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Busy day in Staffordshire yesterday ahead of the BBC debate.
I'm back out this morning and looking forward to meeting more members young and old.
Keep in touch at Ready4Rishi.com
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A busy weekend of campaigning and taking our message to as many members as possible.
It's never been more important to grip inflation and I have a plan that will tackle the cost of living so we can cut taxes later.
It's the final week - don't forget to vote! #Ready4Rishi
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Yesterday I told ITV News that there will be no cliff edge to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
But as some scenarios show we are potentially spending as much on the furlough scheme as we do on the NHS, I am working out the most effective way to ease people back into work.
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Today I announced my radical tax vision including the largest cut to income tax in thirty years.
⚫I will never cut taxes in a way that puts inflation up.
⚫I will never make promises I can’t pay for.
⚫I will be honest about the challenges we face.
Ready4Rishi.com
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Practise makes perfect 😬
Watch my speech live from 11.50am tomorrow. conservatives.com/conference
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Follow the guidelines, support your local businesses and #EnjoySummerSafely 👀👇
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Today we're rolling out new measures to help with the cost of living and give people peace of mind.
Read the below thread 🧵
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And it was also good to speak to Prime Minister @narendramodi, discussing progress towards a Free Trade Agreement and the close cultural ties our nations share 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇳
Happy #Vaisakhi to everyone celebrating both here in the UK and in India today!
5/5
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6/ We are already seeing some job losses. Today I’m increasing the Universal Credit standard allowance, for the next 12 months, by £1,000 a year. I’m increasing the Working Tax Credit basic element by the same amount.
These measures will benefit just over 4 million households.
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I know I talk a lot about Freeports.
It’s for good reason – they unlock opportunity and drive growth in communities.
I’m in Wales today where we’ve been able to establish two new Freeports which could create 20,000 jobs and... give me another excuse to talk about Freeports👇 twitter.com/10DowningStree…
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I've announced my plan to deal with drought👇
💧Hold water companies to account for unacceptable leakages & mains bursts
🧑🌾 Work with farmers to support investment in water management
🚰 Build up the resilience of our water infrastructure
#Ready4Rishi
independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-…
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House sales rising: bit.ly/3crScSv
Work coaches hiring bit.ly/32P2j0q
Kickstart recruiting bit.ly/3mPQlvN
Restaurants serving bit.ly/3hX3K13
Green Home Grants launching bit.ly/2G3qgbi
Plan For Jobs. 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.
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Looking forward to speaking to thousands of @Conservatives members tonight at the final hustings in London.
I'm so grateful to all the people who turned up, signed up and helped us get our message out.
We're in the final days and every vote counts. #Ready4Rishi
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When we said we’d do whatever it takes, we meant it.
This is the story of Furlough👇
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Constructive conversation today with members of BAME media on the measures in place to protect jobs and businesses.
It was great to hear how our economic support is being received by different communities across the UK and, of course, how we could improve.
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4/ Many businesses are hurting now and I can announce that the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme will not be interest-free, as previously planned, for 6 months – it will be for twelve months.
Those loans will now be available on Monday. british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/co…
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This extra £1.6 billion takes the total given to councils to help their communities through this crisis to over £3.2 billion, an unprecedented level of additional financial support in recent times. twitter.com/hmtreasury/sta…
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We will send a one-off £650 cost of living payment directly to around eight million of the lowest income households.
Worth over £5 billion, there will be no need for people to fill out forms – we will send the payment straight into bank accounts.
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Unemployment is down
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Employee numbers are up to record levels - higher than pre-pandemic in every region.
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Vacancies have risen to another record
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Redundancies are at record lows
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Our #PlanForJobs is working 👊
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We’re stepping up our support to the people of Ukraine with the announcement of £40 million of further humanitarian aid.
This brings the total amount of UK Government aid pledged to Ukraine this year to £140 million.
gov.uk/government/new…
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Looking forward to working with @chrishipkins as the new Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Our countries have so much in common, and I hope we get to discuss our shared priorities in person soon - maybe over a British sausage roll? twitter.com/SkyNews/status…
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We're doubling self-employed grants from 20% to 40%, meaning the maximum grant will go up from £1,875 to £3,750.
Grants are available for all self-employed people (all tiers) who've stopped trading or have a significant fall in trade, with two further payments to come.
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3/ We’re doubling funding for the National Crime Agency to tackle immigration crime in Europe.
We’re also adding 200 new staff to step up our immigration enforcement. These extra resources in turn will allow us to increase raids on illegal working by 50%.
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Important that our self-employment support scheme has got off to such a good start with more than 440k applications worth £1.3bn in the first day.
This money will be vital in giving Britain’s self-employed the security they need. Check if you can claim: gov.uk/guidance/claim…
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
@Conservatives leader.
MP for Richmond (Yorks).