Businessman | Leader of Buckinghamshire Council; Councillor for Ridgeway East | RT’s not endorsements
Buckinghamshire, UK
Joined October 2012
- Tweets5.4K
- Following560
- Followers979
- Likes5.4K
Steven Broadbent retweeted
Have your say on options for walking, cycling and wheeling route between Haddenham and Thame trib.al/MWTIwog
As I say in the piece: “It’s manifestly unfair that tax raised locally is spent on services in a different part of the country. A child in need of services in a rural area is no less deserving than a child in an urban area.”
Labour will sharply reduce funding for some of Britain’s most affluent councils and divert it to poorer areas, after Andy Burnham has promised to create “good growth in every postcode”.
Councils in the vales and shires will lose £61m of grant funding from central government over the next three years, while urban areas will see an uplift of £2.9bn, according to ONS figures ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Steven Broadbent retweeted
Ahead of the Budget, @Telegraph analyses the effect of the Fair Funding Review for county and rural areas.
With the review distributing money away from county areas, @BroadbentSb and @WandFCouncil outline the impact this has had on their communities:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Steven Broadbent retweeted
Made in Denham
Yesterday, a U.S. Air Force T-6A Texan II crashed near Seguin, Texas.
Both pilots successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker US16LA Ejection Seat.
#EngineeringForLife
Technical but true. Huge fiscal risk in this sleight of hand by the previous chancellor - will the current CX continue this…?
Not properly recognising liabilities is one of the two pathologies of every financial scandal. (The other is recognising revenue which never turns into cash flow).
When Rachel Reeves changed the headline debt target in October 2024, she did more than tweak an accounting rule.
By switching from measuring public sector net debt (PSND ex BoE) to public sector net financial liabilities (PSNFL), ministers created a channel to spend the same taxpayer money through Public Financial Institutions, or “PuFins”.
Debt is still debt but under Labour’s fiddled measure, spending via a PuFin barely registers against the fiscal rules.
As this excellent report from the Centre for Policy Studies shows, had the old target been kept, the October 2024 Budget would have broken the debt rule by £6 billion. Under the new one, it passed with £16 billion to spare.
Expect next week’s budget to include more examples of this dodge.
cps.org.uk/research/pufins-t…
Shocking disparity in Government funding for children between urban and rural authorities. THREE times more in urban areas. 'A child in need in a rural and county area is no less deserving than a child in a metropolitan city area.' @CCNOffice dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Steven Broadbent retweeted
With the Autumn Budget two weeks away, our finance spokesperson @BroadbentSb makes the case for county and rural areas in @themjcouk ⬇️
We call for an increase in funding, greater investment in county infrastructure and for faster progress on devolution: themj.co.uk/autumn-budget-fu…
Steven Broadbent retweeted
SHOCKING: Nigel Farage admits he would hand over the Chagos Islands.
@KemiBadenoch is clear: The Chagos Islands are British, the Falkland Islands are British. There can be no negotiation.
🚨Exc: Nigel Farage has said he would give the Chagos Islands to Donald Trump in return for silence about the Falklands
He told a podcast that, if he were PM, "I'd have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what mate? Chagos, it's yours.
"Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world... In return, just please stop talking about the Falkland Islands"
W/@Tony_Diver
Steven Broadbent retweeted
🔵Many thanks to Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial, Shadow Home Secretary, for coming into the LGA Conservative Group this morning to discuss asylum accommodation issues with Conservative Councillors' 👇👇👇
Travelling home following a fantastic @Conservatives conference #CPC26
Enjoyed meeting up with many friends & colleagues, speaking on a couple of panels and hearing from the shadow cabinet team… then culminating in a fantastic speech by @KemiBadenoch
Steven Broadbent retweeted
Thank you, #CPC26.
The Conservative Party is different.
Join us 👉 conservatives.com/join
Steven Broadbent retweeted
The next Conservative government will scrap Inheritance Tax on your family home.
The right way for our country.
@Conservatives
@KemiBadenoch
Steven Broadbent retweeted
A government that doesn’t know what it believes will be buffeted by events and achieve little.
Britain has been heading in the wrong direction because governments keep treating symptoms rather than causes - often trying to correct problems they themselves created.
The Right Way is the Conservative answer to this challenge.
Read it here 👇
Steven Broadbent retweeted
🔵Today we hosted our Fringe Debate at #CPC26 on what a new Local Government Act should envisage post 2029. Amazing turnout 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Steven Broadbent retweeted
The world is becoming more dangerous.
We will always do what is necessary to keep our country safe.
Steven Broadbent retweeted
A packed room for the Local Government Drinks Reception this evening, joined by Party Chairman Kevin Hollinrake MP and Shadow Local Government Secretary Katie Lam MP. 🥂
A phenomenal evening bringing together every corner of Conservative Local Government! 💙🇬🇧
Headed to #CPC26 and reading “The Right Way”.
It’s the right thing to do, so read here… conservatives.com/the-right-…
CCN councils represent approx half the population in England. The employment and significant economy of these areas mustn’t be ignored if national economic growth is to be achieved. Outlined here…
💬 "With the right investment choices from the Treasury, counties can be empowered to help deliver the growth that the country needs."
Ahead of the Budget, watch @BroadbentSb make a persuasive case for the Chancellor to invest in counties⤵️
➡️ Read more countycouncilsnetwork.org.uk…
The Labour government make changes to planning rules that residents will be appalled by….
The council was told that we already seeing the effects on an upcoming rule change
bucksherald.co.uk/news/polit…
