Conservative Councillor for Hartford & Greenbank Ward. Cheshire West & Chester. Keen golfer. All views / comments my own. Will block those using foul language.
Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire
Joined July 2011
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Martin Loftus retweeted
Have to say, solid line from Kemi Badenoch to Lucy Powell heckle - "Has the education secretary got something to add? Can she add?"
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This is…very confusing.
The Prime Minister insists that no decision on Rosebank has been taken…
But, the Office for Budget Responsibility have based their forecasts on, “estimates of the production from currently producing fields and the NSTAs estimate of production from development of new fields, which include ROSEBANK and from FUTURE DISCOVERIES.”
So, is it approved or not? Serious questions to answer from the Energy Secretary!
Martin Loftus retweeted
Your gherkins & marmalade will be 4p cheaper, shame when you’re sat in the dark you won’t be able to see them!
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🤔 The removal of standing charges on gas bills…sounds good doesn’t it?
💁♂️ On the face of it, yes, in general bills might be lower - but here’s the catch…
🤨 If you are a ‘higher consumer’ (meaning someone that uses gas for heating, cooking, hot water etc) then your energy bill is about to go UP. That’s cause they are putting the fixed daily cost on to the Unit Rate.
🥶Next week in large parts of the UK, the temperature is going to get close to freezing. Because of these changes, if you live there and heat your home with gas and want to turn on the central heating…Labour just made your life much more difficult and far more expensive.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Man Utd have to be brave here and say Carrick is staying long-term. Back him big time. Can’t have a media feeding frenzy every weekend based on next result. Players have to know manager is going nowhere , so either put in hard yards or be axed.
Wholly wrong. Either an income of £13,036 is taxable or it isn’t. The age of the recipient should be immaterial.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Here are 8 great Conservative accounts who are worth following. Please remember to follow back slowly to avoid X restrictions. 5 every 10 mins.
@LHWSouthCots @Bull28533
@JamesScoins1987 @LizBrennan28897
@alancoo01217130 @Lough_Cons
@ThankiVir @TrueBlueGary
Oh dear. It seems I’ve upset a Reformer simply be referencing their recent electoral performance. Of course, Reformers would deny their blatant racism.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Attractive public spaces and facilities help make a community thrive. They make life more enjoyable and satisfying.
I want people, families, and places to be more prosperous. With economic growth we can invest in the shared spaces that help make a place a home.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Here are 8 great patriotic Conservatives to follow. Please follow back all genuine Conservative accounts.
@hillier_lou @TimHall246181
@uncleporkie @Ginge2203
@JamesCMacQueen @DanJacksontory
@CllrColbourne @cianhandley142
Thanks everyone, another 16 next week
Martin Loftus retweeted
GB Energy, the useless state-owned company established by Labour, has so far spent £14.2m on running costs — and £5.8m on investments.
Running costs included the almost £400,000/year paid to its ineffective CEO and six executives on more than £100,000 each. What any of them has done to earn these sums is one of life’s mysteries.
Perhaps it’s a blessing it’s invested so little. The £5.8m it has earmarked is for a proposed floating wind farm off the north coast of Scotland — a sure-fire loss-maker if ever there was one.
The role of a councillor is to serve the public, not serve oneself 😏
Labour councillor was "too tired" to remember hospitality rules training
A Labour councillor and former Sheriff of Nottingham used his title to get a £20,000 discount on Land Rover repairs and free Paw Patrol tickets
Zafran Khan, a Labour councillor who held the ceremonial Sheriff of Nottingham role, emailed a Stratstone dealership from his council address and signed off as the Sheriff. Repairs quoted at £30,000 were cut to £7500.
An independent report found he also took free tickets to Paw Patrol Live, a Tate McRae concert and a Nottingham Panthers game plus racecourse hospitality without declaring them.
Council rules require gifts over £25 to be registered.
Khan said he was too tired to remember the rules after staying up until 4am or 5am before induction training. He denied any intent to gain advantage. The report said it was reasonably obvious that using the title might lead to one.
Complaints began in September last year. The standards committee meeting was abandoned and rescheduled. Khan’s legal team says the report contains errors. No sanctions have been decided.
The epitome of champagne socialists. We deserve so much better than these two clowns.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Labour Chancellor John Healey and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband👇🏼
While the British people struggle with the cost of living, Labour’s tax rises and the lack of defence funding to protect us, they are acting like they don’t have a care in the world.
Martin Loftus retweeted
We are proud to have added our voice to the widespread calls to protect and preserve the world leading scientific research that is undertaken at Jodrell Bank and its associated infrastructure, including here in Cheshire West & Chester at Darnhall. Our motion was strongly backed.
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Local Conservatives just voted to defend democracy in the face of a concerted attack by the Labour Government to reduce the role of councillors in the scrutiny process around planning applications at a time when targets are increasing and there’s concerted pressure to build.
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I welcome fiscal devolution, and I’ll use it to make it easier for businesses to succeed and employ more people.
Great to talk with ITV’s Lise McNally at conference
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There’s a lot of self-serving spin emanating from the UK government about how virtuous it is re fiscal consolidation.
Here are the facts.
Labour inherited an OBR budget deficit forecast of £87bn (3.1% GDP) for FY2024/25. After R Reeves’ 1st disastrous budget the actual deficit was £153bn (5.2%). Massive jump.
Labour inherited OBR budget deficit of £77bn (2.7%) for FY2025/26. After RR’s disastrous 2nd budget that turned out to be £133bn (4.3%).
So in its first two years it added over £120bn to borrowing/deficit (despite huge increase in taxes).
The OBR forecast it inherited for this FY2026/27 was £69bn (2.3%). It is now forecast to be £116bn (3.3%). That looks like an underestimate. More likely to be closer to £130bn again.
Inherited budget forecast for 2027/28: £51bn (1.6%). Latest forecast: £97bn (2.9%).
Inherited budget forecast for 2028/29: £39bn (1.2%). Latest forecast: £86bn (2.5%).
Far from fiscal consolidation Labour is forecast to borrow an incredible £260bn more over the 5 years from 2024/25 than the forecasts it inherited. Despite the tax rises.
Which will continue. Alone among G7 countries the IMF projects the UK tax burden to rise by 3.7% of GDP 2025-31. The only other country with a rising tax burden is France (0.8%). Italy is static. Rest of G7 have falling tax burden.
And let’s not forget Labour’s so-called ‘fiscal consolidation’ is all backloaded to end-decade. Unlikely to happen. So taxes will have to rise by even more.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Far too many people in local government are getting away with wasting - or outright stealing - taxpayer money.
The vast majority of councillors are honest people trying to improve their local area.
But we have to root out the fraudsters who are ripping off taxpayers.
Martin Loftus retweeted
Andy Burnham has just made an outrageous statement at PMQs, potentially one of the worst gaffes I have ever witnessed from a Prime Minister.
He has presumed Joshua Kerry guilty of murdering Ann Widdecombe before he has even stood trial, live on national TV, for a global audience to witness.
These were his exact words, “could I start just by recognising, with the charges that have been laid against the individual responsible for the murder of Ann Widdecombe”
Read that again.
He didn't say the individual accused of her murder.
He said the individual responsible for her murder.
Whatever your views on Joshua Kerry, the public does not know all the facts. That is precisely why we have criminal trials.
A man is innocent until proven guilty. That principle applies to everyone, without exception.
Yet the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has just publicly spoken as though a man awaiting trial has already been convicted of murder.
For Andy Burnham to make such a serious error while discussing matter involving ongoing legal proceedings is deeply concerning.