Directors of Israeli human rights & peace organizations to UK Jewish leaders: Join with us in supporting the efforts of new UK government, @Hamish4Lincs & David Lammy for accountability and the rule of law -- necessary for a better future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Israeli civil society orgs are calling on the UK Jewish community not to undermine the UK gvt’s commitment to rule of law & accountability in Israel-Palestine but to speak out in support of those trying to build a better future in the region. Proud to stand with them as partners

30 British rabbis have spoken out in the Sunday Times and challenged the Board of Deputies criticism of the British government - “We believe that the government is correct to uphold an international rules-based order.”

And so it begins…

This is spot on. “The age of the union baron and statism is back.” The Times view on the Aslef pay deal: Gravy Train thetimes.com/article/4f5951…

One day on and still no endorsement from Department for Transport Minister Lord Peter Hendy of the “deal” reached between his boss Louise Haigh and ASLEF With his long experience of negotiating on behalf of TfL he will surely have a view?

It would actually be funny if it wasn’t so serious…1978 here we come…

Leaving aside whether you agree or disagree with VAT being added to private school fees, the decision to push for a January implementation looks hugely contentious. If state schools or colleges had their finances trashed in the middle of an academic year with less than six

NEW Labour's choices in its first six weeks in power are revealing. ONS today says the Treasury borrowed £3.1bn in July, well above the £0.1bn anticipated by the OBR. OBR says extra £3bn is due to "higher-than-forecast consumption spending by government departments, which appears

This stat is astonishing. 5% of grades in the country will be 9s. At Michaela it’s 50%⭐️ How does this happen? The right politics, the right policies and the right person leading. The Labour govt’s flagship policy is VAT on private schools. Their focus is the politics of envy.

If you want to completely kill an investment led, enterprise economy, raising CGT significantly is the way to do it. Is there a single entrepreneur or small business person in the Labour cabinet?

Farewell the village pub…

Reality bites as it dawns on many that Starmer and Reeves are clueless on the economy…

As predicted, the OBR are now steering UK fiscal policy in a direction they approve of. Rachel Reeves has effectively appointed them unelected co-chancellor, with limited accountability.

“We will list all the ingredients, but we won’t call it cake…”

They’re private sector musicians selling tickets to a private sector event organised by a private sector company at private sector venues. They could have chosen a different method of selling if they wanted. But now Labour want to set concert ticket prices…

Labour’s Education Secretary describes her tax raid on independent schools as ‘ending a tax break’. That’s socialism - anything not taxed apparently having a lucky ‘break’. It is another attack on aspiration - pure and simple. It’s the politics of envy wrapped up in bad policy.

It all looked so easy from the opposition benches….

In my new article I produce estimates of the number of people losing the Winter Fuel Payment in each Parliamentary Constituency - both on old and new boundaries. I've made some interactive maps.