This powerful letter is why HSSIB must NOT be force-merged into the CQC
Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
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Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
@Jeremy_Hunt
MP for Godalming and Ash. Promoted by Jeremy Hunt at 2 Royal Parade, Hindhead, GU26 6TD
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🧵Today the UK @HouseofCommons held an important debate on #HumanRights in #Myanmar/#Burma, introduced by the former Foreign Secretary @Jeremy_Hunt, who spoke powerfully about the need for the UK to show leadership at the @UN as the penholder on Myanmar, to introduce new
00:00 - This is one of the most thoughtful interviews to date on my new book Can We Be Rich Again? Thank you @victoriaderbishire and the @BBCNewsnight team
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"Any politician who sees clips of that horrific stabbing, and then tries to exploit it for their own political advantage, is utterly despicable. " Conservative MP Sir Jeremy Hunt responds to the disorder in Northern Ireland this evening. #Newsnight
00:00 - Unlike our approach in London 2012, Trump is using the World Cup to shore up his base rather than showcase the best of his country to the world. More’s the shame. @BBCNewsnight"This is another way in which Trump is tearing up the rules... Most countries say these big events are moment to show the world at its best" Sir Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP, says the controversies ahead of the World Cup are "another example" of America "retreating" from the
00:00 - On @BBCNewsnight last night sparring with @zeteo_news founder @mehdirhasan. To achieve economic growth we must make the UK an attractive place for entrepreneurs and the wealthy... AND get a grip on welfare spending.“There is an argument that says we are not a rich country anymore, we are a poor country with lots of rich people in it” “But it isn’t true, is it?” Zeteo UK editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan and ex-Conservative Chancellor Jeremy Hunt debate the state of the UK economy #Newsnight
00:00 - Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt13/13 Most importantly it would remove the need for further tax rises and even allow the damaging hike in employers national insurance to be reversed. In other words we would start on the path to lower tax, less debt – and higher growth. Read more over on my Substack.
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt12/13 Such reforms would lead to healthier public finances and faster growth. Reducing the working-age bill to pre-pandemic levels would save around £58 billion a year. Replacing the triple lock with an inflation guarantee would save around £5 billion. It would be more than
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt11/13 The triple lock should be replaced with an inflation guarantee from the next parliament (to avoid breaking manifesto commitments). Reform should part of a much bigger set of pensions reforms to encourage everyone to save more for their retirement including a single pension
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt10/13 What are the solutions? The biggest is to remove moderate anxiety and depression as a way to qualify for benefits (apart from exceptional cases.) Offering guaranteed, rapid access to NHS talking therapies would cost a fraction of the cost of parking someone on benefits and
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt9/13 A huge welfare bill also means we can’t increase spending in other areas where it is urgently needed, such as defence. Many pensioners remember the Second World War and would be horrified to learn that their benefits are part of the reason we are failing to give the military
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt8/13 …but we have also been in deficit – meaning debt has been growing - every year that we have had the triple lock. How many people would feel comfortable knowing that their generous pension increases are being funded partly by loading up debt onto their grandchildren?
- Replying to @Jeremy_Hunt7/13 We also need to replace the triple lock with a guarantee that the state pension will always match inflation. It has had a big impact in reducing pensioner poverty which is to be welcomed…
