Annette Brooke retweeted
Ending new social housing and selling off council house stocks was a massive transfer of wealth from the public to landlords.
90% of current spending on social housing in the UK is on subsidies and temporary accommodation, rather than bricks and mortar, the reverse of what had been the case in the 1970s
theguardian.com/society/2025…
Annette Brooke retweeted
The richest 10% are responsible for two thirds of all of the warming we've experienced – and if we all emitted as much as the richest 0.1%, we'd have already have 12.2C of warming. The richest are pushing us all towards collapse for their profits – we need to take control back.

ALT A graphic reading "If we all emitted as much as the richest 10%, the global temperature would have risen by 2.9C. If we all emitted as much the richest 0.1%, the global temperature would have risen by 12.2C" The source is Schöngart et al, High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide, Nature Climate Change
Annette Brooke retweeted
NEW: UK’s billionaire wealth has become hugely extractive over the last 35 years. More and more billionaires and their wealth come from sources that contribute nearly nothing to the economy – like the over 1 in 4 billionaires who now get their wealth from property & inheritance.
Annette Brooke retweeted
The median pay for a FTSE 100 CEO has risen to £4.22 million according to @HighPayCentre. That's 113 times the median UK salary – in fact, they've already been paid the yearly median salary as of noon today. This level of inequality is unsustainable.
Annette Brooke retweeted
The richest 1% emit as much pollution as the poorest 2/3 of humanity, and they're making enormous profits off it. We need to start taxing the private jets and polluting investments of the ultra rich, and start investing in the rest of us.
Annette Brooke retweeted
The BBC political editor (260K pa) thinks it's
a story that the Downing Street chief of staff (170K pa) earns more than the PM (167Kpa).
Welcome to political journalism!
PS Laura Kuenssberg is on 325K, Nick Robinson 340K and Fiona Bruce even more.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx24…
Annette Brooke retweeted
Forcing us to, once again, tap the sign
“We have no other choice, given the situation that we’re in”
Keir Starmer says October’s Budget “is going to be painful” and "those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden"
bbc.in/4g4n9Nc
Annette Brooke retweeted
Since 1990, billionaire wealth in the UK has exploded by over 1100%. In the last few years, we've seen record-breaking profits & shareholder payouts for banks, oil & gas, & more – we paid for those profits with painful bills, rents, & mortgages.
Tax the rich and invest in us.
Annette Brooke retweeted
Inequality is at the root of our escalating health, social, and environmental crises.
Find the updated and expanded Spirit Level at 15 reports, graphs, and event recording:
equalitytrust.org.uk/evidenc…
Annette Brooke retweeted
PRESS RELEASE: UK Public want an end to divisions to help tackle key issues such as poverty and climate change - poll
oxfam.org.uk/media/press-rel…
Annette Brooke retweeted
📢 IF YOU DO ONE THING, PLEASE READ THIS ⬇️ Essential new research from @ProfKEPickett and @ProfRGWilkinson (via @equalitytrust) updating their groundbreaking book #TheSpiritLevel. #Inequality harms us all - even the rich - let's end it. ✊ @Max12to1
equalitytrust.org.uk/evidenc…
Annette Brooke retweeted
Millions of children across the UK are in poverty, going to bed cold and waking up hungry. But scrapping the cruel two child benefit cap could help change that. Sign the petition now and call on Keir Starmer to lift this cap to make the UK a kinder place: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/2-c…
Annette Brooke retweeted
The first #BBCQT since the General Election. The @LibDems secure the best showing for a third party in a hundred years. Do the BBC platform them? No. Let's stick the Greens on instead. Absolutely predictably pathetic.
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I recall having to be quite assertive to be in that position, I was the Chair of the LD H of C Parliamentary Party. Much better balance in 2024 intake!!
Congratulations Caroline,
and separately! Congratulations to Ed for leading such an amazingly successful campaign!
And wonderful to celebrate with the man who has led our amazing campaign @EdwardJDavey 🔸🔸🔸Thank you Ed 👏👏👏
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Annette Brooke retweeted
Todays the day - let’s bring back the golden sunrise to Mid Dorset & North Poole #VoteVikki


























