcvey

[@peterpatten5043]

Doddys sister knows lots about fiddling the tax man :)

[@angel-a123]

I can't believe I agree with her for once

[@joancooley1387]

The woman when Minister , stated on subject of child benefit, that a woman with child resulting from rape , must prove it.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Also working as I.D.S assistant who helped to implement the Austerity programme on the disabled

[@francescostello1377]

She's just playing the moment, she's about as sincere as the rest of the cesspool we call government.

[@joancooley1387]

@@jonathanhadley2555 Yes , she’s still a sitting back bencher, does GBnews pay her or does she put it on Parliament expenses.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

@@joancooley1387 Well thats another story

[@Aetherling]

We need a couple of Conservative MPs to resign the whip and join Reform.

[@joancooley1387]

What on earth does the ‘Institute of Fiscal Studies’ mean , “ Properly tough decisions have been delayed “. Is it scaremongering to keep our people quiet now, from fear of more ‘clobbering’ to come.

[@El.Cid17]

All these so called think tanks, make predictions, which nine times out of ten are wrong.

[@joancooley1387]

@@El.Cid17 Well when Hunt was pulled on fuel price earlier, he garbled but didn’t rule it out. Said decision will be made in the spring budget.

[@El.Cid17]

@@joancooley1387 He'll drop that, it'll cause inflation.

[@joancooley1387]

@@El.Cid17 ha ha !

[@JG-fv9bv]

Also Hunt buried on page 50 odd that fuel duty is going up 23% in April

[@seancrowe3353]

Subtext.... Liz Truss was right

[@johnancill7397]

Why spend money on helping Ukraine when are borders are leaking like a sieve

[@lindathompson6378]

Nothing for the working people

[@alanglasgowbassist]

They won’t cancel HS2. Too many of their friends, family and cronies have lucrative contracts in it. The new yachts, Bentleys and private school fees must be paid for somehow… :-(

[@PelletJamie]

Should've opposed lockdowns then.

[@garyroey4445]

Transfer to reform party girl

[@alistairewen9558]

By the time sunak, and friends are finished with us, it'll be too late, then he's off to the US OF A.

[@em8824]

The fact that there are millions choosing not to work and receiving benefits

[@BedboundME]

Really , any evidence? You know there are 1.2m unemployed people in the UK. There are however 2.5 m off work sick which is no mean feat to claim benefits for, assessments etc.

[@em8824]

If you doubt the statement walk down a high street. Statistical evidence? Good luck, there is significant effort put into obscuring this.

[@BedboundME]

@@em8824 well ive given you official figures

[@em8824]

Do you think that is right? Not just correct but morally justified that there are many people off sick. Regardless of political persuasion this should be an outrage

[@BedboundME]

@@em8824 I think that it is outrageous that the nhs doesn’t have resource to give people prompt surgical etc care, I think that it is outrageous that MH services are not able to provide the care needed, and I think that it is outrageous that people with chronic illnesses do not get the research to find treatments they need.

[@howardbabcom]

It's the slide into economic depression, and it's going to get much worse.

[@mickp222]

Petrol is also going up by 12p a Ltr next year.

[@mnro123]

That's What I Want To See

[@owainwilliams7993]

Just getting rid of nom don status would bring in millions but it’s not going to happen is it i wonder why………

[@saltnessmonster]

She backed him to be pm as his running mate,n

[@nockianlifter661]

“Sly” pretty much sums up Hunt.

[@RedSkysAreOnFire]

this is the end of the conservative party forever the taxing party, less conservative than the labour party.

[@YllaStar95970]

I hope this doesn't end in another resignation........And another pension.

[@mnro123]

Classic Music Was My Tunes That I See It Before

[@johnvonhorn2942]

And let's not forget. "High Speed Two" is already starting to drift over budget due to "The Lads". Just like Crossrail. So an already expensive vanity project is going to actually be costing a lot more. And Britain already has some of the highest rail fares in the world in spite of the government subsidising the railway more than any, other European nation. Britain doing what it does best, multi-failing across the board. But this is just fine because the arrogant Eton & Oxford Establishment will just come back in a few years and say to the livestock, "we need to make the tough decisions and do what's right for the country, so we're now going to increase taxes even more"

[@paulwainwright6903]

Starting to go over budget it was supposed to cost 30 billion it's already way over 100 no control over money just plenty helping them selves to it .

[@cestrian5294]

Most people run their households by not spending more than they earn which in the Government’s case is tax revenue. Of course, public services demand more and more money. The NHS is staffed by more Chiefs and not enough Indians for a start. HS2 is a drain for little return but there will be too many fingers in pies to scrap it.

[@darrenhems2291]

What you mean not enough Indians in the nhs?🤔

[@richardharkness9427]

Well said you and your chums need to deal with this prime minister and his Chancellor urgently. HS2 should be binned, Quangos no longer funded, overseas aid cut, Asylum seekers given tents instead of hotel rooms. We taxpayers are fed up with Government stealing everything we've work for. A shower of theives

[@garyroey4445]

Get reform going now

[@mnro123]

Two Close To Call

[@padiedo7213]

What's going on with ESTHER ? Are you shore your a TORY !! Your talking sense 😒 you was the over day has well 😆😆😲😲

[@padiedo7213]

😂Ya MAN👍

[@jonathanwhittaker677]

Esther's fit!!😃😃👍👍

[@stequality]

Agreed !

[@matty2457]

She was once described as the love child of Norman Tebbit and Cilla Black!!!!!! Lol

[@mnro123]

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[@mnro123]

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[@mnro123]

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[@mnro123]

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[@paul_my_plumbs_uk]

Wait for next year's council tax bill 😭😭

[@paulturner2379]

REFORM UK

[@gdr408]

I voted conservative last time.. there was no alternative.. but never ever again.

[@PopularesVox]

Esther McVey is right, a pity there are so few of her colleagues are not prepared to stand up and actually represent their voters or indeed Party members.

[@nemosays6337]

Wish they would put as much if not more scrutiny and fervour into the pointy thing that they insisted upon that has caused many questions that need to be answered and many to be held to account too eh! js

[@mnro123]

My Country Is Getting Something Very Important

[@mauricetucker8754]

Women have payed the price retirement age at 67

[@Brassneck7888]

The only MP with backbone and a duty to the people who will affect . Take note Tory and Labour MPs your duty is to serve us the people rhat pay YOUR WAGES.

[@kevinmoore7255]

Business can’t afford any extra burden! People can’t afford extra tax. Governments don’t have a clue and don’t live in the real world.

[@steveguy1964]

Hunt does not care & neither does rishi !! Vote reform party !!!

[@mnro123]

It's A Huge Difference For The Country Isn't It????????

[@keegan773]

We’ve run up bills over covid and price increases over the war in Ukraine. Bills have to be paid and debt reduced, the sooner the better. If we don’t pay off the debt now we will be paying for years to come.

[@Jdac333]

We???

[@paulslater9061]

Slight of hand as per usual and by the way the coffins already buried

[@howardtyler7]

Let’s not forget the “hidden away” 23% fuel duty hike!!!!??? Coming at ya next year!

[@sarahboardman1337]

Going up to middle earners means nothing seeing as we have not had any real pay rises to keep up with inflation in thirty years!!!!

[@stephenhaywood5672]

HS2 😂😂😂😂😂 we really need that don’t we , not

[@mnro123]

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[@davidwilliams116]

The pain of tax to rectify the situation created by this government incompetent handling of our economy.

[@mnro123]

Eva Was Putting Out Some Classic Music Very Unbelievable Tunes That I Like The Most Important Things To Do

[@mnro123]

Charlie Supports My Conditions Very Closely

[@anthonya7169]

Some things I agree with, but we’re in a situation where pensioners and those on benefits have been pushed to the top of priorities by ALL parties. It’s no use blaming the Conservatives as Labour would have done something similar for those groups, we’ve become a population of ageing people who generally don’t contribute to the economy. As long as that isn’t appreciated and understood we’ll continue to look at the workers bearing the brunt of supporting the old and infirm. I detest the HSL and everything that has been spun by those supporting it, but we’ve now got ourselves into a point where it would be billions wasted if we didn’t continue. I agree that we should be looking at expenditure. There are two ways to become better off, earn more and spend less…have we appreciated this? Regarding the top rate of tax, do people really think that £125,000 is not a top rate of income? I’d love to have earnt that. The increase in tax is hardly even going to be felt by most who earn over that amount. We continue to accept illegal immigrants who get given ridiculous amounts of money and benefits, meanwhile our poor and less well off fund them and service veterans are treated poorly…ridiculous! Finally, and I know that this affects some businesses, but whilst I continue to see people buying sandwiches, crisps, coffee (need a mortgage for one!) etc for their breakfast and lunch I’ll never consider we are struggling. I was brought up, and always, had breakfast and took sandwiches in a lunch box. A few pounds a week rather than tens of pounds. Times are hard and will get harder but look at other countries and whoever one might consider to blame, they are in similar predicaments. As for blaming what was done in financial support during Covid, I remember people screaming that we must support individuals, businesses and communities so don’t start bleating now!

[@Paul-hh7bx]

This pensioner has been in continual employment for 50yrs paying income tax, national insurance, VAT (previously purchase tax), fuel duty, council tax (previously general rates), etc., etc., through the ups/downs of the economy. I worked through furlough so didn't get a penny. Until retirement in June this year only benefit ever claimed was the old style child benefit for my two children. Apart from NI I'm still paying all those taxes due to combined income of private & reduced state pension, so the view ''the ageing population is not contributing'' is totally false. I may now in your eyes be a burden, but quite frankly I will accept totally guilt free what I'm entitled to given all the freeloaders this nation has supported over the decades.

[@anthonya7169]

@@Paul-hh7bx Wong person to tell all this too! I’m a pensioner who worked over fifty years so have paid all the taxes etc apart from I retired before covid. Stating the situation that exists doesn’t alter one’s contribution to society and the wealth of the Nation. I see things as I see them, whether anyone agrees is entirely their prerogative.

[@merv5492]

the MP's know they are on the way out, and so will not give us a General election, but would rather see us sufferings as long as they keep there money coming in

[@stevogeezer]

The MSM and the Tories should be happy. This is what they wanted. Liz Truss tried to cut taxes and the MSM and the Tories laughed at her.