Mike Galsworthy 🦣

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Mike Galsworthy 🦣
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Founder of Scientists for EU and the #Bylines Network. Presenter at BylineTV. @mikegalsworthy on Twitter. Currently working on Brexitdocumentary.com
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age. About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something” The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years. Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.