What has Simon Clarke been up to today?
Simon Clarke is MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and a member of the Conservative party.
Simon Clarke has 20770 followers on Twitter.
July
⬆️NICs tax cut
⬆️1st Cost of Living payment
August
⬆️HMRC tax credit payment
September
⬆️£150 disability payment
October
⬆️£400 for all households
⬆️2nd Cost of Living payment
November
⬆️Winter fuel payment
⬆️Pensioner payment
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Great news: in less than six months we’ve supported half a million people into work.
Helping people find the security of a stable income, through a job they can take pride in, is one of the best ways for people support their families during these challenging times. https://twitter.com/dwppressoffice/status/1542455071228698625
We did it!
Over half a million people have been helped into work by the #WayToWork campaign in 5 months, with Jobcentre staff working hard to reach the target we set ourselves in January this year
BREAKING: UK will spend 2.5 percent of national income (GDP) on defence by the end of the decade, @BorisJohnson says.
I’m grateful to 🇬🇧 Prime Minister @BorisJohnson for allocating an additional £1 billion for security assistance to Ukraine. 🇬🇧 is our true friend and strategic partner. We appreciate the consistent, leadership support for 🇺🇦 in countering Russian aggression.
A very important series of points from @michelledonelan in the thread below. Unless university courses are of an appropriate quality they fail the taxpayer, our economy and (most importantly) young people alike. Government right to take a stand and not to be deterred.
(1/4) We need to do some mythbusting about the false claims that Government's quality proposals are behind Eng Lit course changes at @SheffieldHallam
This is fake news. The English courses at Hallam have outcome metrics well above the proposed minimums.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-changes-at-sheffield-hallam-had-nothing-to-do-with-this-governments-proposals-0p0v9p7gc
Guy is absolutely right. Levelling up takes many forms and the new Northumberland Line is a great example.
This shows what a difference the #NorthumberlandLine 🚂 will make to connectivity, regeneration, business, cost of living … and jobs 👍
#LevellingUp
Great to be with Finland and Sweden colleagues @Haavisto @AnnLinde tonight to mark news they are joining @NATO.
We need a strong, united NATO to deter aggressors in an increasingly geopolitical world. 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇫🇮 #NATOSummit #WeAreNATO
I am deeply saddened to hear that @bowelbabe has passed away. She was a truly inspirational human being and my thoughts are with her family and friends. She will be missed by so many but she achieved so much - not least reminding us all how precious life is.
I’m terribly saddened to hear that Dame Deborah James has died. What an inspiration she was to so many.
The awareness she brought to bowel cancer and the research her campaigning has funded will be her enduring legacy.
Because of her, many many lives will be saved.
"We won't play Nicola Sturgeon's games, we won't take part in a pretend poll," says ScotTories leader Douglas Ross.
He says a referendum would remove focus from helping families with bills, supporting frontline services and creating jobs.
Live updates ➡http://bbc.in/3NtnvNN
This evasion from @UKLabour is ridiculous. We deserve answers. Do they support inflation-busting pay rises? If so, do they accept the inflationary effects? How do they propose to pay for them? And why do they refuse to condemn strikes causing massive disruption to the public?
.@KayBurley: Would you support a doctor's strike?
Labour's @TulipSiddiq says she "supports a situation where we pay people properly", adding govt needs to meet with unions and doctors to decide a pay rise.
Read more: https://trib.al/92SnloF
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This is undoubtedly correct from @WilliamJHague. It is the West’s job to support the democratic government of Ukraine to defend its sovereign territory, NOT to urge some Sudetenland-like dismembering that allows Putin to regroup and go again for more.
There’s no peace deal to be made with Putin.
The growing feeling in Europe that the war must end as soon as possible is misguided and would be a betrayal of Ukraine. Read my latest @thetimes column here: http://bit.ly/3Ou9h0f
Tonight @HouseofCommons has backed the NI Protocol Bill.
It provides practical solutions to problems caused by the Protocol and protects the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
While a negotiated outcome remains our preference - the EU must accept changes to the Protocol itself.
Levelling Up isn’t some abstract theory - thanks to this Government, it’s happening at pace ⬇️
Redcar Coke Ovens coming down🏭
As we come towards the end of the demolition at Teesworks in the coming months,we now see a new skyline emerge from the old as our future starts to take shape
In the coming weeks we’ll see construction start,taking the place of our old industries
Great discussion with @ScotChambers and Scottish business representatives 🏴 today. Hearing first-hand about the ingenious efforts of business to adapt and thrive is the best way to understand how we can make a difference @hmtreasury.
Great that 100,000 people have already checked how much they could save as a result of the threshold changes to National Insurance.
See what you could save: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/estimate-how-the-national-insurance-contributions-changes-will-affect-you
I am so pleased to see Nunthorpe’s new GP surgery opening today. The practice have been brilliant in championing their patients, as have @PatientForumBRN, while the local NHS, @MbroCouncil, Mayor @Tees_Issues and Deputy Mayor @MiekaSmiles have been great colleagues in delivering!
We expect to achieve our ambition to get 500,000 people into work in our #WayToWork campaign this week. Our Work Coaches have smashed it. I talked to @edwardmalnick @Telegraph about how we've done it and why it's critical @DWP keep getting people into jobs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/25/therese-coffey-claimed-benefits-three-times-becoming-mp/
Great to see @SimonClarkeMP meeting kinship carers. Really appreciate your support Simon https://twitter.com/kinshipcharity/status/1540314931697967104
This morning, Michelle and John - two fantastic #KinshipCampaigners from #Middlesbrough - met with @SimonClarkeMP to talk about their local campaigning priorities and what they wanted to see the government do to improve support for #KinshipFamilies following the @reviewCSC. 👨👩👦
Global prosperity and stability is being threatened – with Commonwealth countries bearing the brunt of Putin’s folly in Ukraine.
Together we can bring food prices down and get the world economy back on track, as we stand up for the freedoms we all believe in.
NEW: Boris Johnson publicly criticises US Supreme Court ruling that overturns Roe v Wade
PM says: "I’ve got to tell you I think it’s a big step backwards. I’ve always believed in a woman’s right to choose and I stick to that view."
This is undoubtedly true. My own constituency (the old Langbaurgh) is a case in point: lost mid-term, won back by @Conservatives in 1992 when voters focused on which party they wanted in charge of their mortgage, their job security, their children’s school, national defence etc.
'Midterm governments, post-war, lose byelections'
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will "keep going", addressing the concerns of people, until "we get through this patch."
https://trib.al/dwvcRFT
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💥 New government jobs up for grabs in Darlington have JUST gone live at:
💼 @hmtreasury
🚢 @tradegovuk
📈 @ONS
📊 @beisgovuk
With the first 110 recruits to Treasury recruited locally, these are jobs for local people - so get applying! 👇
https://teesvalley.jobs/search/?search_cat=government-jobs-darlington&search_reg
Sad to see @OliverDowden one of our Party Co-Chairmen stand down.
As the PM says, he understands his disappointment in the by-election losses.
They don’t tell you much about how GE’s pan out. We lost 15 by-elections between 1979 & 1992 but went on to win in 1983, 1987 & 1992.
The Government has provided TfL with close to £5bn of funding, but by repeatedly playing politics instead of fulfilling his side of the bargain, Sadiq Khan is preventing a long-term deal from being secured.
Read my letter to him here:
In just 3 weeks, construction will kick off at South Bank for SeAH’s £300m monopile manufacturing facility. 💪
🚧 1.13 million square feet.
↔️ 800m long.
↕️ 40 metres tall.
👷 Creating 2,250 jobs.
We’ve remediated this massive site to get it investor ready in just 12 months.
Today, I will table legislation that will give employers the freedom to recruit skilled, temporary staff to plug vital roles during strike action.
This new law will help protect the British public from future disruption caused by militant trade unions👇🏿
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-acts-to-make-it-easier-for-businesses-to-use-temporary-staff-to-help-ease-disruptions-caused-by-strike-action
We're using all the tools at our disposal, and we have the determination, to combat rising prices, reduce inflation and rebuild a stronger economy.
It was great to meet and listen to the experiences of children and young people with lived experience of the care system today.
We must work together to improve the care system to ensure vulnerable young people in the UK achieve their potential.
#ItsOurCare. An amazing group of care-experienced young people are meeting with @nadhimzahawi @SimonClarkeMP and @Rachel_deSouza to share their ideas and experiences of #socialcare. Thanks for signing our pledge!
Our modern Bill of Rights will strengthen the UK tradition of freedom of speech, and better protect the public from dangerous criminals.
We are restoring a health dose of common sense into the justice system. ⤵
Vote for Helen Hurford in Tiverton and Honiton tomorrow and stick up for British food and farming.
Happy Reserves Day!
Thank you to all the Reservists who give their time to serve the nation, and to their employers who support them.
#ReservesDay #SaluteOurForces
Today’s partnership with @moderna_tx puts us at the forefront of the research and technology needed to fight against future health threats, while creating more jobs.
Our investment will bring supercharged, home-grown vaccines right to our shores. https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1539496682500628481
🆕 We've agreed a partnership with @moderna_tx to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing and research centre in the UK 🤝
This will:
✅ allow NHS patients access to new vaccines
✅ strengthen our response to future pandemics
✅ boost the economy
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/moderna-to-open-vaccine-research-and-manufacturing-centre-in-uk
Invisible. The travelling public and the taxpayer both deserve better than @Keir_Starmer going into hiding while his hard left colleagues go out to picket as part of a needless and damaging strike.
There are no plans for Sir Keir Starmer to do a clip or make any intervention today on strikes, I'm told. This despite heavy criticism coming his way from unions and a growing no. of shadow team standing on picket lines despite being told not to.
It was lovely to take part in a very special outdoor assembly at the wonderful @stpaulinus Primary School in #Guisborough to plant a Jubilee Tree! Such a fantastic school community and a lasting tribute to HM the Queen’s seventy years of service to our country.
I've said it before, but that @mortenmorland is a genius
Another boost for new nuclear, with @RollsRoyce Small Modular Reactors announcing new HQ in #Manchester.
They're on track to create 850 jobs this year.
Backed by £210m government funding, they're helping us turbocharge plans for more clean, affordable, homegrown energy 🇬🇧💪
Impossible to disagree with this assessment by @MrHarryCole. Condescending abuse of my colleague Nadine by Chris Patten is totally unacceptable. I know who is more in touch with this country and it’s most certainly not him.
Still a horrible little snob then…
Multimillion selling novelist V the bloke in charge of the poll tax who had to resign from the BBC in disgrace. https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1538946668267290624
Nothing to see here, just a Labour whip joining a picket line as millions of people have their lives disrupted.
When we say these are Labour’s strikes, this is exactly what we mean.
#StopLaboursStrikes https://twitter.com/NavPMishra/status/1539155350934413312
This treacherous government has underfunded & mismanaged our public transport network for more than a decade.
As a proud trade unionist, I stand with all workers on our railway network who are taking industrial action to fight for their jobs & keep passengers safe #RailStrikes
Families are facing global cost of living pressures. Labour's response? Backing today's rail strikes.
Their union friends admit it will cost families, yet Labour won't condemn it 👇
"Nothing that we can do this week would change the reality for the strikes this week."
Transport Secretary @grantshapps says the government is planning a law change for 'future strikes' to ensure it is 'firmly on the passengers side'.
#KayBurley: http://trib.al/woIKE9l
Important testimony from @hbaldwin about the true situation in Rwanda.
Today in #Kigali #Rwanda 🇷🇼 I visited Hope Hostel to see for myself the accommodation being provided to those the @ukhomeoffice is trying to remove from the UK 🇬🇧
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We are taking a responsible stance on public sector pay to limit the risk of inflation becoming both more severe and lasting longer than it needs to. Labour have absolutely no answers (or rather won’t tell us what they would really do, which is unleash a wage-price spiral).
Shadow transport Secretary Louise Haigh refuses repeatedly to say if Labour backs inflation (at least 9%) level pay rises for millions of public sector workers
Simon Clarke, chief secretary to the treasury, says both private and public sector workers should not expect pay rises in line with inflation
‘We cannot get into a world where we are chasing inflation expectations. That is the surest way to bake in a repeat of 1970s’
Ministers 'fear' rail strikes will go ahead this week, even tho talks continue today, Clarke concedes
But Govt is adamant UK needs a rail industry that is 'both affordable & sustainable into the future', cutting costs (eg ticket offices) that 'don't reflect modern service usage'
NEW: It's 'extremely unlikely' that any public sector workers will be granted double-digit pay rises in line with inflation this year, warns Treasury minister.
Simon Clarke tells @TimesRadio that pay discipline 'really matters' to prevent inflation getting more 'severe'.
Putin’s grand imperial design for the total reconquest of Ukraine has been derailed.
There are four vital steps we must take to strengthen the hand of our Ukrainian friends and ensure we finish this war on the terms that @ZelenskyyUa has laid out.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/10fccea4-ef15-11ec-a7ea-792e433452b2?shareToken=7386f3c16faeee02022d546e4640faf2
Keir Starmer has spent 11 days refusing to condemn the rail strikes. On Wednesday he ordered his MPs not to take a stand against the militant unions.
Now we know why: In private, he's backing the strikes which will grind the country to a halt.
https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/news/193239/revealed-sir-keirs-rail-strike-hypocrisy
Thank you my friend President @ZelenskyyUa for hosting me in Ukraine yesterday.
It was incredibly moving to walk the streets of Kyiv with you once more, to pay tribute to your fallen soldiers whose sacrifice, unconquerable courage and bravery we will never forget.